WARNING! LAST YEAR'S INFORMATION!

SCBWI-Orange County/San Bernardino/Riverside

An event for WRITERS and ILLUSTRATORS!

Graphic Novel Day 2007

Saturday

November 3, 2007

9:00am to 4:30pm

Graphic novels sales continue to grow faster than most publishing categories. And what are tomorrow's hottest graphic novels? Children's graphic novels. Scholastic led the way in 2005 by creating its own graphic novel imprint, Graphix. In 2006, Roaring Brook Press launched the imprint First Second, the home of American Born Chinese, the first graphic novel to receive the Printz Award. Other new imprints include NBM's Papercutz, Lerner's Graphic Universe, and the list is growing, while other publishers (Random House, Simon & Schuster, Holt, Stone Arch Books) are adding children's graphic novels to their catalogue.

But how do you write and draw a children's graphic novel? Are graphic novels a match for your creative aspirations? How do you submit a manuscript or dummy for a graphic novel?

Graphic Novel Day will introduce writers and illustrators to the medium in all its forms (U.S. graphic novels and comics, mangas, Eurocomics), but with a special focus on creating children's content. Mac McCool, who has presented graphic novel sessions at this year's New York and Los Angeles SCBWI conferences, will use a workshop format combining presentations with hands-on exercises to help you gain a practical knowledge of this art form.

Writers: this event is for you too! The day's program will cover writing as well as illustrating graphic novels. So if you have an idea for a graphic novel, be there!

Graphic Novels Day will close with a roundtable of bookstore and library professionals headed by Andrew Mitchell on the role of children's graphic novels in libraries, schools, and bookstores.

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Date: Saturday, November 3, 2007 from 8:00am to 4:30pm (Registration: 8:00-9:00am)

Program WARNING! LAST YEAR'S INFORMATION!

Location: California State Unversity-Fullerton
Visual Arts Department
Arts Drive
Fullerton, CA 92834
(see map below)
http://www.fullerton.edu

How do I register? Print out the form, fill it in and mail it with your checks payable to SCBWI. Click here to register.

Speaker Bios

BOB SINGER

After graduating from Art Center and completing a year in an advertising agency, Singer entered the animation industry in 1956, working for Shamus Culhane, Warner Cartoons, U.P.A. Pictures, Hanna-Barbera and Marvel. During his 27 years at Hanna-Barbera, while working on the Flintstones, Scooby Doo and Yogi Bear, Singer headed the layout department, founded the character design department and became art director for publicity. Meantime, he also taught classes in layout, character design and storyboard, and guest lectured for film classes at the University of Southern California. In 1988, Singer established his company, Singer/Bandy Group to design greeting cards, cassette covers, coloring books, plush dolls, puzzles and storybooks. In 1990 Bob returned to Hanna-Barbera as a storyboard director and designer of animation cell art. Singer has belonged to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for more than forty years. He is now enjoying retirement although he still supplies animation art to private clients and designs limited editions. He is the author of How To Draw Animation Storyboards, published in 1992. Visit Singer's art at www.animazing.com (then click on animation art, Hanna-Barbera and Bob Singer).

MARILYN SCOTT-WATERS

Among her many credits, Marilyn Scott-Waters crafted an online version of graphic novels, webcomics, with her series The Return of Doctor Dragonwagon, published on Girlamatic.com. She is an author/illustrator and a paper engineer. She is currently working with PiggyToes Press on pop-up books and is illustrating the series Vile Things for Scholastic due out in Fall 08. In 2005, Marilyn won the SCBWI International Picturebook Portfolio Award. You are invited to view her many creative paper toys at www.thetoymaker.com.

MAC McCOOL

Mac McCool had his first comics published at sixteen. He grew up in France, where the public and publishers take graphic novels just as seriously as we treat children’s book here. For the last few years, he has championed the study of the art of the graphic novel, especially for children’s graphic novels, at conferences and universities across the country (University of Central Florida, UCLA Extension, San Diego Comic-Con, College Art Association). He has also freelanced as an illustrator for Disney, the Smithsonian, and many dot coms. He has published articles on comics and graphic novels, and he is busy working on two upcoming children’s graphic novel projects. www.macmccool.com

ANDREW MITCHELL

Andrew Mitchell became the first cartoonist in the world to be published on cell phones with his comic strip Hot Rock, finding an audience of readers around the globe. He is the president of the Cartoonists of Orange County and his illustrations and cartoons have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books and videogames. He is also the writer, artist and self-publisher of the graphic novel Hector Impala, P.V., Headcase, and the AJ Mitchell Sketchbook (all available at Mile High Comics.) Andrew Mitchell's websites: ajmitchellart.com kidslitart.com financialcartoons.com

