{"id":996,"date":"2012-04-19T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=996"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:35:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:35:36","slug":"toon-hiatus-few-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=996","title":{"rendered":"Toon Hiatus &#038; A Few Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_eZ6sfKa8TY\/RtdvDACMQdI\/AAAAAAAAAH4\/z7-usounngA\/s1600\/Toon+Hiatus.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/writingya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Toon-Hiatus.jpg\" width=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Today, I think, was supposed to be Toon Thursday. Alas, my utter swampage still persists, and I couldn&#8217;t quite make it to doing a toon this week. Thus, I present you with various links (most of them toon-related, some just general visual goodness) for your information, amusement, and so forth, and profuse apologies for my lack of original thought this week. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Wondering what graphic novels to read over the next few months? GraphicNovelReporter has put together a handy <a href=\"http:\/\/graphicnovelreporter.com\/content\/spring-2012-graphic-novel-preview-seasonal-features\" target=\"_blank\">Spring Preview List<\/a>, sorted by age range. I&#8217;ve been too busy to even LOOK at it, but rest assured I&#8217;m going to be in serious coveting territory when I do.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-akhGvrImQRQ\/T5B21TJvRNI\/AAAAAAAADZ4\/GjEiYixbTPY\/s1600\/GwendaCover.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/writingya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/GwendaCover.jpg\" width=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Also toon-related are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/cci\/cci_eisners_main.php\" target=\"_blank\">nominees for this year&#8217;s Eisner Awards<\/a>, featuring several familiar publishers and authors\/illustrators, like First Second, and <i>Habibi<\/i> by Craig Thompson (a Cybils nominee), and more.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Can I just say that I find the idea of Mutant Mathletes incredibly hilarious? Check out a review of <a href=\"http:\/\/graphicnovelreporter.com\/content\/lunch-lady-and-mutant-mathletes-review\" target=\"_blank\">Jarrett J. Krosoczka&#8217;s latest Lunch Lady adventure<\/a>. It&#8217;s MG rather than YA but I crack up every time I see a title.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Our own fab <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwendabond.com\/bondgirl\/2012\/03\/sneak-peek-at-some-cover-art-anyone.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gwenda Bond<\/a> has a debut YA novel in the works, and THAT RIGHT THERE IS HER AWESOME COVER, <a href=\"http:\/\/thebooksmugglers.com\/2012\/03\/a-smugglerific-cover-blackwood-by-gwenda-bond-arc-giveaway.html\" target=\"_blank\">recently featured on Book Smugglers<\/a>. Woohoo! And Gwenda is an <a href=\"http:\/\/literaticat.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Sister<\/a>, which makes it doubly cool.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>One last cover-related bit of news: check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com\/bookshelves_of_doom\/2012\/04\/thoughts.html\" target=\"_blank\">latest edition of Coverfail<\/a> over on Bookshelves of Doom. Seems like a really epic coverfail, too. Boo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy Thursday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I think, was supposed to be Toon Thursday. 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