Category Archives: Hereville

Barry Interviewed on KBOO Radio Today

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Ampersand

[Updated: Time is 11:30am, not 11am. I'll update the post with a link to the archive once I've got it.] Me and cartoonist Jenn Manley Lee will be interviewed on KBOO at 11:30am pacific time today. We’ll be talking about … Continue reading →

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Publisher’s Weekly on Hereville: “one of the most original and comically endearing heroines to come down the pike in a long time.”

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Ampersand

Publisher’s Weekly has posted their starred review of Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite. (Note: some spoilers ahead, although not more than you’d get from reading the back cover.) Eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg is as disheveled, prickly, competitive, and impulsive as … Continue reading →

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Now Selling Signed Copies of Hereville!

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Ampersand

Hey, folks. What with Chanukah and that other holiday coming up soon, I wanted to let you know that I’m selling copies of Hereville. Go here for all the details, or if you’d rather not see the details, you can … Continue reading →

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Blog Hop! Blog Hop!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Ampersand

I’ve been asked by poet and my “Alas” co-blogger Richard Jeffrey Newman to partic­i­pate in a Blog Hop in order to intro­duce new authors to new read­ers. If you’ve come here from the link posted on Richard’s blog, wel­come! If … Continue reading →

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Barry interviewed at VanCAF

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Ampersand

Here’s an interview I did with the wonderful Geneviève Bolduc of 4GeeksMedia. She and her various camera operators really did a great job.

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Mandolin and Nojojojo Nominated for Nebula Awards! And Amp is Nominated for a Norton Award!

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Ampersand

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced nominees for the 2010 Nebula Awards, and “Alas” did even better this year than last year! N.K. Jemisin, who used to cross-post on Alas as “Nojojojo,” hasn’t been much around these … Continue reading →

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Whoa! Hereville is in the Huffington Post!

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Ampersand

There’s an article about Hereville in the Huffington Post! This is the article Bob Smietana of the Religion News Service wrote. Very cool! Here’s a bit from the article: Ten-year-old Shira Acklin from the Temple, a Reform Jewish congregation in … Continue reading →

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Read “Modest Medusa”

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Ampersand

Jake Richmond, the cartoonist who (among a zillion other things) colors “Hereville,” has started a new webcomic, called “Modest Medusa,” which is genuinely funny, charming and nice to look at. The first strip is here, but I&#82… Continue reading →

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Brigid Alverson Interviewed In The Comics Reporter

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Ampersand

There’s been no greater booster of Hereville than comics journalist Brigid Alverson, who is interviewed here by Tom Spurgeon at The Comics Reporter. Brigid — who has interviewed me more than once, and who I like a lot — was nice enough to mention Hereville: SPURGEON: Can you talk for a bit about one or [...] Continue reading →

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Beautiful dance animation

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Ampersand

I love this little animation, a collaboration between an animator, a choreographer, and several dancers.

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

There’s also a making-of video. Continue reading →

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