BENNY AND PENNY HOW TO SAY GOODBYE HC
(W) GEOFFREY HAYES (A) GEOFFREY HAYES (CA) GEOFFREY HAYES
Why won't Benny care? Penny finds a dead salamander, but her brother Benny doesn't want anything to do with it. Is it silly to have a ceremony for Little Red, or could the loss of this tiny animal mean much more to the lovable siblings? With his unique knack for portraying children's emotional turmoil, Geisel Award-winner GEOFFREY HAYES shares this gentle tale of an early encounter with death.
COMICS CONFIDENTIAL 13 GRAPHIC NOVELISTS TALK HC
Respected anthologist Leonard S. Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create their own word-and-picture narratives. Here are their moving, funny, inspirational stories: true tales from the crucible of creative struggles that led each to become a master of one of today's most vibrant art forms. Featuring interviews with: Harry Bliss, Catia Chien, GEOFFREY HAYES, Kazu Kibuishi, Hope Larson, Danica Novgorodoff, Matt Phelan, Dave Roman, Mark and Siena Cherson Siegel, James Sturm, Sara Varon, and Gene Luen Yang.