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LL4 story breakdown and character studies—2009.

Eyewitness Reports Art Auction NOW LIVE!

Follow this link to bid on my piece.

Follow this link to see the awesomeness that so many great artists have up for bidding!

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Eyewitness Reports Chatity Auction

The Eyewitness Reports Charity Auction, in support of the work of 826LA, goes live on Monday with the first round of art going up for bidding! My piece is included in this group.

I'll make another announcement on Monday, in the meantime, get those eBay accounts ready!

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Planning out Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta

Eyewitness Reports Art Auction

My old pal, Dan Santat, has created an art auction called Eyewitness Reports to benefit 826LA, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Dan's latest book, Oh No! written by Mac Barnett, is about a girl whose science project, a giant robot, goes out of control and destroys the city. Dan's idea behind Eyewitness Reports is that this one event would have lots of witnesses and what would their perspectives on the disaster be? He gathered 30 fantastic illustrators to contribute.

The art will be on display at the NUCLEUS GALLERY in LA from AUG 14 – 17.

And there will be two eBay auctions. AUG 23 – 27 and AUG 30 – SEPT 3. I'll be sure to post when my work goes up for sale.

I was happy to help because A) 826LA is a fantastic organization, B) Dan is a good friend of mine and C) I was excited to paint a giant robot destroying a city.

Here is my contribution, which will be up for auction at the end of the month.

Check out this cool video Dan made for the event:

Anchors Away!

How is it August?! I hope that everyone has been enjoying their summers! Here is the piece that I created for Target's summer event at St. Jude.

Suvudu Interview at Comic Con

The folks at Suvudu.com turned on their video camera and interviewed me at San Diego Comic Con.

Comic Con bonus photo!

That's Tony DiTerlizzi, Dan Santat and I saving the world, until things go hilariously awry.

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Sketches for the LL4 cover

Drawing LL at SDCC

The folks over at Suvudu.com were at the Con armed with video cameras! They caught me drawing a picture of Lunch Lady for a fan.






Also, check out their other awesome Con interviews with folks like Christopher Paolini and Jennifer & Matthew Holm over at their Comic Con wrap up.

The Comic Con that was

Comic Con has come and gone! What a whirlwind. Being that I traveled so much this year, I wanted to minimize my time on the road, while maximizing my time. So here's how it all went down:

Friday 5:20AM Eastern Time. Leave the house, head to the airport. On the flight, I re-read Scott Pilgrim vol. 5 (I had been re-reading all the previous volumes that week in anticipation for vol. 6's release.) Then I read Scott Pilgrim vol. 6. And then it was over. Tear. But what a fantastic conclusion to a great group of books. I slept some, drew some, wrote some. It was a good flight.

12 PM Pacific Time. I land. Head to the hotel, check in and run into my old pal from the Target festivals, DJ Lance Rock of Yo Gabba Gabba! I head up to my room, freshen up and head out to an industry party. (Sounds important, right?)

This is the hotel I was staying at. Beyond the fact that I'm excited for the film adaptation, I am beyond happy for Bryan Lee O'Malley, the creator of the series. There were lots of amazing Scott Pilgrim events throughout the weekend. I imagine it was all pretty surreal for O'Malley.

1-4 PM Pacific Time. Great party where I run into lots of great pals. Danny Santat, Bob Boyle, Tony and Ang DiTerlizzi. The list goes on and on.

4-6 PM Pacific Time. I walk the convention floor with aforementioned pals. My tired mind fails to properly process the insanity that is the Comic Con floor. 

6:30-7 PM Pacific Time. Disco nap.

7:30 PM on - the Eisner Awards. I had no expectations of taking home the top prize in the category I was nominated in. And I didn't and that is OK—because it is an honor to be nominated!

More Scott Pilgrimness. The entire cast presented the first few awards. I barely paid attention when they were calling my category.

This is the silver sticker that I can now adorn my book with! (Brushes shoulder off.)

Somewhere around midnight Pacific, I finally get to sleep.

