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April 2009 Rosen'Blue: Donated!
2009-04-17-9:59 p.m.

Hi, sorry, I actually have been getting some work done again: the one paying contract I have right now is due end of the month: so fewer liliane pages.

In the meantime, I invite you to go look at the April installment of Rosen'Blue & Sassafras

at Rainbowrumpus.org.

While you are there, take a look at the rest of their site, which is a fantastic resource for children with lgbt parents. They are looking for funding right now, and are seeking donations large or small. Join me: I donated the April Rosen'Blue comic, a $300 value! I would love if you could give just a little!

Thanks so much!

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Maus Creator now doing Children's Books
2009-03-20-1:19 a.m.

I have just discovered that Art Spiegelman, yes, of Maus fame, and his wife Francoise Mouly have started a series of Easy Reader children's books based on cartooning vernacular.

The books, called Toon Books are a brilliant idea for beginning readers. The left to right, up to down visual narrative of comics gets the kids into the same reading habits re text on the page. The visuals help greatly with comprehension. The use of speech bubbles helps with the concept of dialogue vs narrative text. And the comic format draws kids in, being more associated with entertainment than education.

Comics have previously been used to draw in reluctant readers who are teens or preteens, but to my knowledge this is one of the first times that grades 1-4 have been targeted by this type of format. And they are using wellknown comic artists for their authors. Brilliant move.

Check out their website. They have sample pages such as these from the upcoming Little Mouse Gets Ready by Bone creator Jeff Smith.

Beautiful, simple, appealing. One of the first published, Stinky by Eleanor Davis, has even earned a Theodor Seuss Guesel Honor Book award.

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No work= New Comics! And March 2009 Rosenblue
2009-03-16-11:00 p.m.

Hey there! Yes, you might have noticed, I have been back posting a page or three a week. No, I don't have much paying work! Yes that is great! Oh, financially it is disastrous, but I have free time and free brain space, and I have discovered that it isn't just old age that had made my comics-imagination dry up and float away. It was being just too busy. So, as long as it lasts, you'll get a few new pages a week!

In other news, I have also used said free time and brain space to do new Rosenblue 'n Sassafras comics for Rainbow Rumpus, the website for kids with lgbt parents. The new March issue is up now! Check it out!

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