Tony DiTerlizzi's Blog, page 23
August 20, 2010
WondLaFul Tour 2010 Dates
We are still in the midst of finalizing tour dates for the launch of The Search for WondLa, but I wanted to drop a couple of confirmed events from the first leg of the tour:
Wednesday, September 22 @ 3:30 PM
Books, Bytes & Beyond
197 Rock Road
Glen Rock, NJ 07452
(201) 670-6766
Wednesday, September 22 @ 6PM
**NYC LAUNCH EVENT**
(Hosted by Uma Thurman)
Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 989-3270
Wednesday, September 29 @ 7:00 PM
Rainy Day Books
2706 West 53rd Street
August 18, 2010
WONDLA Art
With a little more than a month to go before the release of The Search for WondLa, I am finally able to share some jpegs of my favorite illustrations in the book (there are 70 total). These are all 2-page spreads that open up each chapter. There will be a small block of text on each, which is basically the inverse of what you usually see in a 500-page novel (think of the chapter openers in the Harry Potter books, for instance). This first one is of my heroine, Eva Nine, and it is the opening ...
August 17, 2010
School Library Journal: WONDLAFUL!
Connie Tyrrell Burns, of Mahoney Middle School in South Portland, Maine write a fabulous starred review of The Search for WondLa in the current issue of School Library Journal. Here is my fav part:
…The abundant illustrations, drawn in a flat, two-tone style, are lush and enhance readers' understanding of this unique universe. In addition, augmented reality is used in three places. By holding up the page from the book to a webcam, an interactive map appears on the screen. Readers can...
Guest blog at the LA Times' HERO COMPLEX
Greetings young padawans! This past weekend I attended the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Florida with the rest of the jawas, droids and Jedis. You can read my commentary over at the Hero Complex…I even acted on instinct and did some little illustrations for it!
August 10, 2010
WondLa Sketchbooks Available
For my friends and fans who can't wait for my U.S. fall book tour this September, Stuart Ng Books is offering a handful of signed The Search for WondLa sketchbooks for sale on his site.
As I posted before, I produced this 2-color, 34 page sketchbook in conjunction with Simon & Schuster in a limited edition of 2000. We've been giving them away at various conventions this summer (like San Diego Comic Con) and I'll be handing them out on tour this fall to some lucky attendees, but if you can't...
August 5, 2010
Oh No! I created an original piece for sale
My super-creative pal, Dan Santat, along with hilarious author, Mac Barnett, have organized an auction to benefit 826LA. 826LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.
Dan and Mac asked a bunch of illustrators to re-imagine a scene from their totally awesome new picture book, OH NO! which came out this summer. Of course, I was honored and thrilled to p...
July 19, 2010
WondLa Maquette revealed at Comic Con
I am excited to reveal an extremely limited exclusive giveaway, a sculpted maquette of Muthr – the robotic character from my upcoming illustrated novel, The Search for WondLa – that will be available at next week's Comic Con in San Diego. Take a look:
The maquette and signed books will be available at an auction to benefit The Comic Book Legal defense Fund. Here are the details:
From the mind of Tony DiTerlizzi, creator of The Spiderwick Chronicles comes The Search for WondLa, the start of a...
July 13, 2010
San Diego Comic Con Signing Info
I'll be doing a special signing event at Comic Con International next week in San Diego.
The signing will be next Thursday, (7/22) from 11:30 – 12:30 in the autographing area at table AA19. It will immediately follow the panel discussion and is limited to 100 attendees only.
The 100 attendees will receive a FREE advanced reader copy of The Search for WondLa as well as the limited edition sketchbook. Supplies are extremely limited so we are offering line tickets at 9:15 Thursday morning. a
July 8, 2010
San Diego Comic Con Panel
"THE SPARK OF IMAGINATION"
Thursday, July 22nd at 10-11am in Room 25ABC
Peek inside the minds of leading authors and filmmakers to explore how imagination informs the creative process. New York Times-bestselling children's author Tony DiTerlizzi (The Spiderwick Chronicles) details the precedent-setting augmented reality used in his new Simon & Schuster novel The Search for Wondla; LAIKA President/CEO Travis Knight (lead animator, Coraline) explains his studio's commitment to bold subject...
July 5, 2010
Bookie-Woogie Interview
Fellow illustrator Aaron Zenz and his hilarious kids ask all the right questions at his Bookie-Woogie blog. Enjoy!