Saturday 5 AM Pacific Time. Even though I have quite a few hours left to sleep, my body is stuck on Eastern Time. . . and Eastern Time with a baby. *sigh*

10 AM (OK, by now you know it's Pacific Time. . .) I make my way to the Random House booth and meet up Babymouse pals Jenni and Matt Holm. By sheer coincidence, (seriously, not on purpose. . . I swear!) I had a yellow sketchbook and Matt had a pink one. So Jenni posed.

11 AM. Signing

12 PM. Interview with the folks at Suvudu.com.

1 PM on -- Met up with lots of writer/illustrator/comics/TV pals. Way too many to list here. And lots of A-Z list celebrity sightings, too.

Here is a small sampling:

Christopher Paolini and I are book siblings, we share the same editor. It was our first meeting and he is just one of the nicest authors you will ever meet. Pretty crazy to think that Lunch Lady and Eragon have been shepherded along by the same brilliant editor. (The Penderwicks, too. We're planning a family reunion. Or the oddest cross-over event in the history of anything.)

That's Mr. Santat, Mr. Warburton and I walking the floor. We never did assign which one of us would be played by Vince Vaughn, should they ever make a movie about us, but it did feel like one of Vaughn's old movies. We did, however, take advantage of a magical warp that allows you to travel form one end of the convention floor to the other. It's a great way to avoid the crowds. But I can't tell you where the warp is or how to use it—because I want to use it again.

Incredible costume. . . that kept following us.

This is what happens when you have lunch with creative minds!

Bob Boyle and James Burks in their booth, filled with their awesome work.

A whole crew of people who are responsible for a great number of graphic novels for young readers.

And this is that same crew in costume.  (Kidding. But it makes for a good segue into posting pics of the costumes seen at the Con.)

Didn't see many Storm Troopers this year, but did see lounge lizard Vader and Boba Fett.

This costume is fantastic. And probably better suited for colder climates. . .

Gotta love the dedication to superheroes that you don't read about everyday.

That is dedication to props.

I wish I had more pics of the costumes. This was my 2nd Comic Con, so I guess if you've seen one giant robot, you've seen them all!

Finally, at about 10:30 PM Pacific Time on Saturday, I flew out of San Diego.

Sunday 6:30 AM Eastern Time. Landed in Boston. I drove the 2 hour drive home and then—slept. A lot.

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character designs for

Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown

2009

PF Library Mural

School has been out for summer, but when I was visiting Warner Elementary in Houston last spring, I was delighted to learn that librarian Regina Moss included Punk Farm in their library's mural. What an honor! I would say, their mural quite literally ROCKS!

Gadgets from Kids

More great LL gadget ideas from kids!




Do you have a note or a drawing that you'd like to share? I would love to see them!
They can be emailed to me via props@studiojjk.com or mailed to:
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
PO Box 60155
Florence, MA 01062

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Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians cover sketches - 2008

Comic Con signing

I'll be headed to San Diego next week for Comic Con! LL1 is up for an Eisner for "Best Publication for Kids". What they say is true, "It's an honor to just be nominated." I have no delusions of taking home the prize. The awards ceremony is Friday night, so why not come by the Random House booth on Saturday morning (July 24) to console me. I'll be signing at 11AM. Random House is booth # 1515, which is a few blocks away from DC and adjacent to the Webcomics Pavillion. (A map of the convention floor can be found by clicking here.)

See yah there!

Ripple - Gulf fundraieser

Ripple is an art fundraiser in support of the wildlife devastated by the BP oil disaster. I've created four sketches for this great cause and for a small donation, you could own them.

My work goes up for sale on Friday, July 16th at 6:30 PM. One sketch will be available each half hour. It's first come, first serve, so be quick on the keyboard if you'd like to hang these pieces on your wall.

It's all going down at ripplesketches.blogspot.com. For the rules, check out the column on the right hand side of the Ripple site.

Radio Show - Brain Burps About Books

Jenni Holm (Babymouse series) and I chatted with Katie Davis on her Internet radio show -- Brain Burps about Books.

Check it out here:

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