SIZER AND IRWIN AT SMALL PRESS EXPO 2007
Paul Sizer and wife Jane Irwin will be at this year's premiere comics small press convention, SPX (October 12-13, 2007). Special guest at this year's event include Jeff Smith (BONE), Gilbert Hernandez (LOVE AND ROCKETS, Carla Speed McNeil (FINDER) and Matt Wagner (GRENDEL) along with the cream of the crop in indy comic publishing. For more info, check out the SPX WEBSITE.
THE SIZER WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO CON '07 REPORT IS HERE!
Yes, the inside scoop and the hilarious pictures are here for you to enjoy.
Thrill to the excitement of a major convention and its attendees! Wonder at who told Sizer
he had a sense of humor! It's all here folks, so make with the clicky-clicky!
LIBRARIANS! MEET PAUL SIZER AT THIS YEAR'S ALA NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON D.C. (June 22-26, 2007)
I'll be exhibiting in the "Graphic Novel Pavillion" alongside my wife Jane Irwin and fellow Michigan comic writer Jim Ottaviani at booth # 2554. Stop by and get an autographed copy of one of my books, a MOPED ARMY patch, or maybe an original sketch!
"MOPED ARMY" MAKES 2007 A.L.A. "GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS" LIST
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE POSTING AND RELEASE: January 25, 2007
Paul Sizer's "MOPED ARMY" graphic novel has been awarded a place on the American Library Association's "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" list for 2007. The awards list was finalized and announced at the ALA's annual Midwinter Conference being held this week in Seattle, Washington.
This is the first year for the "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" awards list, due to the increased presence and popularity of graphic novels in library systems across the country. The awards drew nominations from all genres of graphic novels, and the "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" committee members had 143 nominations to debate, discuss and choose from. The committee had their final meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference to edit down the nominations down to a final list of winners. When the dust settled, 57 graphic novels made the final list of the best for 2007. Also of note, MOPED ARMY was one of the only winners from a self publisher. This news follows MOPED ARMY being named by Voice of Youth Advocates reviewer Kat Kan as one of the top 24 graphic novels reviewed in the last 12 years for VOYA Magazine. For a PDF link to Kat Kan's "The Double Dozen" article in this month's VOYA magazine, click here.
"I'm ecstatic that "MOPED ARMY" made it to the final list!" said writer/artist Paul Sizer. "This list is so important for books that want to find a place in libraries. Graphic novels have become more and more a mainstay in popular culture; TIME Magazine's "Book of the Year" was the graphic novel "Fun Home" by Alison Bechdel, and Gene Luan Yang's graphic novel "American Born Chinese" just got the ALA's Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature (the first time a graphic novel has won this award). This is the year of the graphic novel breaking into mainstream "best of" lists that award traditional books. I've gotten such amazing support from librarians from all over the country for "MOPED ARMY", and making this list is the cherry on top of everything!"
Sizer is also announcing that he will be exhibiting at this year's ALA Conference in Washington D.C. in June. He, along with wife and fellow comic creator Jane Irwin (VOGELEIN) and comic author Jim Ottaviani (DIGNIFYING SCIENCE, FALLOUT), will be exhibiting in the graphic novel pavilion of the massive yearly convention. With Sizer's "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" award for MOPED ARMY, and Irwin's second VOGELEIN book being released, the comic creators decided it was time to take the plunge and meet over 25,000 librarians at this convention. "We've all done years of comic conventions; now we want to show our books to a new and very receptive audience on the national level. We're very excited at the potential exposure this conference will give us, and we want to show with our newest and strongest material."
Additional information about the 2007 "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" awards
NEXT CONVENTION STOP: MID-OHIO-CON (NOV. 25-26, 2006)
My last convention of the year, this year at a new location in swanky downtown Columbus at the Columbus Convnetion Center. More information HERE!
WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO 2006 CON REPORT!
Check out my wacky picutres and commentary HERE!
LITTLE WHITE MOUSE "OMNIBUS" RELEASED on JUNE 28!
There's nothing "little" about this LITTLE WHITE MOUSE release; 448 pages, every single page of the LITTLE WHITE MOUSE series in one volume, and coming your way internationally on JUNE 28. Click below to learn more about the ultimate LITTLE WHITE MOUSE collection, celebrating 10 years of published work! Distributor ordering information is available HERE!
SIZER ON THE RADIO 8.29.05
I'll be hitting the airwaves and being interviewed for RADIO VERSUS on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 on WIDR FM 89.1, the college radio station for Western Michigan University. I'll be talking about MOPED ARMY, and the best part; I'll be interviewed by a Moped Army member! RADIO VERSUS airs on WIDR 89.1 FM on Wednesday from 8-9pm.
PRE-ORDER "MOPED ARMY" GRAPHIC NOVEL NOW!
LIMITED TIME ONLY! Updated 8.01.05
The world will discover the MOPED ARMY in September 2005, but YOU can discover it ahead of everyone else! For a limited time, readers can PRE-ORDER their own customized MOPED ARMY graphic novel directly from CAFE DIGITAL STUDIOS! For more information, click HERE!
