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Jarod Roselló

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Maker of children’s books and tv shows: RED PANDA & MOON BEAR (Top Shelf/IDW), SUPER MAGIC BOY (Random House Graphic) www.jarodrosello.com 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | Tampa, FL

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Jan 25

Hey everyone! I'm a writer and cartoonist, and creator of the graphic novel series RED PANDA & MOON BEAR (Top Shelf) and SUPER MAGIC BOY (Random House Graphic).

#comics #graphicnovels #kidlit

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · 18h

We might only be halfway through fall semester, but I’m already getting ready for spring.

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 9d

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

Graphic for PEN America report titled 'Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Bans'. Features a stack of colorful books in front of a blackboard with '22,810 books banned in U.S. public schools, 2021-2025' written in chalk.

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · 9d

I AM A SLIME MONSTER will be here in just a couple of months!

Hugo and Dino face off against a Slime Monster from outer space who intends to take over the planet.

Its plan? Destroy all the books on Earth to shrink human brains and make them easier to conquer.

Out 12/16 from Random House Graphic

Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · 11d

I don’t have to draw anything right now, so I have time to play around with different styles #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks

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Alec Longstreth @aleclongstreth.bsky.social · 17d

SEVEN days left until the Isle of Elsi Book Three Kickstarter launches!

The prelaunch page is up if you want to click the "Notify me on launch" button:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...

#kickstarter #selfpublishing

Seven ites play hide and seek, with one covering its eyes and counting, while the other six run to go find hiding places

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · 18d

Just finished penciling my next book: RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3!

Right now it’s at 221 pages. It took me about 3 months to pencil it all. I spent a month before this thumbnailing out the visual composition, so I could focus on design in pencils.

#comics #kidlit #childrensbooks #graphicnovels

Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · 18d

I love that book! John was my first creative writing teacher!

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · 18d

So cool, Cheryl! I hope they enjoy it!

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · 18d

It is! And thank you! I’ve always loved quiet, image-text experiments. I’m actually working on a book-length one (and have been for like 10 years, so who knows when I’ll finish…)

Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks, Nick! Glad to hear that comic is still working. I was thinking about it whole making these!

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 9

How to Write for Children #3

#webcomic #kidlit #childrensbooks

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 8

How to Write for Children #2

#kidlit #childrensbooks #webcomic

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 8

How to Write for Children #1

#kidlit #childrensbooks #webcomic

Four-panel comic titled “How to Write for Children #1” that shows a sequence of abstract imagery along with the text: “Don’t just rely on your own memories / Your childhood happened a long time ago / In another time and space / your memories are probably wrong anyway”

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 8

Let the erasure begin

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Harper 🔜 17th Door 🔜 HHN 🦇 @2manystripes.bsky.social · Sep 7

More reasons to be anti-AI

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Sep 5

No Kings Day in June:

5-6 million people
2,169 communities
27 countries

The sequel is going to be even bigger.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · Sep 5

Are you taking part in the #SapphicSeptember readathon and looking to add some graphic novels to your TBR? Here’s a list of 20 queer graphic novels with sapphic main characters to add to your bookshelf:

(There's a list of book titles, authors in the alt text)

#booksky #sapphicbooks

Text reads: 20 sapphic graphic novels to read during Sapphic September at Proud Geek

www.proud-geek.co.uk

20 book covers for queer graphic novels with sapphic main characters:

▪️ S.I.R. by Fell Hound & Eleonora Bruni
▪️ Leap by Simina Popescu
▪️ Grand Slam Romance by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous
▪️ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
▪️ Heavy Vinyl Complete Collection by Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva & Irene Flores
▪️ The Girl From The Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
▪️ Thieves by Lucie Bryon
▪️ The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At All by Sumiko Arai
▪️ How Could You by Ren Strapp
▪️ The Strange Case OF Harleen And Harley by Melisa Marr & Jenn St-Onge
▪️ Galaxy The Prettiest Star by Jadiza Axelrod & Jess Taylor
▪️ Hollow by Shannon Watters & Branden Boyer-White
▪️ Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer
▪️ The Avant-Guards Complete Collection by Carly Usdin & Noah Hayes
▪️ Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky
▪️ Belle Of The Ball by Mari Costa
▪️ Waves by Ingrid Chabbert & Carole Maurel
▪️ Succulent edited by Niki Smith, Ollie Hicks & Tab Kimpton
▪️ Mooncakes by Wendy Xu & Suzanne Walker
▪️ Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy & Kaitlyn Musto

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 3

Same!

Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is an essay about illness, near-death, recovery, and comics. And it's really sweet and tender and a reminder of how much Tom loved us all.

Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 3

A couple of my favorite excerpts:

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Sep 3

We had our first not-as-hot day in Florida, which, for some reason, always reminds me of my favorite Tom Spurgeon essay from The Comics Reporter, "All of These Things That Have Made Us."

www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/si...

The Comics Reporter

www.comicsreporter.com

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Aug 29

I just backed How To Touch Grass on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

How To Touch Grass

A comics anthology about "touching grass", because it's a lot harder than it looks.

www.kickstarter.com

Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Aug 19

Only 50 pages left to pencil! Here’s a scene from pretty late in RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3.

The dogs do a lot more shape-shifting in this one.

#graphicnovel #kidlit #childrensbooks

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Aug 9

Definitely!

Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · Aug 9

And, finally: