First Second Tenth: A Cover Extravaganza

Publisher First Second is ten years old. Ten years of making some of the best graphic novels around – for kids and grown-ups. To celebrate, I thought it would be fun for First Second artists to pay tribute to their favorite First Second books.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? That’s how the saying goes?

Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki’s This One Summer, drawn by Box Brown, author of Andre the Giant:

Farel Dalrymple’s The Wrenchies, drawn by John Patrick Green, author of Hippopotamister:

Tony Cliff’s Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, drawn by Dave Roman, author of Astronaut Academy

Box Brown’s Andre the Giant, drawn by James Kochalka, author of The Glorkian Warrior series:

Andi Watson, author of Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula went for a complete re-imagining of Joann Sfar’s Klezmer:

Dave Roman’s Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity, drawn by George O’Connor, author of The Olympians series:

Here’s to ten more years!

Thank you, Gina Gagliano for making this post happen. The idea for this post is no doubt influenced by the Re-Seussification challenge over at A Fuse #8 Production.

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