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What Happens Next: Books You Play Like a Game!

“Readers will enjoy owning the action, navigating obstacles, and dealing with the consequences in this quirky story.”—Kirkus

Talent Show Troubles

In this first graphic novel of the What Happens Next series, you can decide if Megan will run the Sunbright Middle School’s talent show smoothly or right into the ground.

Megan Hathaway is in charge of Sunbright Middle School’s talent show, and everything is going wrong.

Animals are running wild backstage, vice-principal Fisher is out for blood, and Megan’s friend Olivia might be turning into a zombie. Can YOU help Megan salvage this mess, or will you doom her to an eternity in the school’s basement?!

With over 25 different endings, What Happens Next: Talent Show Troubles is an interactive misadventure you’ll be coming back to over and over!

Talent Show Troubles is available in hardcover, paperback, and digital everywhere books are sold, including:

IndieBound / Macmillan / Amazon  / Target / Barnes & Noble / Walmart 

What Happens Next: Talent Show Troubles

Let’s Make Comics!

Learn to make your own comics with my book, Let’s Make Comics! An Activity Book to Create, Write, and Draw Your Own Cartoons.

Let's Make Comics! Comics Activity Book

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Praise for Let’s Make Comics!

“A fun, well-designed and kid-friendly workbook which, if the instructions are carefully followed, will crank up and start the engine of comics in the mind and heart of anyone who’s ever wanted to try their hand at making friends on paper.” — Chris Ware, author of Building Stories


“At once playful and complex, this book is a perfect introduction to cartooning, as well as a lovely (and lovingly crafted) tribute to the comics form and a timely reminder that artmaking can be fun.”—Roman Muradov, creator of Vanishing Act and On Doing Nothing


“Let’s Make Comics is a book I wish I had when I was 9, but 29 works too! It’s so fun and brilliant and packed with oodles of awesome activities. Great book for learning to make comics or for a seasoned cartoonist to find some new inspiration.”—Ben Clanton, creator of the Narwhal and Jelly books


“It’s fantastic! This book will make you a better writer and a better artist and show you how to think like a comic star.”—Charise Harper, creator of the Fashion Kitty and Crafty Cat books


“Warning! This book will make you make comics, and it will be fun!”—Greg Pizzoli, creator of The Watermelon Seed, Number One Samand The Book Hog


“If only we’d had this book! Our comics would be much better.”—Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz, creators of War and Peas