This past weekend was San Diego Comic Con – the biggest comics and entertainment convention in North America – and we had so much fun celebrating graphic novels, fantasy stories, Harry Potter, and more!
Below is a collection of some of the social media posts from Scholastic's big events at the con; check out all the fun! We'll see you next year!
We had a great time at the Superstars in Children's Graphic Novels signing! #SDCC18 #GraphixSDCC pic.twitter.com/giXH5yVo6J
— Graphix (@GraphixBooks) July 20, 2018
We're with #MrWolfsClass creator Aron Nels Steinke (@mrwolfcomics) at the Meet the Makers panel at #SDCC2018! #GraphixSDCC pic.twitter.com/9HJqePzYJq
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 20, 2018
Mr. Wolf's Class creator Aron Nels Steinke says he loves seeing his students connect with comics.
"They're immediately accessible," he says. "You're able to flow through the story in a way that's really enjoyable." - @mrwolfcomics #sdcc2018 #sdccel #graphixsdcc pic.twitter.com/H8xNyEkARi
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 20, 2018
If you're at #SDCC2018, look for this dinosaur and team to pick up a free chapter sampler of @djolder's #DactylHillSquad! pic.twitter.com/uxzSkvi4pW
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 20, 2018
#WitchBoy creator @MollyOstertag says she likes writing books for middle grade because it's the time when kids are figuring themselves out. "And a book is a really safe space to just be yourself."#SDCC2018 #GraphixSDCC pic.twitter.com/LRtkZLhCpn
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 20, 2018
Congrats to @MollyOstertag for winning Prism Award for The Witch Boy in the category of mainstream comics! @Gingerhazing pic.twitter.com/JDA4pKxM2U
— Roberta Lee (@AspireDisnDat) July 22, 2018
"'Where' is one of the most compelling questions in science fiction stories — this is set in a world WHERE..." - @ScottWesterfeld
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 21, 2018
#Shadowshaper and #DactylHillSquad author @djolder talked about setting his stories in NYC: "There are so many ways that a city tells its stories and so many ways that a city suppresses its stories."
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 21, 2018
#CityOfGhosts author @veschwab spoke about how her characters help define the worlds of her stories: "I always write about insider/outsider culture. All of my main characters are outsiders... But in order to understand outsiders you have to understand insiders."
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 21, 2018
#Imposters author @ScottWesterfeld's advice for world-building: "Don't just build the world, but make sure people have lived in the world and start to scribble and scrawl."
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 21, 2018
#JediAcademy author @StudioJJK (or is that C-3PO?!) signs autographs for fans at #SDCC2018 pic.twitter.com/9zqg4PA6Hy
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 21, 2018
@Scholastic #HarryPotter20 illustrator panel at #ComicCon2018 #SDCC18 Such creative wonders that have visualised #HarryPotter pic.twitter.com/q1veSqrzmd
— Behind the Moon, Beyond the Rain (@jamesmcknight) July 21, 2018
Illustrators of the U.S. #HarryPotter books at #HarryPotter20 panel at #SDCC2018 sharing their process recreating the cover art by #MaryGrandPre. Incredible and surprising stuff. #SDCC #ComicCon #KazuKibuishi #DavidSaylor #JimKay #BrianSelznick #ArthurALevine pic.twitter.com/2NMZbkUpH1
— Wilda Wong (@borntobewilda) July 21, 2018
Jim Kay, the artist behind the fully illustrated editions of the Harry Potter series, says drawing the portraits are his favorites. He bases all of the characters on real people.#SDCC2018 #HarryPotter20 pic.twitter.com/tJb07WvAQt
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 21, 2018
US editor @ArthurALevine1 and art director David Saylor talk about how they selected Mary GrandPré to create the original US covers and chapter headers.
"We wanted it to feel like a rare, beautiful, magical object," Arthur says.#SDCC2018 #HarryPotter20 pic.twitter.com/AdB49e7AaY
— Scholastic (@Scholastic) July 21, 2018
I don’t mean to name drop BUT...both Darth Vader and Rey turned up for my book signing for Jedi Academy: The Principal Strikes Back at the Star Wars booth at #SDCC2018!@starwars @Scholastic pic.twitter.com/KOUuP2EijV
— Jarrett J. Krosoczka (@StudioJJK) July 21, 2018