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NEW YORK (July 16th, 2024) – Ten Speed Press, Ten Speed Graphic, and Clarkson Potter will return to San Diego Comic-Con 2024 with nine panels, author signings throughout the show, an Eisner nomination, books for sale, and much more at the Penguin Random House booth (#1514/#1515).
See below for a complete list of Ten Speed and Clarkson Potter authors who will be participating in panels and signings at SDCC this year – please note that all attending authors are available for interview. Contact publicist Maya Bradford (mbradford@penguinrandomhouse.com) with interview and review copy inquiries.
EISNER NOMINATION
Watership Down, the world-famous novel by Richard Adams, has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold millions of copies, and been adapted for film and television multiple times. It has never been out of print since its first publication in 1972. The new, bestselling graphic novel adaptation from Ten Speed Graphic, adapted by James Sturm and illustrated by Joe Sutphin, has been nominated for a 2024 Eisner Award in the “Best Adaptation from Another Medium” category. The Eisner winners will be announced at a ceremony at San Diego Comic-Con on July 26th. Read the full list of 2204 Eisner nominees here.
Joe Sutphin (illustrator) and Juliet Johnson (daughter of Watership Down author Richard Adams) will make an appearance at the PRH booth at SDCC and are available for interview. More info below.
PANELS:
THURSDAY, 7/25
- Illustrating Emotion: Capturing Deep Feelings and Themes in Graphic Novels: featuring Katie Cook (Nothing Special, Volume One) @ 12:00PM – 1:00PM (Room 23ABC)
FRIDAY, 7/26
- Celebrating the Food of Dungeons & Dragons: featuring authors Kyle Newman, Mike Witwer, Jon Peterson (Heroes’ Feast: Flavors of the Multiverse), @11:00AM – 12:00PM – LIVESTREAM ONLY tune in on Youtube.com/@HASBROPULSE
- Comic Book Women: We’ve Come a Long Way, or Have We?: Featuring Katie Cook (Nothing Special, Volume One), @1:00-2:00PM (Room 32AB)
SATURDAY, 7/27
- Buzzy Books Panel: featuring Kaitlin Ketchum (Ten Speed Graphic Editorial Director) @10:00-11:00AM (Room 25ABC)
- Celebrating 50 Years of Dungeons & Dragons: featuring Jim Zub (Artificers & Alchemy: A Young Adventurers’ Guide) @10:00-11:00AM (Room 6DE)
- Finding Family: featuring Eddie Ahn (Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice) @1:00-2:00PM (Room 29AB)
- Non-Fiction Comics – The Future of History-Based Storytelling: featuring Joel Christian Gill (Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America) @2:30PM-3:30PM (Room 10)
- Color with Camilla d’Errico!: featuring Camilla d’Errico (Pop Manga Beauties and Beasties Coloring Book) @4:00PM-5:00PM (Room 11)
- Building Your Empire as an Artist: featuring Camilla d’Errico (Pop Manga Beauties and Beasties Coloring Book) @7:00-8:00PM (Room 9)
SIGNINGS:
(For all signings in the PRH booth, distribution of tickets will begin at 10am PT at Table 1 and move to the checkout area at 10:45am. For signings that require a book purchase, tickets will be distributed at the time of the book purchase while supplies last.)
THURSDAY:
- Katie Cook (Nothing Special, Volume One) – @1:30-2:30PM (autograph area AA09) – books for sale
- Joel Christian Gill (Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America) – @3:00-3:45P (PRH booth #1514/1515, table #2) – book giveaway
FRIDAY:
- Eddie Ahn (Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice) – @11:00-11:45AM (PRH booth #1514/1515, table #1) – book giveaway
- Kyle Newman, Mike Witwer, Jon Peterson (Heroes’ Feast: Flavors of the Multiverse) –@1:30-2:15PM (PRH booth #1514/1515, table #2) – books for sale
- Joe Sutphin and Juliet Johnson (Watership Down: The Graphic Novel) – 3:00PM-3:45PM (PRH booth #1514/1515, table #2) – books for sale
- Camilla d’Errico (Pop Manga Beauties and Beasties Coloring Book) – 3:30PM-4:14PM (PRH booth #1514/1515, table #1) – giveaway of The Pop Manga Sketchbook
SATURDAY:
- Jim Zub (Artificers & Alchemy: A Young Adventurers’ Guide) – 12:00-12:45PM (PRH booth #1514/1515, table #2) – giveaway of Places & Portals: A Young Adventurer’s Guide
- Eddie Ahn (Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice) – 2:30-3:30PM (Autograph area AA04) – books for sale
- Katie Cook (Nothing Special, Volume One) – @3:00-3:45PM (PRH booth #1514/1515, table #2) – books for sale
SAMPLERS AND MORE:
There will be a limited supply of Fall 2024 graphic novel samplers for giveaway at the PRH booth (#1514/1515), including:
- A double sampler of Castle Swimmer: Volume One (on sale 10/22/24) by Wendy Martin and Suitor Armor: Volume One (on sale 11/12/24) by Purpah
- A sampler of Big Jim and the White Boy (on sale 10/15/24), by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson
Also for giveaway at the PRH booth, all while supplies last:
- Ten Speed Graphic Fall 2024 catalogs
- Bookmarks for Nothing Special: Volume Two (on sale 10/22/24) by Katie Cook
- Recipe cards for Puncheons & Flagons: An Official Dungeons & Dragons Cocktail Book, by Andrew Wheeler (on sale 8/27/24)
- Postcards for MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark and Mysterious, by MrBallen (on sale 10/1/24)
- Postcards for The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, by Tri Vuong (on sale 9/10/24)
- Paper fans for Camilla d’Errico’s forthcoming coloring book, Pop Manga Flights of Fancy Coloring Book.