{"id":1081,"date":"2008-08-12T09:09:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T13:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2008-08-12T09:09:50","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T13:09:50","slug":"come-see-me-at-the-decatur-book-festival-831","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=1081","title":{"rendered":"Come See Me At The Decatur Book Festival 8\/31"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In discussions about how great it is that comics\/graphic novels have “arrived” and are now respectable and respected<\/em>, I’m often the wet blanket, but I guess I’ll have to admit that the fact that I’ve been invited to not one, but two<\/em>, book festivals this year is a sign of something<\/em>.\u00a0 In September, I’ll be appearing locally at the Bookmarks Book Festival<\/a> here in Winston, but in just a few weeks I’ll be heading down Atlanta way for the big Decatur Book Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ll be featured on a graphic novelists panel, which is 5:00-5:45, Sunday the 31st at the Decatur Library Stage<\/strong>.\u00a0 Also on the panel will be Steven Cummings<\/a> and Megumi Cummings<\/a> of Tokyopop and Rich Tommaso<\/a>, whose previous book with James Sturm, Satchel Paige: Striking out Jim Crow<\/em>, is part of the same series for Hyperion as the Amelia Earhart book I’m currently hard at work on.<\/p>\n

Other guests and events of interest to comics folk can be found here on the schedule page<\/a> and include Hope Larson, Andy Runton and Patric McDonnell, of Mutts<\/em> fame, who’ll be there promoting his new children’s book, Mutts Fly South<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Music of note includes a performance by Drive-By Truckers lead singer Patterson Hood as well as Harry Potter Acoustic Rock from Animagus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In discussions about how great it is that comics\/graphic novels have “arrived” and are now respectable and respected, I’m often the wet blanket, but I guess I’ll have to admit that the fact that I’ve been invited to not one, but two, book festivals this year is a sign of something.\u00a0 In September, I’ll be … <\/p>\n

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