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 [...]

The Smurfs are Everywhere!

Hi There, Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, and I’m surrounded by Smurfs! First, we just launched the newest Smurfs game “Baby Smurf’s Couples” — it’s a smurfilization of “Tetris” that introduces the variable of Jokey Smurf’s bombs! It’s quite addictive, indeed! Not only that, but this past weekend The Washington Post published an item on [...]

Interview with the Nancy Drew Crew!

Happy Friday Everyone! Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, very excited about the Drew’s Clues interview with Stefan Petrucha, Sarah Kinney, and Sho Murase about all things Nancy Drew. You can access the interview here. It’s great to see all three of these wonderful friends and colleagues interviewed in the same place. I think you’ll enjoy [...]

The HARDY BOYS The New Case Files #1 Video!

Hi Everyone! Associate Editor Mike Petranek here excited about the new video for THE HARDY BOYS The New Case Files #1 “Crawling with Zombies!” The video came together with help from a lot of people — Sandra Schmidt edited the video, the art is from Paulo Henrique, the script by Jim Salicrup and me… the [...]

Comic-Con Wrap-Up, Smurfs, and Facebook!

Hi There! A big “thank you” to everyone who came out to see us along with Rick Parker, Stefan Petrucha, Maia Kinney-Petrucha, Margo Kinney-Petrucha, Sarah Kinney, Jim Salicrup, and myself at the Papercutz booth at New York Comic-Con 2010! You may have also run into Janice Chiang and other Papercutz contributors. It was fun for [...]

Papercutz at NEW YORK COMIC-CON and MORE!

Hi There! Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, very excited about this year’s New York Comic Con. We will be at booth #2304 and encourage you to stop by and see our new titles and say hello! Not only that, but Stefan Petrucha and Rick Parker will be signing books at the booth! Here’s our signing [...]

Walking on Smurfshine!

Hi there! Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, very excited about all of the great press surrounding our books, especially THE SMURFS! I’m walking on sunshine — or rather — smurfshine! I feel like this little guy from THE SMURFS #1 “The Purple Smurfs” First off, the School Library Journal called our graphic novels “smurftastic,” and [...]

News, Reviews, and Little Blue Dudes!

Hi There! Associate Editor Mike Petranek here to say hello and share some exciting goings-on at Papercutz that have me jumping for joy! Not only will you be able to pick up the first two SMURFS graphic novels next Tuesday, but in three weeks the first volume of NANCY DREW THE NEW CASE FILES #1 [...]

How Not To Draw a Graphic Novel

When Papercutz Editor Jim Salicrup told me earlier this year that he’d chosen me to illustrate Stefan Petrucha’s hilarious new 50-page full-color graphic-novel parody of the Harry Potter series I nearly flipped my wig! I told Salicrup: “No artist could ever do justice to THAT—especially ME!” I immediately hung up the phone and locked myself [...]

Lookin’ Good at Comic Con!

Hi Everyone, I felt this was definitely worth sharing. Rick Parker did a little Photoshop work on a picture of me, Terry Nantier and Jim Salicrup at Comic Con. Enjoy! -Michael

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