Comics Festivals Galore!

Whew, that was quite a wirlwind! The last couple weeks I attended two big comics festivals, MoCCA here in New York, and Stumptown over in Portland, Oregon. This was also my very first trip to the west coast and I really had a great time! I liked Portland a lot, and am very grateful for Co-Rabbit C.M.Butzer for taking me along.
Both at MoCCA and Stumptown we made new friends, talked to a lot of people and sold our books. It's always so nice to get some feedback from people.

Btw, my mini-comics Tales To Behold, Journey Into Misery, Casual Comics and Red Hook are now available at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn, and at Floating World Comics in Portland. And the Portland Libraries bought 16 minis from me as well! What a comics-friendly town.

It's the Paul Hoppe Mini Comics Festival Tour!

I'm very excited that I'm going to the Stumptown Comics Fest this year, it'll be my first time on the West Coast! And of course MoCCA NYC is coming up soon as well… And I'm preparing my latest books, and of course the old ones as well, so I hope I'll see you there!



THE WOODS and CAN I SEE YOUR ID (written by Chris Barton) are not out yet, but I will have some display copies with me! And I'll have a brand-new mini comic, Journey Into Misery #3 ready to go! Plus many of my previous minis, including Tales To Behold and Casual Comics! Also, I should still have some copies of my other children's books, Metal Man and HAT!

And let's not forget Rabid Rabbit #13, which is an awesome flip book collaboration with the Swedish Anthology C'est Bon Kultur. For this occasion, we're having a release party and show of original art at Bergen Comics, Brooklyn, FRIDAY, APRIL 8th. 8-11pm. Hope to see you!

THE WOODS advance copies!

Hooray, this week I got my first two copies of my new book THE WOODS! They turned out beautiful, I'm very happy with the design and how the colors came out.
The book is coming out in May, you can pre-order it now on IndieBound and Amazon.

At this year's MoCCA festival I'll have a display copy, (maybe even some copies for sale) so come check it out! Some images are already on the Children's section of my website and my facebook page

I'm planning to do some events and will keep you posted!

Futuristic LA for UCLA Magazine

This is the cover for the new issue of UCLA Magazine. The article it's based on collects various visions of how Los Angeles could / should look like a couple of decades into the future. I really sank my teeth into this and I think it was worth it spending some extra hours. Many thanks to AD Charlie Hess for this great assignment!

Annual Society Of Illustrators Show

This Friday is the opening reception for the Advertising and Institutional part of the Annual Society of Illustrators Exhibit, and I feel very fortunate to be part of it. Please come and celebrate with us! Many amazing artists will be present, and you'll get to see some of the finest work up close!

llustrators 53: Advertising and Institutional Exhibit
Feb 23, 2011 - Mar 19, 2011
Opening Reception:
March 04, 2011 6:00 pm
More info here. Hope to see you there!

THE WOODS in German and HAT in Spanish

I'm happy to announce that THE WOODS have their first foreign language licence under their belt, even before the US edition came out! German publisher Baumstamm, and imprint of major house Bastei, will publish it as Nachts im Wald.

And HAT keeps on trucking as well, the Spanish Edition was just sold to Flamboyant in Spain. That makes 6 foreign editons for HAT– what a thrill!

Meanwhile, THE WOODS had their first public appearance, at this year's ALA conference. Can't wait for the official release in April!

Thanks to Ty King of Writers House for the photo.

HAT Chinese Edition

The Chinese Publisher of HAT, Hsaio Lu has sent some copies of the Chinese edition, and my publisher Bloomsbury was so kind to forward me a whole stack. They turned out really nice, and it's fascinating to see my artwork with the Chinese typography. The colors turned out perfect, the design is great (including UV varnish on the cover!) and I especially love how they appropriated my handlettered title on the cover. It'll be so exciting to see the other foreign editions…

Join me on Facebook

I've just started a page for my children's books and young adult work on Facebook, I hope you'll join me in finding out what to do with it!

The Facebook page will hopefully allow me to communicate and connect even better with you, dearest audience. Since I have two books coming out this year, I hope there will be a lot to talk about!

Hope to see you there!