As a life-long dog lover, I was quite excited to research and write a series on my four-legged best friends. For years, my dogs have sat faithfully at my side as I write at my computer. Now I had a chance to learn even more about my furry writing companions. What a dream assignment! These […]Read more "Elaine Landau on The Best Dogs Ever"

When something is described as enviable (in this case Steve Brezenoff’s prose) your next question is naturally, who’s doing the envying? Sara Zarr, that’s who. Here’s what she said: Brezenoff’s enviable prose captures four distinct, compelling characters as they struggle through the often heartbreaking work of becoming adults. Readers will identify with Suzanne, Lily, Noah […]Read more "“Enviable”"

It’s pretty clear that kids enjoy reading stories with recurring characters, characters whose histories they can follow over a long, long time. A graphic novel series, especially in manga, can run a half dozen volumes, or 20, or 30, or even hundreds of books, as the characters grow and change and meet more difficult and […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Recurring Characters"

[I asked Sarah Olmanson, one of our production editors, to write a post on how she sees her job.] Have you seen the blank stare in response to an answer you’ve given? I have. Every time I tell someone I’m a production editor. The question remains, “So what do you DO exactly?” While the answer […]Read more "The Answer to the Blank Stare"

In Millbrook’s brand-new picture book, The Clock Struck One: A Time-Telling Tale, Trudy Harris tells her own version of the familiar Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme. Carrie Hartman’s lively pastels bring this story of a 12-hour chase to life.When Carrie Hartman finished the illustrations for The Clock Struck One, she just happened to mention that […]Read more "Inside the Artist’s Studio: Carrie Hartman"

Friday is usually Lerner Imprint Day on our blog, and I have to say, I’m pretty excited to dedicate this week’s Lerner post to one of my favorite new series in the imprint—The Best Dogs Ever. That’s right. Today our blog is going to the dogs. (Sorry. I just couldn’t stop myself.) One of the […]Read more "Going to the Dogs"

The Steel Pan Man of Harlem, Colin Bootman’s latest picture book is about to be out, and we couldn’t be more pleased with how it turned out. He transported the pied piper to Harlem in a magical, captivating way. We just recently completed a trailer for the book, which you can see here and on […]Read more "Rats!"

Other folks on the blog have talked about how nice it is to meet authors and artists at conventions and elsewhere, to get a chance to attach an actual person to the pixels. Since the Graphic Universe office is here in Manhattan, there tend to be extra opportunities to invite authors and artists in for […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Meeting and Greeting"

Long, long ago, in a land far away—well actually it was on the fourth floor of our building at 241 First Avenue (below)—but anyway, editors of all ages and skills toiled diligently. They mostly edited manuscripts that had something to do with geography. In those days, we researched using books and news stories from newspapers […]Read more "Evolution of a Job"