Sharing Smurfs

Have you ever “discovered” a movie, book, TV show, or comic that you loved so much you couldn’t wait to share it with your friends? Feels great, right? Well, that’s what my job as Editor-in-Chief of Papercutz is like! For example, it seemed like everyone else in the world was aware of how wonderful the original [...]

SMURFS: The Good, The Bad, and the Smurfy!

The big SMURFS news this week (last week it was Clumsy Smurf appearing in the big Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade) is the release of The Smurfs movie on DVD and Blu-Ray discs. But before I go any further, I want to get my two cents in on the topic of Smurf-Haters. I know, the very [...]

Let’s welcome Janna Morishima to Papercutz!

Very exciting news today! Janna Morishima is the new Papercutz Marketing Director! Janna started in publishing at Scholastic and was a founding editor of its Graphix line of graphic novels, where she helped bring Jeff Smith’s BONE to a much wider audience, as well as launching Raina Telgemeier’s successful graphic novel adaptation of the BABYSITTERS [...]

Jim Salicrup is Thankful

It’s the first Monday after Thanksgiving, and the whole Papercutz crew is back to work on the 13th floor at the palatial Papercutz offices, doing our best to create great graphic novels for all ages. I’m Jim Salicrup, your bleary eyed Editor-in-Chief, and I want to offer a sincere apology to all our Papercutz fans [...]

Come See us at New York Comic Con!

Hi Everyone, Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, excited about next week’s New York Comic Con. If you’re attending, be sure to stop by booth #1831 to say “hi” and check out the newest Papercutz graphic novels! Also appearing will be Rick Parker and Stefan Petrucha for signings. Here’s when to catch ‘em: Rick Parker: Saturday [...]

Papercutz Around the USA!

Hi There, Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, gearing up for New York Comic Con at the Javits Convention Center October 13th-16 with appearances by Stefan Petrucha and Rick Parker! Our booth number is 1831. More on that in the coming weeks. For now, I’d like to turn to reviews that have been coming in from [...]

Percy Jerkson Has Arrived!

Hello There! Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, very excited to see that PAPERCUTZ SLICES #3 “Percy Jerkson” is available now at booksellers everywhere! Here’s a look at the cover… Rick Parker, Stefan Petrucha, and Margo Kinney-Petrucha keep the laughs coming in the third installment of our parody series. Not only that, but so far reviewers [...]

Smurftastic Friday!

Smurfulations! Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, very excited about THE SMURFS. August has been a Smurftastic month for our little blue friends. The really big news is that THE SMURFS graphic novels from Papercutz are now available digitally! That’s right! The Smurfs now have their very own app from comiXology.com for the iPad and the [...]

From Potter to Potty–Harry Potter & the Five Big Buts…

No, not sir Mix-A-Lot, but my latest column at Boomtron takes a look at the slightly convoluted path leading the grand Potter finale.  Here’s the opening graph to get y’all started… WARNING! WARNING! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! HERE THERE BE SPOILERS! There are easier ways, right?  Toss the ring into Mount Doom and you’re done with [...]

10 Fiction Writing Rules and Why They’re WRONG!

Got a new column up at Boomtron today, all about some popular fiction writing rules.  To get you started, here’s the opening bit: Having read and taken part in many a discussion on fiction writing, I’ve heard an awful lot of “rules.” While I love factoids, a lot of the advice floating around out there [...]

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