Category Archives: Hereville

“Hereville” sighted in a bookstore! Photographic evidence!

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Ampersand

UPDATE 3: Whoops, it’s not The Bookery! My bad — I’ve been to Ithaca only a few times, and I got the names confused. The bookstore that may have been the first in the nation to sell a copy of Hereville (and was certainly the first to sell one to my sister!) is BUFFALO STREET […] Continue reading →

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Robin Drawing

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Ampersand

Here’s a drawing of Robin I did as a gift for my friend Becca. The Tim Drake version (Becca’s favorite). I really don’t draw superheroes often; I’m guessing that the last time I drew Robin, I was a teenager myself. Robin was originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson. Tim Drake, a […] Continue reading →

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Process: Designing The Troll

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Ampersand

I’ve posted a graphic showing the steps I went through to design the troll for Hereville. You can see the entire thing (it’s a bit long) on the Hereville website. (Click here for information about preordering Hereville.)

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Repairing a Sexist Cartoon

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Ampersand

The webcomic “Least I Could Do” posted this amazingly sexist cartoon today: (It was too wide to fit onto a regular blog, so I reformatted it a bit.) Emmy Cicierega suggested that people try repairing the cartoon with some strategic relettering, and posted a version with oddly tweaked art and blank balloons. Eat, Drink and […] Continue reading →

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Sketchbook: Zero Mostel

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Ampersand

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Two More Hereville Title Page Sketches

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Ampersand

Back when I was selling the self-published comic book of Hereville, folks sometimes paid extra for their comic in order to have me do a drawing on their title page. (A similar offer is now available for folks who preorder the hardcover book). Sometimes these sketches would be requests, other times I’d just choose a […] Continue reading →

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Incredibly Kind Review of Hereville in School Library Journal!

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Ampersand

On the School Library Journal website, blogger Elizabeth Bird posted an incredibly kind review of Hereville: “Yet another troll-fighting 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl,” says the byline. Well seriously. How was I supposed to pass that up? I’d grabbed a copy of Hereville at an American Library Association conference along with a whole host of other […] Continue reading →

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Process: Drawing a Panel of Hereville

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Ampersand

I drew Hereville on my computer, using a Cintiq tablet, which is a kind of interactive pen-on-screen tool that I couldn’t possibly live without. The software I use is Photoshop CS4. I used to draw with CS2, but I upgraded to CS4 because it lets you rotate an image while you work on it. Okay, […] Continue reading →

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Jane Yolen Praises Hereville!

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Ampersand

A very nice recommendation from a very admired writer. Thank you, Ms. Yolen! “An unusual eleven-year-old orthodox Jewish girl with more chutzpa than Yentl seeks a magic sword, and has an epic battle with a troll, as author/illustrator Barry Deutsch offers up a mitzvah–a graphic novel which has joy, style, lots of Yiddishkeit, adventure, and […] Continue reading →

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A couple more Hereville sketches

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Ampersand

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