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BLUE ROO - The Book, The Stickers, The Video!

Seeing piles of my brand new books gets me very excited! There are only 5 more days for this Kickstarter and it is still... a bit of a stretch... to meet the goal. And the goal is to cover the cost of printing these amazing books! I thought I would

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BLUE ROO Kickstarter!

I have a new kid's comic/book out! It’s a comic/picture book hybrid called BLUE ROO - An illustrated story about Albina, a girl who likes everything white. Her world is organized, labeled, clean, and predictable. Everything changes suddenly when her favorite stuffie, a white kangaroo named Roo,

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GOrillas! on the Move!

Today I had the perfect kind of social interaction day! Sue Matott, the children's librarian at the Pillsbury Free Library - (our local library here in Warner, NH) - chose my book, Ready, Set, GOrilla! for Storytime! [Book Info: "Ready, Set, GOrilla!" - written by Melissa Stoller, and illustrated by

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Gone Solar

One month later... here's a follow up to the last post about Going Solar. My solar panels were installed in time for my Birthday (so I'm counting it as Birthday Present #1)! It took about a day and a half of noise and chaos, but they look fabulous. And they

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Going SOLAR!

Bill was up at the Flying Goose Pub in New London, NH and texted me this amazing sight! It's the poster I designed for Granite State Solar!I had gone to a Solarize Kearsarge meeting this spring and decided this was the perfect time for me to solarize my house.

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You know you want THIS!

The Kickstarter only has a few days left (it ends at 8:30am (ET) on Monday, March 11! And we still need to raise about $1,000 more. We CAN do this!! As extra incentive, I've added two super special, limited quantity, Rewards. Boxes of Books and Goodies! I have

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Kick-It! (#6!)

OK! I actually DID IT! I've been trying to get this Kickstarter project kicking since.... December! This is my sixth Kickstarter so it shouldn't be so scary, but I think with all the medical stuff, I just haven't had the energy to spare - until now. I plan to write

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Fun things I'm working on! (And you can Buy!)

It's NOT all about GOrillas you know! I've been working on a whole bunch of things this fall and I'd like to show you some of them now. The Demons from We Will Never Leave You have been up to all kinds of things besides my Christmas Card. I've started

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GOrilla's Birthday Bash

We had a great Book Birthday on Saturday for Ready, Set, Gorilla! We took over most of the Velvet Moose Ice Cream shop in downtown Warner, NH and applied a LOT of tattoos... I lost count of how many times I said, "Now press this wet paper towel onto the

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BOOK Birthday Party!

I got a stack of Ready, Set, GOrilla! books just in time for the Book Birthday Party this Saturday at the Velvet Moose in Warner. I hope that you will join us! The party is from 11am til Noon and is part of the Warner Hometown Holidays Celebration. There is

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Got Tattoos?

I have stacks and stacks of tattoos on my drafting table! Now I'm just waiting to get the books from the publisher. I've been playing with some of them... it's hard to resist! Here's what Gopher looks like after about a day on the back of my hand... I just

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READY, SET, GORILLA! Book Preview

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Wanna See My Tattoos?

So cute, right? You can get some for yourself, your kids, your colleagues... your colleague's kids... Just back my Kickstarter! It runs for just 6 days... http://kck.st/2R4kYgi

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Kickstarter #5! Gorilla book and Tattoos!

I finally did it! I JUST launched my fifth Kickstarter project. It's a "Quickstarter" since it's for a small amount (just $500) and it only lasts a week. Here's the short link: http://kck.st/2R4kYgi you can use that link - send it to all your friends so they'll

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Kirkus Review! Book Review!

READY, SET, GORILLA! by Melissa Stoller and illustrated by Sandy Steen Bartholomew "A gorilla learns a lesson about playing fairly with his friends in this preschool-perfect picture book by Stoller (Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush, 2018, etc.), with eye-catching illustrations by Bartholomew (Alphatangle, 2016, etc.). Gorilla loves to race with his

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Illustrator Saturday!

I am SO excited to be the featured artist on Kathy Teaman's WRITING and ILLUSTRATING blog for Illustrator Saturday! Click HERE to read the Interview and see all the images on Kathy's blog. And here is just a little preview: How long have you been illustrating?More than 30 years.

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The Craft & Business of Illustrating Children's Books

I wanted to let you all know about a fantastic online program that will be starting up in August - The Craft and Business of Illustrating Children's Books - run by Mira Reisberg of the Children's Book Academy. This isn't an affiliate link thing, I don't get paid for telling

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Give me some Sugar!

Last week I did a really fun project for Red Kite Candy's "Candy Lab" - I designed the candy box label for the latest winner - Apple Pie Caramels. They are only available for a limited time and the money goes to Food4Kids. And, NO, I don't get paid extra

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New Packs of Tangle Cards!!

I'm so excited to announce that I actually got my act together long enough to create something new! Joining it's older sibling - the AlphaTangled Tangle Cards - please welcome the freshly printed - Tangles of Kells Tangle Cards! Yeah!! This new card pack includes 40 tangles from my book

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The Fright Before Christmas

I thought I'd share the behind-the-scenes for another of my comic/picture books that is a perfect gift for the season! A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away... I started working on a warped version of The Night Before Christmas... The text of the original story says,

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Get your freshly printed Demons!

I have a new printing of We Will Never Leave You comic/coloring books. It's very exciting to think that I actually sold (and gave away) all the copies I printed this spring! I thought I would show you the "behind-the-scenes" for creating this comic, but, if you are short

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The End.

So that is the whole story. So far. I promised to share with you my exciting adventures at Cartoon School over two years - and I am amazed at how quickly it passed by! I hope that you have enjoyed the experience and I thank you for backing my Kickstarters

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Kickin' it on Kickstarter!

So - that went well! The first Kickstarter, for the Quo Vadis - Special Edition - comics went far enough past the goal that I was able to print some extra comics! I picked them up from the printers last week and they look great!! It is very exciting to

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Graphic Medicine Class #4 and Seven Days Paper!

We had the fourth Graphic Medicine class with the Dartmouth Medical School students. Once again, I am really impressed with their cartooning! And I learn a lot too... I had no idea goats were sacrificed before midterms... I'm pretty sure that was symbolic, not actual... anyway... And a bit MORE

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QUO VADIS Funded!!

Thank you everyone! It's so exciting - we did it! The Kickstarter campaign ended yesterday and I also got the proof for QUO VADIS from the printer. Take a peek... Now I am working on the rest of the Thesis comics project. Here are the covers as they are right