In advance of the June 3 release date of How Comics Are Made, a new printing of my 2024 book, Rebekah Denn interviewed me for The Seattle Times about how the book came to be and my interests! It’s exciting to appear in the local newspaper. Andrews McMeel Publishing acquired the book last year after I shipped my edition, and as happy as I was with the printing I arranged and oversaw, I am equally squealing over this edition—mine was a softcover with french flaps; the new one is hardcover with a dust jacket and endpapers! Due to advantages of scale, its list price is just $40, which seems very reasonable in today’s market.

To celebrate the book’s availability in stores worldwide, I’m doing a release event at Ada’s Technical Books & Café in Capitol Hill (Seattle) at 6 pm on June 3! If you’re in the area, come by and hear a short presentation about the whole history of printing newspaper comics from me, see Georgia Dunn show how she makes Breaking Cat News, and be part of a Q&A with Georgia and Brian Basset, creator of Red & Rover. We’ll all be available to sign books, too—my title will be there plus the two latest collections from the cartoonists!