Hello World! from Janna at Papercutz
January 13, 2012 by Janna Morishima
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I just celebrated my first month anniversary as director of marketing at Papercutz. It’s great to be jumping in to a small company at such an exciting time in its development. Over the past few years, Papercutz has seen tremendous growth and has been very busy bring new graphic novel series to kids from The [...]
Sharing Smurfs
December 1, 2011 by Jim Salicrup
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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 [...]
Let’s welcome Janna Morishima to Papercutz!
November 29, 2011 by Jim Salicrup
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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 [...]
Smurftastic Friday!
August 12, 2011 by Michael Petranek
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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 [...]
Free Comic Book Day is Tomorrow!
May 6, 2011 by Michael Petranek
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Hi Everyone, One of my favorite days of the year, Free Comic Book Day, is tomorrow! I am very excited for our comic book “Geronimo Stilton and the Smurfs.” Here’s a look at the cover: Free Comic Book Day Cover This comic contains a preview from GERONIMO STILTON #7, the Smurfs story “The Smurfs Submarine” [...]
The Smurfs are Everywhere!
March 22, 2011 by Michael Petranek
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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 [...]
Getting Good Grades…
March 10, 2011 by Michael Petranek
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Hi There! Associate Editor Michael Petranek here, happy to report that Papercutz has received some very good grades over the past week. No, we didn’t go back to school; people have been grading our graphic novels in recent reviews! If you head over to The Graphic Classroom you’ll see PAPERCUTZ SLICES #1 “Harry Potty” received [...]
Smurfs and Geronimo Start of 2011
February 14, 2011 by Michael Petranek
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Hi Everyone! It’s been far too long since I’ve stopped in to share Papercutz news with you, and boy is there a lot! GERONIMO STILTON #7 “Dinosaurs in Action” and THE SMURFS #4 ‘The Smurfette” were the first two books released by Papercutz in 2011. This is all getting us ready for May 7th, 2011. [...]
Will You Be Our Friend? :)
November 2, 2010 by Michael Petranek
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Hi There, Associate Editor Michael Petranek writing, because I would like to get some more friends — Facebook friends for Papercutz, that is! You see, our blog is one of the best places to get news and hear from Papercutz contributors. But for pictures and other inside info, our Facebook page is the place to [...]
Comic-Con Wrap-Up, Smurfs, and Facebook!
October 12, 2010 by Michael Petranek
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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 [...]