Magnus and Jenner! They're here!

Finally! The children's book, Magnus and Jenner, written by Kim Girard and illustrated by me is available at amazon and at the Brookline Booksmith in Brookline's Coolidge Corner! Also check out the book's website here. Magnus and Jenner will make its way to more independent bookstores in the greater Boston area and I will also bring copies to sell at MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) in Porter Square, Cambridge, next Saturday, 09.29.12. I'll have half a table at MICE, selling my minicomics as well as copies of Magnus and Jenner. My next blog post will be about MICE and the comics I'll bring there, so check back again soon! In the meantime, read the Boston Globe article about MICE, posted on BCR's page on Facebook.  The photographer was walking around taking photos at our meeting last week when we all sat down to draw cartoons of mice for MICE.

Coming soon: Magnus and Jenner.

The children's book, Magnus and Jenner, by Kim Girard, which will be out in May, 2012! I am very excited about this project, since I have had the pleasure to illustrate this awesome story, and I can't wait to see it in print! This illustration, however, is just something I've put together for this blog post. Who better to start talking about the book than the hostess from that grisly reality show, "Beasts in Your Backyard?"


In Magnus and Jenner, this lady will help you hunt for strange creatures that lurk around your neighborhood. She is not the only one who offers help for people in distress either; further south, you can call the Alligator Eliminators, who will be more than happy to remove those pesky alligators that wander off from the swamp...and maybe the alligator eliminators have an eye out for other suspicious-looking creatures too...like trolls! But do trolls really exist? Are they dangerous? Or perhaps they are even more afraid of you than you are afraid of them? If they exist, then how come you never get to see them?

Magnus and Jenner is the story of an unlikely friendship between two very different characters, a boy and a troll. While the ever-cautious New England bridge troll, Magnus, sets out to search for his family, Jenner is in trouble at school, weighed down by his troubled family and just wants to run away. Since they  have a common destination in mind, the two set out on a journey that turns out to be more of an adventure than they had envisioned...

This won't be the last blog post about this book! Look out for the book's webpage too, it's currently under construction!