It is Tiny Showcase‘s two-year birthday today, and they are celebrating it by offering Jacob Magraw-Mickelson’s latest print to as many people that want to buy them for 24 hours!

The sale of his print will end on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30pm EST, so head over and check it out!

Congratulations to Raina Telgemeier on being selected by Booklist for their 2007 Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth, alongside other such artists as Gene Yang, Debbie Huey and Linda Medley!

You can take a peek inside Kristy’s Great Idea over at the Scholastic Baby-Sitter’s Club site.

Gallery Nucleus has a great show coming up this weekend. On Saturday evening from 7pm to 11pm, they will be holding the opening reception for The Ancient Book of Myth and War show, featuring a group of talented artists from Pixar Animation Studios. The artists will be there to celebrate the release of their new book. Be sure to drop by and check out the works of Lou Romano, Scott Morse, Don Shank, and Nate Wragg. It’s all good stuff.

Newsarama has posted an interview with me regarding Flight 4. Check back at their site for a large preview gallery of the material in the book.

Just some quick Flight-related news of interest:

• A fascinating interview with Jeff Smith that covers the early days of Bone.
• Matt Forsythe has been blogging about his experiences on the set of Erin Laing’s short film, Birthday Girl, on the Birthday Girl production blog. Matt has been contributing to the film as a storyboard artist and a set decorator, along with everything else in between.
• Michel Gagné has just been nominated for two awards, a Shuster (see previous post) and an Ursa Major Award for ‘Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book of 2006′ for his work on ZED #7. Like the Shusters, voting for the Ursa Major Awards are open to the public, so don’t be shy! Michel has also posted some samples of his animation work to his website, including his work on feature films like Osmosis Jones and The Iron Giant. You can get a glimpse of his working process and view some animation clips from the Animation page on his website.

Johane Matte, Michel Gagné, Kean Soo, and Matthew Forsythe have all been nominated for 2007 Shuster Awards in both the print and web cartooning categories. The Shuster Awards recognize the achievements of Canadian comic book creators. Cast your official ballot here.

A quick follow-up post: over on his Bolt City blog, Kazu has just posted gorgeous 1200-pixel versions of the new Flight 1 and 4 cover spreads. Or just click on the links below:

Here is the official lineup for Flight Volume 4
(will be released July 10th):

Michel Gagné
Amy Kim Ganter
Tom Herpich
Israel Sanchez
Vera Brosgol
Kazu Kibuishi
JP Ahonen
Sarah Mensinga
Neil Babra
Scott Campbell
Jon Klassen
Johane Matte
Kean Soo
Joey Weiser
Jake Parker
Ben Hatke
Steve Hamaker
Phil Craven
Bannister
Joel Carroll
Azad Injejikian
Pascal Campion
Ovi Nedelcu
Clio Chiang
Raina Telgemeier
Dave Roman
Ryan Estrada
Lark Pien
Fábio Moon
Andrea Offermann
Graham Annable

cover illustration by Kazu Kibuishi
with additional interior illustrations by
Chris Appelhans and Reagan Lodge
Afterword by Jeff Smith

Amy Kim Ganter has contributed an adaptation of one of R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps stories, “Deep Trouble,” for the Goosebumps Graphix: Terror Trips anthology, joining artists Jill Thompson and Jamie Tolagson. Amy has also posted a preview page from her story, which you can view here.

Terror Trips was just released today, and is also available through Amazon.com, so check it out!