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Grant Snider

@grantdraws.bsky.social

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Keeper of sketchbooks. Loser of pens. Creator of Poetry Comics, Incidental Comics, and picture books.

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maclaglen.bsky.social @maclaglen.bsky.social · 21h

An oldie but goodie. All credit to @grantdraws.bsky.social

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 23h

Here are some hard-won insights on how to finish a creative project: incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/how-to-fin...

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 6d

Here's an interview about the making of my book Poetry Comics: incidentalcomics.substack.com/p/poetry-com...

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 8d

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 10d

Poetry Comics looks magnificent in paperback! Out now from @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social, find it at your favorite local bookstore or wherever books are sold.

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 16d

Here's a comic from my new book, THINKING ABOUT THINKING.

Find it here or your favorite bookstore: www.abramsbooks.com/product/thin...

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 20d

www.chroniclebooks.com/products/poe...

Poetry Comics

“A poetry-filled graphic novel that is powerful in its simplicity.” ―Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Personal but personable, too, with glints of quiet humor.” ―Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review “Po...

www.chroniclebooks.com

Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 20d

Here's a page from my book POETRY COMICS, out now in paperback from @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social!

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 21d

Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 24d

True Comics of Parenting

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 24d

My four-year-old drew his first person. This cartoonist dad is proud!

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 28d

Posters are up at my shop! incidentalcomics.storenvy.com/products/369...

"READ" Poster #1 from Incidental Comics

Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper. Perfect for your library or reading space. Paper thickness: 10.3 mil Paper weight: 189 g/m Opacity: 94% ISO brightness: 104% Paper is sourced fr...

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · 28d

I'm proud/ashamed to say I knew the RAGE version before the LOVE version (bought the CD at Best Buy circa 2000)

Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm dreaming of a poster...

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Marina BF @marinaborras.es · Sep 9

Pero qué bonicos han quedado 🥰
@garbuixbooks.bsky.social @fandofonts.bsky.social
@grantdraws.bsky.social

Cubierta con cuatro viñetas representando las estaciones

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Sep 8

I believe it's a single pass for all speakers, thanks for asking!

Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Sep 8

Scenes from a Book Club

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Sep 6

Correction, my workshop is Wednesday!

Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Sep 6

Join me this Tuesday for a virtual workshop on Making Poetry Comics from Nature! It's part of the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference with @wildwonder.bsky.social, details here: www.wildwonder.org/wild-wonder-...

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Sep 4

Children wear many hats.

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you, Annette!

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Sep 3

I love the newsletter by @grantdraws.bsky.social and was excited to see his new book Poetry Comics at the library. He does wonderful, inventive things with the comics form. Strong recommend.

#poetry #comics #poetryforkids #amreading #kidlit

Page shows a nine-panel graphic novel format, but the illustration on the panel is page-wide. Each panel has a little bit of a single poem about a tree, but the page as a whole shows the tree, though every individual panel shows only a tiny bit of the tree.

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm starting a new series of comics on parenting, drawn from life. Things are about to get real!

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Garbuix Books @garbuixbooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

🟡YA A LA VENTA🟡

¡El esperado nuevo #cómic del autor de “Lo que tu biblioteca dice de ti!

📚Poesía en cómic, de @grantdraws.bsky.social

🔎 garbuixbooks.com/libro/poesia...

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Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social · Aug 28

Some Words of Wonder for your Thursday...

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