I just read a favorable write-up for Wes & Al's interactive iPad app for their picture book When I Grow Up.
Link: WIRED article
Link: WIRED article
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Summer Reading Program
The kids and I wound up with our picture in the local paper while at the library participating in the Summer Reading Program. We generally hit the library every couple of weeks.
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(Click to enlarge)
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Recipes.
We're doing an update on the "When I Grow Up" app and one of the games needed some recipes from Billy, the protagonist. Here are some of them. They look delicious. -W.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Top Ten Influential People in Comic Books
10. Todd MacFarlane
9. Carl Barks
8. Will Eisner
7. Steve Muffatti
6. Osamu Tezuka
5. Jack Kirby / Stan Lee
4. Frederick Wertham
3. Bob Montana
2. Frank Miller
1. Joe Shuster / Jerry Siegel
9. Carl Barks
8. Will Eisner
7. Steve Muffatti
6. Osamu Tezuka
5. Jack Kirby / Stan Lee
4. Frederick Wertham
3. Bob Montana
2. Frank Miller
1. Joe Shuster / Jerry Siegel
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Comic Book Relief
From The Daily Good:
Whether created to educate students in Kabul or fight unemployment in New York City, comic books have become a go-to creative instrument for tackling serious problems. Now a team of artists is putting comic books to work in support of the young people in Joplin, Missouri affected by last month's tornadoes, which killed more than 100 people and displaced thousands.
Dreamed up by a former editor at Nickelodeon Magazine, Comics Express is a limited-edition, 24-page comic book, to be distributed for free to Joplin's youth this July. While other relief agencies are helping adults in Joplin piece their community back together, this project aims to help children affected by tragedies by nourishing their sense of humor and their imagination. As Comics Express explains on their website, "The comic book will give young kids up to teens something more fun to think about than damaged neighborhoods and uprooted lives."
To get the project off the ground, Comics Express created a funding page on Indie Gogo, a platform for crowdsourcing funding. While the artists are donating their time and labor, shipping and printing will cost $6,000. A $20 donation will get you a copy of the magazine. Donate $100, and you'll get five copies, a poster, and your name included in an "original thank you poem" inside the comic book's front cover.
Whether created to educate students in Kabul or fight unemployment in New York City, comic books have become a go-to creative instrument for tackling serious problems. Now a team of artists is putting comic books to work in support of the young people in Joplin, Missouri affected by last month's tornadoes, which killed more than 100 people and displaced thousands.
Dreamed up by a former editor at Nickelodeon Magazine, Comics Express is a limited-edition, 24-page comic book, to be distributed for free to Joplin's youth this July. While other relief agencies are helping adults in Joplin piece their community back together, this project aims to help children affected by tragedies by nourishing their sense of humor and their imagination. As Comics Express explains on their website, "The comic book will give young kids up to teens something more fun to think about than damaged neighborhoods and uprooted lives."
To get the project off the ground, Comics Express created a funding page on Indie Gogo, a platform for crowdsourcing funding. While the artists are donating their time and labor, shipping and printing will cost $6,000. A $20 donation will get you a copy of the magazine. Donate $100, and you'll get five copies, a poster, and your name included in an "original thank you poem" inside the comic book's front cover.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Things that didn't get in the App
A hearty welcome for any wandering visitors to Ted Dawson and Wes Hargis's Blog!
The App for "When I Grow Up" by author Al Yankovic that I (Wes) was helping with is over at the itunes store right now. It was just awesome to work with my favorite people at Harper and the talented gang at Bean Creative to bring Al's book to life.
I wanted to show any visitors here a few pieces that didn't get into the App!
These are game info pages and it sort of slowed kids down in getting to the games, so it was chucked for the betterment of the experience. Here's a few that only you guys get to see.
Wes
The App for "When I Grow Up" by author Al Yankovic that I (Wes) was helping with is over at the itunes store right now. It was just awesome to work with my favorite people at Harper and the talented gang at Bean Creative to bring Al's book to life.
I wanted to show any visitors here a few pieces that didn't get into the App!
These are game info pages and it sort of slowed kids down in getting to the games, so it was chucked for the betterment of the experience. Here's a few that only you guys get to see.
Wes
Monday, April 11, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
When I Grow Up Picture Book
In its Fifth Week on the New York Times Bestseller List, When I Grow Up has moved up to Number Four!
On Amazon:
On Amazon:
- Average Customer Review:
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #696 in Books
- #3 in Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Careers
- #7 in Books > Children's Books > Issues > School
- #25 in Books > Children's Books > Humor
Friday, March 4, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Wes Hargis: New York Times Bestselling Illustrator!
Wes Hargis' When I Grow Up is on the New York Times Bestseller List!
I think somebody named Al wrote it.
Congrats, Wes!
I think somebody named Al wrote it.
Congrats, Wes!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
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