Amelia Signing/Event – Chapel Hill Comics 2/21

I’ll repost this once we’re closer to the event, but I’ll be appearing at the fantastic Chapel Hill Comics on Sunday February 21st to do a signing for Amelia Earhart – This Broad Ocean.  I’ll also be using some of the artwork from the book to do a basic “How Graphic Novels Get Made” talk.  Come one, come all…  From the Chapel Hill Comics posting:

February 2010 at Chapel Hill Comics is going to be chock full of great signings! Here’s the next one!

On Sunday, February 21, 2010, from 2pm until 4pm, Chapel Hill Comics will host Ben Towle, artist of Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, published by Hyperion/Disney and presented by the Center for Cartoon Studies. It’s a graphic novel aimed at young readers, which was written by Sarah Stewart Taylor and drawn by Mr. Towle. It will be released this February.

In addition to signing copies of Amelia Earhart; This Broad Ocean, Mr. Towle will also give a presentation about the process he used to create the art, which should be highly interesting both to people who want to learn about how a professional cartoonist works, and kids who want to see how the book they’re reading was made!

Want to know more about the book? Here’s the publisher information:

“Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” — Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart developed a love of flying at a very young age…and she wasn”t about to let any man get in the way of her dreams. What began as a simple joy became something much deeper — a commitment to open doors for all women. As Amelia built a name for herself in the field of aviation — breaking numerous records along the way — she paved the road for future trailblazers, women like Danica Patrick, the first woman to win an Indy car race, and Eileen Collins, the first female space shuttle pilot. In Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, Taylor and Towle focus on Amelia’’s triumphant crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in 1928, offering us a glimpse at her relentless ambition and her tireless will to promote women’s rights. But above all, author and illustrator leave us with a sense of her deep-rooted desire to touch the sky.

In addition to copies of Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, we’ll also have some copies available of Mr. Towle’s previous works, Midnight Sun and Farewell, Georgia, both of which were written and drawn by Mr. Towle. We’re very much looking forward to this event!