Rory Lucey's Blog, page 2
September 6, 2023
Cover Reveal: “SCRAM”
Check out the cover for “SCRAM: The Society of Creatures Real and Magical”—coming out in July 2024!Written and illustrated by Rory Lucey
In the hopes of learning more about the local cryptids, three friends, Jenny, Emiko, and Brian, start the Society of Creatures Real and Magical—S.C.R.A.M.! Their first order of business? To meet a troll! As they venture into the unknown, our heroes learn valuable lessons about friendship, perseverance, and the importance of keeping a fish head in an old boot.
Available for Pre-Order: Bookshop.org
September 20, 2022
September 11, 2022
August 1, 2022
Signed copies at Kidsbooks in Vancouver & Munro's Books in Victoria
Looking for signed copies of “Bad Sister”? Find copies at Kidsbooks in Vancouver and at Munro's Books in Victoria, Canada!
September 22, 2021
Haddonfield Sun: Haddonfield Friends art teacher flexes creative muscles during pandemic
“Drawing on the infusion of heart and humor in those sources, Lucey made sure his drawings reflected well on what Harper laid out in her story. It was a creative process fueled by the distinct lack of distractions, since COVID forced a majority of Americans to stave off the boredom of quarantine.”
September 15, 2021
The Horn Book: Star Review of Bad Sister
“In bubbly, bright hues with loose outlines, Lucey’s comics convey thoughtfulness in form, placement, and perspective. Chapter introduction panels that look like Polaroids and the use of Ben-Day dots (like those typically found in newspaper funnies) add to the retro scrapbook-like feel.”
August 28, 2021
See the roundup of star reviews for "Bad Sister"
Curious about “Bad Sister”? Check out these star reviews below:
The Horn Book: September/October 2021 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews
School Library Journal: Bad Sister review
Kirkus Reviews: Bad Sister reviews
August 27, 2021
Join me at Inkwood Books on "Bad Sister" book launch day!
Come celebrate the release of Bad Sister, a new middle grade graphic novel illustrated by Haddonfield Friends School art teacher Rory Lucey, at Inkwood Books!
Masks are required for everyone during this event.
RSVP on FacebookAugust 6, 2021
See the roundup of star reviews for "Bad Sister"
Curious about “Bad Sister”? Check out these star reviews below:
The Horn Book: September/October 2021 Horn Book Magazine starred reviews
School Library Journal: Bad Sister review
Kirkus Reviews: Bad Sister reviews
June 24, 2021
New York Times: BAD SISTER on list of "11 Summer Graphic Novels for Early and Middle-Grade Readers"
“I was a bad sister. It wasn’t on purpose. The badness just happened.” So begins this wickedly funny, wrenchingly remorseful graphic memoir by the author/illustrator of the “Crafty Cat” and “Fashion Kitty” series, her words here perfectly matched with the kinetic, retro, comic-strip-style art of Rory Lucey.
The book is divided into chapters devoted to the respective powers of Charise and her younger brother, Daniel. She gets more (duh) owing to her supreme power — the power of being older — though he possesses that one super-annoying power of being younger: He’s outgoing, friendly and helpful (or as the older sister sees it, a pleaser, a suck-up), so everyone likes him. How unfair is that? Other big-sister powers include the Power of Blame: “I was good at pointing.” And the Power to Dare: “He was the follower and I was the leader.” But just when you start to think she’s truly evil, she begins to realize Daniel has powers too — superpowers even — like being able to recognize people. (Charise has face blindness.) Eventually Charise and Daniel become partners in crime. And when they fight she finds it harder to stay mad: “It was exhausting to be mean.” H
arper ends the book with a real-life photograph of herself and her little brother as children. She confesses that she still has the toy truck she stole from him many years ago. And dedicates the book to him, with love.