KELLY SONNACK

Kelly Sonnack is an agent with the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, known for establishing and guiding the careers of many fiction and nonfiction authors, including Amy Tan, Janell Cannon, Lisa See, Diane Mott Davidson, Kevin Starr, Mike Davis, and many others. The Los Angeles Times dubbed the Dijkstra Agency "the most powerful literary agency on the West Coast" and, in its 20+ years, the agency has developed a reputation for discovering new talent and representing quality work with commercial potential. Kelly came to the Dijkstra Agency from the publishing giant Elsevier, where she worked as an Acquisitions Editor under the Academic Press imprint. Kelly serves as the Submissions Manager and also sells foreign rights, and attends the Frankfurt Book Fair each October. She is actively building her list in children's literature, and represents authors of YA, picture books, graphic novels, and selectively takes on illustrators.

J. H. EVERETT

J.H. Everett has worked as assistant manager at the retail level for bookstores (Waldenbooks/Borders Express and B. Dalton Books). He scheduled author and store events. His specialties included children's books, history, literature and art. J.H. Everett is now completing a Ph.D. in History and Humanities at UC-Irvine. He has taught history, writing, and pedagogy for the University of California and National University. J.H. Everett is also an editor for Teacher Created Resources, Publishing (Westminster, CA) and is the webmaster for the OC Illustrators group, where you can see his art. He has written several plays for children (adaptations of Androclese, Mr. Popper's Penguins, A Christmas Carol, and Alice in Wonderland), and he has performed in and directed musicals. Several of his edited books will be out in fall 2008, and he is crafting several children's thriller and horror titles.

TOMMY KOVAC

Tommy Kovac writes the Eisner-nominated comic book Wonderland. Disney Press will be publishing a hardcover jacketed collector's edition of the graphic novel in July 2008. Kovac is both writer and illustrator of the creator-owned comic books Stitch, Skelebunnies, and Autumn, all published by SLG, Inc. Having recently joined SCBWI, he is also working on an edgy young adult novel. By day Kovac is a library technician for a 7th through 12th grade academy. Graphic novels are hugely successful in the libraries he has worked in, and have helped to significantly increase overall library circulation.

MICHAEL H. PAYNE

Michael H. Payne is a librarian at the Newport Beach Public Library, a cartoonist, a science fiction and fantasy writer, and a reviewer. He holds an M.A. in Classics from the University of California. Payne published his novel The Blood Jaguar with Tor Books (1998). He is a participant in the Daily Grind Iron Man Challenge with his webcomic Daily Grind, and he is also the Registrar for the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards.

DOUGLASS BARRE

Creator and writer of the series, Mythstalkers and Defiance (published by Image Comics), Barre has an encyclopedic knowledge of American comics. The Harvey Awards, some of the most prized awards in the comics industry, rely on Barre for fact checking.

One-Page Graphic Novel Challenge

You can be in for a treat with Bob Singer wonderful critiques. Singer uses tracing paper to sketch over your art to illustrate his suggestions and to show you how to improve your visual storytelling. He has used this technique with countless artists during his 30+ years at Hanna-Barbera Studios. So that everyone can see the master at work, we will project on a big screen his live sketches.

To have Singer review your art in front of the class, you must take our One-Page Graphic Novel Challenge. Draw a page based on this short script. Do as best as you can. Do not worry about being a drawing virtuoso. Writers too should try this challenge to experience the decision-making artists face on their end of the creative process. And yes, basic shapes and stick figures are perfectly OK! By having solved or struggled with the same set of problems, you will all better benefit from Bob Singer's feedback by seeing how he would turn your attempt into an effective sequence of images.

Illustrator’s Showcase

Would you like to join our attendees only portfolio display? Art must be appropriate for children's books & magazines and be presented in a book form with plastic sleeves for 8 1/2 " x 11" color copies of original art. NO original art, please-quality reprints of your work only.

How much does the Graphic Novel Day cost?

If you would like to apply on-line for SCBWI membership and save $10 by registering as a member,
visit: http://www.scbwi.org.

What is the refund policy? No refunds for program changes. No refunds after October 30, 2007 – must send written cancellation by 10/30/2007. A service charge of $20 will be applicable.

Regional information: www.scbwisocal.org/htmls/orange_county.htm.
Questions call or email Regional Advisor Francesca Rusackas 909-860-8536 CLICK HERE to e-mail Francesca Rusackas or
Assistant Regional Advisor Q. L. Pearce CLICK HERE to e-mail Q L Pearce
Illustrators; email National Illustrator Coordinator Priscilla Burris at CLICK HERE to e-mail Priscilla Burris

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