SLC Nerd is happening tomorrow! SLC Nerd is aย community festival focused on promoting as many types of nerds and geeks as possible, including live music, games, panel discussions, authors, artists, filmmakers and more! I’ve been invited to speak on creativity and on the comics industry, starting at 12:40 (see the full schedule of events here).…
RUMPUS ON THE RUN To celebrate this last week of my kickstarter project, Rumpus on the Run: A Monster Look-N-Find Book,ย I thought we could try something fun. Pick an avatar that works for you and upload it to your Facebook & Twitter account with the caption: Help! It’s Where’s Waldo with Monsters!ย http://kck.st/15toJi5 via @jess_smiley ย …
Aside from making my own Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter, I’ll be making a special community look-n-find with YOUR monster drawings! Email your colored monster drawing to jess.smiley@gmail.com by April 15, so that I can include your monster in the picture. Files should be a 300ppi jpg in rgb. (If this frightens you, then get…
Yesterday I posted a pretty audacious challenge for the weekend: to rally 100 backers for my Monster Look-N-Find book on kickstarter. I asked you to share the news by tweeting about the project and by sharing it with your friends on Facebook. The results are in. Not only did we bring 100 backers into our…
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Mark your calendars: Saturday, May 4 is Free Comic Book Day!ย Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutelyย FREEย to anyone who comes into their stores. INTERVIEW…
THIS WEEKEND I thought that I’d take a break from talking about my Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter to get you excited for the weekend! For those of you who have been following this blog, you’re probably familiar with the band John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles. The Utah-based Gutter/Country band has been getting a lot…
LOOK-N-FIND BOOKย Rumpus on the Runย is Kickstarter’s very first Look-N-Find book,ย packed with exciting full-color imaginative scenes, characters and surprises! I’ve been wanting to make this book for a long time and am excited to finally make it happen! Get the book, grab some original artwork, and get involved in a special community monster art project.…
GUEST AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS One of the great joys in my life is when I get to visit schools and libraries to talk with students about writing, drawing, and making comics. Iย loved it when guest authors and illustrators visited my schools! It was an education to see the creator’s work in person, and to be…