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So, this is fun! I was alerted by the awesome Fred Van Lente that Dolltopia made an appearance in the Season 2 premiere (episode title: “Mixologist”) of the fantastic IFC show, Portlandia!

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Happy New Year everybody! Check out this short interview on the cool site Girls Read Comics Too!

I’m thrilled to announce that Spanish publisher Ediciones Kraken (an imprint of Ediciones Jaguar and Spanish home to Judge Dredd and Alan Moore and Jose Villarrubia’s masterpiece, The Mirror of Love) will be publishing the Spanish edition of Dolltopia! It’s expected to be out Spring 2012 and look out for an appearance or two from me in Spain to coincide with the release!

On April 12th I received the International Manga Award for Dolltopia! It was at a small ceremony and dinner with Deputy Consul General Yasuhisa Kawamura and Consul Masakazu Kigure. What a great experience! It was so interesting to spend time with diplomats and share our thoughts on manga being a worldwide culture, we also discussed how artists can help with the current crisis in Japan. It was wonderful and I feel incredibly honored. Photo above by Matt Loux.

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March is CBR’s Month of LGBT Comics, and Dolltopia got a fantastic write-up! Also, Book of Boy Trouble 2 got a nice review as well. Loads of great books are being covered, so check them out!

Check out this nice piece on the event I did with Tim Fish in Amsterdam!  Abby Denson and Tim Fish in Amsterdam Guerrillageek.com 2/9/2011

Today it was announced that Dolltopia won a Bronze 4th International Manga Award! This is such a huge honor for me. A manga-inspired cartoonist can’t ask for more validation than this “Nobel Prize of manga” from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I want to send my heartfelt thanks to all of my wonderful family members, friends, fellow artists, editors, publishers, and supporters who were behind my vision from the beginning. Full press release below!

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That’s right, after Angoulême, Tim Fish and I will be doing an event at Amsterdam’s American Book Center Feb. 3rd – here are all the details!

Who: Cartoonists Abby Denson and Tim Fish | http://www.abbycomix.com | http://www.timfishworks.com
What: Booksigning and reading with Q and A of Dolltopia and Cavalcade of Boys
Where: American Book Center – Treehouse – Spui 12, 1012 XA Amsterdam
When: Thursday February 3rd 18:00-20:00
host: Rick Lightstone
Click here to rsvp!

Ground-breaking American graphic novelists Abby Denson and Tim Fish will sign at American Book Center February 3rd at an event including readings and a Q and A. In addition to speaking about their original LGBT- friendly works including Tough Love: High School Confidential, Love is the Reason, Dolltopia and Calvacade of Boys, they will discuss their work in mainstream American comics for such titles as Amazing Spider-Man Family, Simpsons Comics, and X-Men: Nation X!

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After I got back from Japan I  received my Moonbeam Children’s Book Award and certificate. I missed the ceremony while I was out of town, but I am certainly grateful for this honor!

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