Frozen Yogurt Chains for Wall Street Journal

A new fun project for the Wall Street Journal. Frozen Yogurt Chains are giving power to the people: Serve yourself, and serve as much as you like! Many thanks to Orlie Kraus and Sheryl Dermawan! The full article is here.

Reviews Roundup Pt1: USAToday, NYT, TimeOut NY

I wanted to share some of the very kind reviews that THE WOODS have received. USA Today and the New York Times have featured it, and TimeOut NY even made it a summer reading pick! Thanks so much to all the reviewers! In my next post I'll share some more!


















TimeOut NY Kids
What does a Brooklynite know from the terrors and delights of the woods? Lots, it turns out. Judging by his latest children's book, The Woods (Chronicle Books, $17; ages 4 to 8), author-illustrator Paul Hoppe is not only versant in the vicissitudes of the dark side but also a sublime storyteller. Recounted in simple prose and ultra-expressive drawings with a cartoonish bent, the story follows a boy as he sets out into the night forest in search of his beloved, missing bunny […]

New York Times
[…] There’s a reason boys enjoy confronting big hairy monsters over and over again.

USA Today
[…] The brave narrator encounters bears, dragons and monsters, although none, it turns out, should scare even the youngest readers. Paul Hoppe's text and watercolors make for comforting bedtime reading.

(Please click on the links to read the full reviews).

Thank you also to everybody who came out to my readings and events at Powerhouse Arena, The Word and BookCourt! It means a lot to have such generous support. If you like to know more about my events, and see some photos, please check out my Facebook Page.

Stranger Illustration

Here's one that I did for The Stranger recently. The story was about the writer's most memorable concert experiences, good ones as well as bad ones…
You can read the entire article here. Thanks to Aaron Huffman for the fun assignment!

Nachts Im Wald Advance Copies!

I got my copies of "Nachts im Wald", the German edition of The Woods! It's coming out already in August. It's really exciting! Perhaps I can do some events on my next trip to Germany…


Speaking of events, I'm doing an event at THE WORD in Greenpoint this weekend, and at BOOK COURT on July 31st. Hope to see you there!

Reading at Powerhouse Arena

This Saturday I'm reading from my new book The Woods at Brooklyn's Powerhouse Arena, together with the great John Rocco who'll be reading from his just released Blackout. We'll both be reading with flashlights in the dark, to fit the theme. Hope to see you there!
Many thanks to John Rocco who created this little poster and spearheaded the event, and to the friendly people of Powerhouse for inviting us to their store!

How to Raise an Entrepreneur for Wall Street Journal

I have a new illustration in today's Wall Street Journal, in the Special Report section.

This time it's for an article that gives advice how to encourage the enterpreneurship in your child. In this case the solution was so clear to me that I only did one sketch, which I stayed very close to.

Many thanks to Art Directors Orlie Kraus and Sheryl Dermawan for the great assignment!

Journey Into American Illustration

Good news, my hand-printed covers for Journey Into Misery #1 and Tales To Behold #1 were Chosen in the 30th American Illustration competition. While they will be not in the Annual, they will be displayed on their website.

It means a lot that this very personal work that I do simply for my own enjoyment was successful in this prestigious competition. You can see a temporary slideshow of all the Selected and Chosen works here. Thanks very much to the jury!

Website Update

I did an update of my website, and also changed the start image. I added four pieces to the Editorial Color section and one piece to the Editorial B/w section. The illustrations are for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, Assets and UCLA Magazine. Hope you'll enjoy them!