Author: Tony D
October 22, 2012
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been busy these last couple of of months rendering new artwork to adorn the dustjackets of the 10-year anniversary of The Spiderwick Chronicles. Early next year, Simon & Schuster will unveil the new jackets, along with news about the re-release of the original five chapter books.
October 19, 2012
From A Hero for WondLa: At the park entrance a beeping gondola landed, and the bubble doors opened to reveal two other teenage girls. Both looked nearly identical to Gen… …”So,” Gen said, locking arms with the other girls. “These are my two darlings–Gen and Gen.” “We are known as the three Gens!” they said …
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October 8, 2012
I recently did a brief interview for the Girl Scouts of America with a focus on the creation of WondLa.
October 2, 2012
Note from T: Fifteen year-old high school student and artist, Gabe, contacted me sometime back about a summer internship. And, though its crazy nuts here in DiTerlizziland, I obliged. I did this because Gabe has real drive and talent and because I longed to hang out at Brain Froud’s studio when I was Gabe’s age. …
Continue reading “Gabe Invades the Blog!”
September 27, 2012
Though I am dying to dive back into the writing of WondLa III, I have diverted my attention to a certain trio of siblings and their encounters with the fey-folk.
September 4, 2012
Just as was done with The Search for WondLa back in 2010, Simon & Schuster has printed a limited edition sketchbook featuring some of the designs that went into the illustrations for A Hero for WondLa.
August 17, 2012
Carlos Rocafort is a freelance illustrator and designer whom I had the pleasure of meeting while on book tour this past spring.
August 13, 2012
My mind is still awhirl from the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI for short) summer conference held in Los Angeles last weekend.
July 23, 2012
Its taken over a week for Angela and I to recover from the madness of San Diego’s Comic Con International, but boy, was it worth it.
July 20, 2012
This week we received some Wondlaful drawings inspired by the WondLa trilogy from magnificent Maine. Neil is an aspiring writer and artist who gains much inspiration from reading books and looking at other artist’s illustrations (I definitely know what he means by that). Check out this awesome profile series Neil has created featuring some of …
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July 5, 2012
For those attending next week’s Comic Con International in lovely San Diego, California, here is my schedule of events:
July 1, 2012
In between book tours and summer barbeques, I’ve managed to squeeze in a couple of new pen & ink images of two beloved characters from La Belle et la Bête (better known as Beauty & the Beast) for an upcoming exhibit in Paris, France.
June 19, 2012
Saniya Soni and I talked at length about the WondLa trilogy at Hicklebee’s during last month’s tour.
June 15, 2012
11 year-old Abby from Clapham, England is quite a fan of The Spider & The Fly. “How big of a fan?” you ask. She’s such an awesome fan that she penned an awesome sequel. Check it out.
June 7, 2012
I can’t tell you what a thrill it is when a media blog that I adore (like the Hero Complex and Geekdad) posts about something I’ve created. Especially when the post has nice things to say.
June 1, 2012
This week’s Friday Fan Art is from Paige, an artist whom I met on tour that found creative inspiration from the WondLa series.
May 26, 2012
This year marked a decade of touring for my books (the first tour being for The Spider & the Fly back in the fall of 2002). And, though the travel hasn’t become less stressful, I still love coming to a bookstore, school or library and talking books. I can’t thank you all enough for making …
Continue reading “Another WONDLAful Tour!”
May 11, 2012
Geoff Boucher, of the LA Times, asked me a few key questions on the challenges of writing the second book in a trilogy. See what I had to say over at the Hero Complex.
May 11, 2012
Jonathan Liu, of Wired magazine, has posted an in-depth interview where we talk WondLa, reading, and being all around geeky dads. Take a look.
May 7, 2012
Saturday (May 5th) I flew up to Atlanta and had the opportunity to talk all things WondLa with CNN’s Randi Kaye.
May 4, 2012
Jonathan Liu’s (Wired magazine) stellar review of The Search for WondLa a couple of years back, made me one happy geek. Especially because it was posted on Wired’s Geekdad blog, which is like a big kid’s blog custom-made with everything I adore in this world.
May 3, 2012
I helped choose the 50 State Winners from the nearly 114k entries to this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest.
May 2, 2012
With less than a week remaining until the release of A Hero for WondLa, I thought you may like to see a sample of the 50+ illustrations I rendered for the book.
April 27, 2012
It’s been an art-filled week here in DiTerlizziland reviewing entries for the Wonders of the Future WondLa Giveaway; so for this weeks FFA I’d like to come back from the future to take a look at the fantastic.
April 25, 2012
This week, The Search for WondLa was released in paperback. Its now at an affordable softcover price, and yet, still retains the plethora of 2-colored interior art – yay!
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