Astronaut Elementary Archive

Kids Comics Workshop at NYCC

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

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 [...]

Comics and Cookies in Brooklyn!

Monday, October 27th, 2008

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 [...]

Back to school!

Friday, September 5th, 2008

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 [...]

MoCCA Bound

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

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 [...]

New York Comic Con

Monday, April 14th, 2008

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 [...]

Kids’ Day at Jim Hanley’s Universe

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

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 [...]

NY Anime Fest!

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

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 [...]

NY Comic Con

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

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 [...]

New Characters Spotted In Astronaut Elementary

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Actually they don’t have spots, they have stripes. They appear in the latest installment of Astronaut Elementary and I thought I’d catch up with fellow Lunchbox Funnies creator Dave Roman and get the scoop on them.

Hey Dave, what’s with the new characters? Are they some sort of raccoon species, and what’s with the one that [...]