First Second Books - Doodles and Dailies

In honor of America's war veterans

Today is Veterans Day in the United States. Gathering around the Flatiron Building and around Madison Square Park, where the Veterans Day Parade begins in NYC are thousands of war veterans, young and old.

We honor and salute their service. In tribute to them here is ALAN'S WAR, by Emmanuel Guibert—one veteran's voice, from the second World War: Alan Cope, whose voice lives on through this work. And following it is a one-minute piece of artistic magic, from the making of this book.

 

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The Amazing Remarkable Emmanuel Guibert (and where you can find him in New York City)

New York City has a visitor this week and next, and it's our extremely talented author Emmanuel Guibert. 

If you would like to gaze upon the awesomeness that is Emmanuel, and (gasp!) perhaps even talk to him, here is where you can find him:

Thursday:

Witness! Quiet Revolutions in Storytelling

From the photographs taken at Abu Ghraib, to police torture videos from Cambodia and Egypt, to blogs and Facebook groups for hunger-striking activists in Saudi Arabia, technology is affecting both who is reporting and what gets reported. What will be the cumulative effect of this quiet revolution? We’ll hear stories from Iraq, Europe, the United States, and intersections of all three.

[go read about it]

Saturday:

1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling

What can pictures provide that words cannot?

[go read about it]

Monday:

WORD Bookstore Talk & Signing

[word is awesome!]

Tuesday:

VII Gallery Talk

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and First Second Books are pleased to present a unique opportunity to hear from some of the key people involved in the creation of The Photographer during a panel discussion at the VII Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, moderated by award-winning VII photographer Ron Haviv

[go read about this]

Drawing With Water

Alan's War, by Emmanuel Guibert, will be coming out next week, and we've been getting some questions: how does Emmanuel do it?  Is he creating this art with ink or pastels? 

Emmanuel was kind enough to make us a video to answer this question. 

And you should also take a look at the book!  boingboing says, "This is a kind of complimentary opposite to Maus: a story about a man whom war transformed into something better: tolerant, cosmopolitan, observant, and humane. "

More SARDINE fanmail...

Every so often, we've got to post some of these things that come in. This just in from somewhere in Virginia...

and this reply from Emmanuel Guibert, the very next morning:

SARDINE FAN MAIL

Jane in California wrote to us, asking us to tell Emmanuel Guibert that she loves the Sardine books and to please hurry up and make her a movie too.

We passed on the message. And here's what Emmanuel sent back:

And Jane was thrilled:

... and when she found out Emmanuel lived in Paris she told her dad "Oh, that's why he didn't understand me!" Her father asked her what she meant. She said "well I wasn't asking for a drawing, I was asking for a movie!"

With her father's help, she even wrote the following to Guibert:

Merci pour le dessin monsieur! S'il vous plait faire un film et un D.V.D de sardine pour moi et le terre. Jane!

... which I guess Monsieur Guibert will simply have to oblige!

Guibert's COMICS INTERVIEW at Powell's

Emmanuel Guibert is interviewed as part of the INK Q&A at the excellent Powell's Website. and he too answered in cartoon form! This is a treat!

As a reminder Powell's is the largest independent bookseller in America. Another cool thing in Portland.

Guest Blog: Emmanuel GUIBERT

Emmanuel Guibert sent in another fun blog entry and it's a SARDINE game!

Can you find the hidden key?

Since we're feeling guilty about not having something for Free Comic Book Day, the first five of you who send the right answer with a mailing address to [email protected] -- will get a FREE copy of SARDINE IN OUTER SPACE!

Guest Blog: Emmanuel GUIBERT

Guest Blog: Emmanuel GUIBERT

From the sketchbooks of Emmanuel Guibert: A FLAT IRON BUILDING in Genoa, Italy!

Guest blogger: EMMANUEL GUIBERT

Doodles and dailies from Emmanuel Guibert!