Saturday, February 21, 2009

Big George Booksigning!


On Saturday February 28th at 2 pm, I'll be at Head House Books in Philadelphia talking about and signing copies of Big George. It's my first event at this great little indie store. If you're in the area, stop by and say howdy.

Above is the sketch of Washington's crossing of the Delaware from the book dummy. My wise editor and art director at Harcourt pointed out that it would be better for the final illustration to have the action going from left to right instead, leading the eye to the page turn. A simple change, but very important.

For a detailed look at the long and twisty road to publication for Big George, check out author Anne Rockwell's blog.

1 comment:

lady hermes said...

That's great news Matt. And while you're busy signing there, I'll be signing at Just Books in Old Greenwich from 10AM Saturday, February 28.
So if you're closer to NY than Philadelphia, please stop by!