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Video: Maurice Sendak appears on Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert visits with children’s book illustrator Maurice Sendak. Funny exchange. Warning: frequent use of the word “penis.” The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Via GoComics

Posted on: Jan 27, 2012,  Section: Children's Books, Comments: 2 Comments

Video: Patricia Storms and The Pirate and The Penguin

Interview by TVO on Patricia Storms’ new book The Pirate and the Penguin Via Sandra Bell-Lundy

Posted on: Oct 18, 2011,  Section: Children's Books, Comments: 0 Comments

Maurice Sendak to publish first book in 30 years

Maurice Sendak, probably most famous for his childrens book Where the Wild Things Are will be publishing his first in nearly 30 years. The new book is called Bumble-Ardy and will hit shelves in September. But in terms of a book completely his own, Bumble-Ardy is the first since 1981′s Outside Over There. Not that [...]

Posted on: Jul 28, 2011,  Section: Children's Books, Comments: 3 Comments

New Jerry Robinson documentary coming

Mike Lynch reports that a new Jerry Robinson documentary is in the works.

Posted on: Mar 24, 2011,  Section: Children's Books, Comments: 0 Comments

Mars Needs Moms trailer online

Berkeley Breathed’s children’s book Moms Needs Moms is heading to the big screen. A trailer has been posted: It hits theaters on March 11.

Posted on: Dec 3, 2010,  Section: Animation, Children's Books, Movies, Comments: 3 Comments

Man dies after comic book collection stolen

A 77 year old man died of heart failure after being roughed up by burglars who entered his home to steal his comic book collection. According to an article posted on Huffington Post, Homer Marciniak was looking for buyers for his collection that he started when he was six years old. The collection was valued [...]

Posted on: Oct 20, 2010,  Section: Children's Books, Comments: 21 Comments

Smith, Meltzer, Feiffer to attend National Book Festival

ComicsDC’s Mike Rhode posts the press release from the Library of Congress and points out three cartoonist will be part of the 10th annual National Book Festival sponsored by the Library of Congress. Jeff Smith, Brad Meltzer and Jules Feiffer will among 70 authors on hand for the event on Sep. 25, 2010. Full details [...]

Posted on: Jul 19, 2010,  Section: Books, Children's Books, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Comments: 0 Comments

Technicolor, Breathed team up for animated series

The LA Times reports that Technicolor is making a move from just being a Hollywood service company to a content creator and has teamed up with Berkeley Breathed to create a TV series based on his book Pete & Pickles. The Times notes that children’s animation is unpredictable. Sarnoff said he was taken with Breathed’s [...]

Posted on: Jun 9, 2010,  Section: Animation, Children's Books, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments

Wimpy Kid #5 due out in November

I know my kids will be estatic. Wimpy Kid fans (and parents of Wimpy Kid fans), rejoice! The latest installment of the hugely popular series by University of Maryland grad Jeff Kinney is scheduled for a November 1 release. There aren’t many details known about book number five — except that the cover will be [...]

Posted on: May 24, 2010,  Section: Books, Children's Books, Comments: 0 Comments

Berkeley Breathed’s Pete & Pickles coming to TV

Technicolor has announced that it is moving into television animated programming and will begin their efforts by bringing Berkeley Breathed’s Pete & Pickles to the small screen. “I told the folks at Technicolor,” recounts Breathed, “that the only way I could get lured to the world of small screen pixels is if a company were [...]

Posted on: Apr 22, 2010,  Section: Children's Books, Television, Comments: 2 Comments

News Briefs for December 21, 2009

Animation » Some suspect the Homer Simpson character is a caricature inspired by Irish comic strips of the late 1800s – dumb and drunkard. Children’s Books » Stephanie McMillan has put together a video preview of the children’s book she’s illustrating. The book is entitled “Mischief in the Forest” Editorial Cartooning » David Willson, the [...]

Posted on: Dec 21, 2009,  Section: Animation, Children's Books, Interviews, mobile, Comments: 3 Comments

Berenstain Bears heading to big screen

USA Today reports that the Berenstain Bears are heading to the big screen. Walden Media, the company behind the Chronicles of Narnia films, has acquired the rights to the ursine anthropomorphs, and [Shawn] Levy agreed to help oversee the project. The books, by Jan and the late Stan Berenstain, have maintained their popularity for almost [...]

Posted on: Nov 6, 2009,  Section: Animation, Children's Books, Movies, Comments: 0 Comments