The House on Weeble Hill

Notice anything terrifying about this Weeble Haunted House? That’s right … the Weebles are gone! Or are they?

 
 

All and Sundry

For you Qwikpickers out there: Derek Kirk Kim, who did such spot-on portraits of my characters for the cover, has a new graphic novel out. I haven’t seen it yet, but it’s reviewed on Guys Lit Wire: http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/2009/10/dont-miss-these-graphic-novels.html
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An interesting sidenote. This graphic novel and Qwikpick may be the yellowest two books in the world…
 
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And now back to Halloween…

What with all the Origami Yoda work here lately, I’ve really let Halloween slip. But the 129 doodles made their way to my editor New York yesterday — with an assist from a helpful guy in the Abrams mail room — and now I have a bit of time to think Halloween.
To help us get [...]

My Star Wars powered Origami Yoda workspace

I do most of my work at the kitchen counter, but the recent work for Origami Yoda has required more space and solitude than that spot can offer.
So I moved upstairs to my “office:”

A few Star Wars highlights:
Clockwise from top: Slave1, Star Wars Micromachines, Millenium Falcon, X-Wing, TIE Fighter*, Star Wars collectible card game, Star [...]

My interview with the Peep-zapping Lisa Yee…

If you’re not aware of how Lisa Yee’s coolness extends beyond her books — all the way to the microwave — read my interview with her on GeekDad.
She tells you all you need to know to get started in the fun and profitable hobby of cooking marshmallow Peeps in the microwave…
Here’s a sample from my [...]

More notes from Crazyland

Tom:
Hopefully, I’ve left Crazyland behind. Today I sent off the illustrations for Origami Yoda. 129 or so “doodles” in the margins as drawn by one of the characters. Man, I’ve never worked so hard on “doodles” in my life.
When you have to be sure that a doodle is going to end up looking right and [...]

Notes from Crazyland

Yes, it is Crazyland around here. I’m racing to finish work on Origami Yoda in time to ship it Sunday. The number of drawings in the book has multiplied!
But I’m not working on it right this second because I’m about to leave to meet Michael for a Stonewall presentation this afternoon at Crystal Spring Elem. [...]

Getting into The Spirit of Halloween humor

Take a look at this book….

…then take a look at who edited it. Will Eisner?! Yep, with Barry C. and Keith D. — the same team that brought you Star Jaws. Now, you’re probaby dying for a sample, right? here you go…

Tiny Terrors #11, 12 and 13 — Monster/Statesman Attack!!!

Stonewall Hinkleman recommended by Library Media Connection

The August/September issue of Library Media Connection hada review of  “Stonewall Hinkleman” by Bonnie Raasch, a middle school media specialist from Iowa. Not only did the book get a recommended designation, by Raasch had some nice things to say:
“Combining imaginary and real people and places is succesful and gives readers detailed insight.”