{"id":2374,"date":"2012-06-22T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T06:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2012-06-22T07:21:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T13:21:38","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-doing-at-kirkus-todayplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuringjanik-coat-blexbolex-luke-pearsonbjorn-rune-lie-friendsmicah-lidberg-and-ping-zhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2374","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> Today,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring:
Janik Coat, Blexbolex, Luke Pearson,
Bjorn Rune Lie (& Friends),
Micah Lidberg, and Ping Zhu"},"content":{"rendered":"


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From Janik Coat’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>Hippopposites<\/a><\/strong>
(Abram’s Appleseed Books, May 2012)<\/em><\/center>
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From Blexbolex’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>No Man’s Land<\/a><\/strong>
(Nobrow Press, June 2012)<\/em>
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\nThis morning over at Kirkus<\/em>, I write about Walking on Earth & Touching the Sky: Poetry and Prose by Lakota Youth at Red Cloud Indian School<\/em>, edited by Timothy P. McLaughlin with paintings by S. D. Nelson. That link is here<\/a><\/strong> today. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I conducted a Q & A with Sam Arthur, the Director of London-based Nobrow Press<\/a><\/strong>—whose books are now being distributed stateside by Consortium—about their beautifully-crafted comics, illustrated books, and children’s books. That Q&A was here<\/a><\/strong>, if you missed it and are so inclined to read it. Below are some more images from Nobrow — a look at some of their recent and upcoming releases. <\/p>\n

On another day last week over at Kirkus<\/em>, I sang the praises (here<\/a><\/strong>) of Hippopposites<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, released by Abram’s Appleseed Books in May, from French author, illustrator, and graphic designer Janik Coat<\/a><\/strong>. I’ve also got a couple more spreads from that outstanding board book below.<\/p>\n

Enjoy.
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Bookplate and cover for Blexbolex’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>No Man’s Land<\/a><\/strong>
(Nobrow Press, June 2012)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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Spread and cover from Luke Pearson’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>Hilda and the Midnight Giant<\/a><\/strong>
(Nobrow, May 2012)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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Spread and cover from Luke Pearson’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>Hildafolk<\/a><\/strong> (Nobrow, 2010)<\/em>
(More art can be seen here<\/a><\/strong> at Luke’s site)<\/center><\/p>\n

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Spread and cover from Bjorn Rune Lie & Co.’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>The Wolf’s Whistle<\/a><\/strong>
(Nobrow, May 2012)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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Spreads and cover from Micah Lidberg’s<\/a><\/strong>
<\/em>Rise and Fall: A Concertina of Life<\/a><\/strong>
(Nobrow, 2010)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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Spreads and cover from Ping Zhu’s<\/a><\/strong> <\/em>Swan Lake<\/a><\/strong>
(Nobrow, September 2012)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n


 

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(Click to enlarge. Heads up: The resolution is low on this one,
but you can still get the general idea here…)<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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Images of Nobrow titles are courtesy of Nobrow Press, 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

HIPPOPPOSITES. Copyright \u00a9 2010 by Janik Coat. Translation copyright \u00a9 2012 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.\/Appleseed Books. Spreads reproduced with permission of the publisher.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Janik Coat’s Hippopposites(Abram’s Appleseed Books, May 2012)   From Blexbolex’s No Man’s Land(Nobrow Press, June 2012)(Click to enlarge)   This morning over at Kirkus, I write about Walking on Earth & Touching the Sky: Poetry and Prose by Lakota Youth at Red Cloud Indian School, edited by Timothy P. McLaughlin with paintings by S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}