SIZERBLOG GOES ONLINE!
Updated 8.01.05
The official Paul Sizer weblog is now activated and ready to visit. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!
NEW MOPED ARMY DESKTOPS JUST POSTED!
Six new desktop wallpapers ready to download. CHECK THEM OUT HERE!
"MOPED ARMY" 23 PAGE ONLINE PREVIEW!
Updated 6.23.05
With the MOPED ARMY graphic novel being solicited in the July issue of PREVEWS for comic stores around the world, we've posted a free online preview of the first 23 pages of the graphic novel for you to get a taste of the action! Check out the preview HERE!
ONLINE STORE IS UP AND RUNNING
4.15.05
New button on the left, new store to visit. Yes, after WAY too much procrastination, the official Cafe Digital Comics Online Store is now ready to serve your shopping needs. It's your one-stop store for LITTLE WHITE MOUSE graphic novels as they become available, pre-orders for the upcoming MOPED ARMY graphic novel, and the wildly popular MOPED ARMY 2277 patches! Check it out!
SIZER LAUNCHES CAFE DIGITAL COMICS!
2.23.05
Read the official PRESS RELEASE here!
NEW! MOPED ARMY SKETCHBOOK DOWNLOAD
12.17.04
The hard to find "MOPED ARMY" 2004 convention sketchbook is now available as a PDF file download exclusively from this site! Click HERE to go to the download dock for the book!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM SIZER DESIGN + ILLUSTRATION!
12.04.04
Here's hoping your holiday season is filled with joy and peace. Mine will be filled with those things, and many long hours at the drawing board and computer to make good on my goal of getting MOPED ARMY out for fall 2005! Click on the picture below for a full size holiday card from the staff (meaning me and my two cats) here at Sizer Design + Illustration.
NEW "MOPED ARMY" DESKTOPS AVAILABLE (11.15.04)
Hey, there's cool new MOPED ARMY desktop images available for download on the MULTIMEDIA page of the site. Impress your friends and co-workers with your incredible taste in design!
NEW L.W.M. TRADE DEBUTS AT MOTOR CITY (10.12.04)
She's actual size, but she seems much bigger to me... The second edition printing of the first LITTLE WHITE MOUSE trade collection is finally hitting comic shops and bookstores across the country, and it sports a spiffy new cover and comes in the popular "manga format", perfect for reading on crowded commuter trains in Tokyo! This, along with new MOPED ARMY art and plenty
of patches will be on hand at this weekend's MOTOR CITY COMICON. I will be making a
SATURDAY ONLY appearance, so stop by and check it out!
IRWIN AND SIZER FINALLY TIE THE KNOT (9.26.04)
It finally happened!
Jane Irwin and I got married on September 26, 2004, and here's the photographic proof:
And if you're feeling really download-ish, you can see a Quicktime movie of a slideshow featuring photos of me, Jane and a bunch of our wedding guests dancing like fools to "Rock Lobster"!
This is a 5 Mb file, so I'd suggest right-clicking (or ctrl-click on Mac) to download the file to your local hard drive.
SCOOT MAGAZINE AND NEW PREVIEW PAGES! (8.20.04)
SCOOT Magazine Quarterly gave the MOPED ARMY graphic novel a nice blurb in their Fall 2004 issue, and 5 new pages of artwork from MOPED ARMY have been posted.
Check out the new preview pages here.
SIZER AT MOPED BBQ 10! (6.30.04)
MOPED ARMY BBQ 10 was absolutely amazing, and here's some cool photos of the event.
SIZER'S MOTOR CITY COMICON REPORT AND PHOTOS (5.20.04)
My first big convention of the year is the spring edition of the Motor City Comicon, and I've returned with my usual collection of weird photos and clever, witty captions. Click here to view the report!
IT'S OFFICIAL!
SIZER POPS THE QUESTION, IRWIN SAYS YES! (5.03.04)
Jane Irwin (VOGELEIN) and Paul Sizer (LITTLE WHITE MOUSE, MOPED ARMY) announced that they were engaged on May 3, 2004. Wedding bells are in the near future, stay tuned for details!
PENGUICON 2004
(APRIL 16-18, 2004, Novi Sheraton, Novi, Michigan)
My first "sci-fi/LINUX users" convention ever, Penguicon was weird and fun and different from the more comic based conventions on my normal touring schedule. Guest of Honor Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Sandman) was a very cool person, and really gave his all during his very long hours at the show, highlighted by a four hour stint co-hosting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund's charity auction, which with his wit and energy, raised over $4,300 for the fund!
But since pictures are worth a thousand words...
http://www.paulsizer.com/images/peng04_cbldf_panel.jpg
http://www.paulsizer.com/images/peng04_neil_jane.jpg
http://www.paulsizer.com/images/peng04_dice.jpg
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http://www.paulsizer.com/images/peng04_fightscene.jpg
http://www.paulsizer.com/images/peng04_hemos_jane.jpg
http://www.paulsizer.com/images/peng04_sizer_punch.jpg
http://www.paulsizer.com/images/peng04_tron.jpg
http://www.paulsizer.com/images/peng_computer_lounge.jpg
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