SMASH Fan Art: Jeffrey Munoz

December 18, 2014 by Chris Bolton in Blog, Fan Art

We were very excited to get fan art from the talented Jeffrey Munoz the first time. But now he's sent a piece that is so gorgeous, we can't stop staring at it — along with his favorite line of dialogue from SMASH, Book One: Trial by Fire.

We're incredibly flattered by Jeffrey's artwork and excited to share it with all of you! (Check out more of his work here.)

If you have SMASH fan art, please send a jpeg to us at smashcomic@gmail.com, along with your name as you want it to appear on our site. We'd love to post it!

LitPick: 6 Minutes with Chris A. Bolton

December 11, 2014 by Chris Bolton in Blog

Yesterday, Kyle sat in the hot seat with the wonderful folks at LitPick. Today it's my turn to sit for six minutes of intense grilling — check out the results right here!

LitPick: 6 Minutes with Kyle Bolton

December 10, 2014 by Chris Bolton in Blog

If you aren't familiar with LitPick, you should be! It's a terrific website that has a passion for promoting preteen and teen reading and writing.

Yesterday, Smash: Trial by Fire received a great review from 11-year-old Nictaf. And now Kyle and I are honored to be interviewed for the site.

Click here to read Six Minutes with Kyle Bolton and find out about the Smash artist!

Oregon Spirit Book Awards Presentation

November 06, 2014 by Chris Bolton in Awards, Blog, Book One, Kids' Comics, Press, Publicity

You may have heard that SMASH: TRIAL BY FIRE won the 2013 Oregon Spirit Book Award for Graphic Novel.

On Saturday, October 4, SMASH writer Chris A. Bolton attended the awards ceremony at Wilsonville High School. Sponsored by the Oregon Council of Teachers of English, it was a wonderful day that kicked off with a rousing keynote speech by author Brian Doyle.

Then the winners were each presented a beautiful plaque onstage and given a few minutes to speak.

Afterward, they had a chance to sign books and mingle with teachers and other nominees. Chris heard from several teachers who were phenomenally excited to introduce SMASH to their classroom.

From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank the OCTE for this honor. Their award highlights a variety of children's books from Oregon writers and helps introduce the value of stories to young minds that crave them. We are deeply grateful for this award and a wonderful ceremony!

And, if you'd like to watch Chris's acceptance speech:

Inktober 24: Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2014 by Chris Bolton in Blog, Halloween, Inktober 2014, Sketchbook

What costume does the Joker wear on Halloween? (With a little help from Bane, of course.)