Astronaut Elementary is finally available in shiny book form with a brand new name: Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity! It’s published by the amazing :01 First Second and available in most cool bookstores and comic shops.
Here’s the official promotional guide:
Astronaut Academy book trailer

HYPE: Audio-Visual Audacity with RAINA TELGEMEIER and DAVE ROMAN
KIDS OF ALL AGES: Do we have an event for you! Straight from New York, we’ve got authors RAINA TELGEMEIER (Smile, Babysitters Club) and DAVE ROMAN (Astronaut Elementary, Agnes Quill) giving an exciting sight-and-sound heavy presentation for young and old alike. HEAR Dave and Raina [...]

Join creators Dave Roman (Astronaut Elementary, Nickelodeon Magazine), Matt Loux (Saltwater Taffy, Star Wars Adventures), and Abby Denson (Powerpuff Girls, Amazing Spider-Man Family), as they talk about creating comics for kids and lead the audience in a fun comics workshop!
Sunday February 8th at the NY Comic Con
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Kids Zone [...]

Join Raina Telgemeier, Matt Loux, and Dave Roman on Sunday, November 9, as they celebrate the release of three kid-friendly graphic novels: Baby-sitters Club #4: Claudia and Mean Janine; Salt Water Taffy #2: A Climb Up Mt. Barnabas; and The Adventures of Tymm #1: Alien Circus!
They’ll be at Brooklyn’s favorite comics store: ROCKETSHIP!
Cookies and Ice [...]

Just in time for back to school season, ASTRONAUT ELEMENTARY is back to updating every Friday.
Currently serializing is a flashback story that documents Hakata Soys’ first day of class and how he forged an alliance with Miyumi San. This was was alluded to in earlier strips, but never shown before now! I’ve also been completely [...]

This weekend is the MoCCA Art Festival and half of Lunchbox Funnies will be there!  Ryan Sias, Mike Maihack, and Trade Loeffler will all be spending time at the Lunchbox Funnies corner, tables A17-A19.  And Dave Roman will be a short skip away over at the Comics Bakery, tables A7 and A8.  There will be [...]

This weekend is the New York Comic Con, the east coast’s biggest pop culture event! Sunday is their official KIDS DAY, where anyone under 12 gets in free! There will be lots of great activities and workshops and even a musical based on the Amelia Rules graphic novels!
Lunchbox creators, Dave Roman and Ryan Sias will [...]

Saturday, April 12th at Jim Hanley’s Universe in NYC…
It’s Kids’ Day! from 10AM - 6PM
An extravaganza of comics, cookies, and creativity.
Special guests Nick Bertozzi, Frank Cammuso, George
O’Connor, Kevin Pyle, Aaron Renier, Misako Rocks!, Dave Roman,
Raina Telgemeier, Sara Varon, Fred Van Lente, and MC, Josh
Elder.
With live drawing, readings, activities, and the world premier
of the [...]

I’m super excited about the New York Anime Festival this weekend!
Organized by the same folks who put on the NY Comic Con, this should be a really huge event!
I’ll have a table in the Artist Alley area with my friends, The Comics Bakery, selling a huge assortment of mini-comics, graphic novels, t-shirts, buttons, and [...]

Astronaut Elementary creator, Dave Roman will be at the NY Comic Con this weekend, February 23-24th. He’ll be hanging out at the Comics Bakery booth with John Green, Raina Telgemeier and Marion Vitus in Artist Alley (Galleria) #A206. Dave will also be signing at the Slave Labor Graphics booth on Saturday and helping orchestrate an [...]