Julian Hector

9/2/09

5/20/09

My Favorite scene:

From my next book, The Gentleman Bug - Spring/Summer 2010 Atheneum Books for young Readers.

5/8/09

The Little Matador, translated

The Little Matador was recently translated into Chinese. It's being sold in Taiwan.

Can be purchased here:

yesasia.com

Findbook.tw

4/19/09

Book Signing

I will be signing books at the Clinton Book Shop in Clinton, NJ on Saturday, May 2nd starting at 1pm.

Clinton Book Shop

4/7/09

3/23/09

Virginia Woolfspider

According to a Facebook quiz, Virginia Woolf is the writer that I am most similar too. Related to this, Wolfspiders are very common where I grew up in Texas. Spiders scare me, btw.

3/14/09

The Gentleman Bug: update

My editor, Nami, recently moved to Simon and Schuster's Atheneum Books for Young Readers imprint and "The Gentleman Bug" will now be published there. Ann Bobco is art directing the project.

3/4/09

2/28/09

2/4/09

1/30/09

Remember Lois Lenski’s The Little Fire Engine (1946) and the reliable Fireman Small? This latest of its many descendants features an urban crew of firefighters quelling an apartment fire. After a brief introduction to our particular firefighter (“This is his truck, / and this is its hose. / This is the station. / This is the bell”), the text moves into action (“And this is the signal / that all is not well”). Indeed: flames are erupting from an apartment building. Heroic rescues ensue, each neatly encapsulated (“This is the ladder, / attached to the truck, / that reaches the lady and man / who are stuck”). Julian Hector’s sturdy, simply modeled figures recall Lenski’s, though his characters are more varied and express a wider range of emotion; our hero looks especially sturdy, four-square, and compassionate. With its swift action, catchy verse, and appropriate palette (red, white, blue, and flame), this should find good use among preschool vehicle enthusiasts and new readers as well as in the “community helpers” unit. j.r.l.

1/15/09

This is "This is the Firefighter"

I received the book yesterday! The iphone camera ruined the reds, but here is a sneak peak.

1/7/09

Lovin From my Hometown Paper.

Hays grad charges onto publishing scene with 'The Little Matador'

I was featured for an article in this week's Hays Free Press - my hometown paper! Thanks Jen!

1/1/09

Happy New Year

True to form, I indulged my inner Ferdinand last night, avoiding the parties while drawing some flowers.

12/24/08

Merry Christmas

12/16/08

Dodekatheon

I learned a new word the other day, and immediately felt like illustrating it, especially as it pertains to a book that I'm working on.

12/15/08

October's Books of Wonder signing

Ellice and Nami, art director and my editor!

Bryan Collier

12/9/08

Happy Holidays

12/7/08

Caesar + Cleopatra

12/2/08

Mount Olympus

I'll be using this for my third book, "Vulcan."

11/30/08

Bestiarum Minimum

Cut them out and piece them together. They stand, just like real animals would!

Great for role playing games too.

This one time, I played the part of the Griffin and Unicorn. Together, we poked the Cyclops' eye out, dropped a book on top of the Minotaur, threw a (lit) match down the Dragon's throat, and tied the Hydras' necks into knots, all before Medusa turned us into stone... good times.

Printable: Bestiarum Minimum