Capt'n Eli: Free Comic Book Day

This Saturday, Jay Piscopo and The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli crew will be in Rochester, New Hampshire. It's actually a citywide festival sponsored by Jetpack Comics and the Rochester Main Street Association. Check out all the details at this link. Jay will be doing free sketches and the crew will hand out free limited edition comic books and collectible card games.

Scott Doyle and the Capt'n Eli's Soda team will also be on hand with the Capt'n Eli's Soda van offering free samples of this hand-crafted Maine-made soda.

Ralph DiBernardo puts on fantastic conventions every year and you won't want to miss this Free Comic Book Day Festival in Rochester!

Jay Piscopo on Location at Colby College Museum of Art

In preparation for 217 Films' shoot at the Colby College Museum of Art in June, yesterday Jay Piscopo, author/illustator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli, spent the afternoon storyboarding on location with director Michael Maglaras and executive producer Terri Templeton for their new documentary John Marin: A Whole Body Full of Light. View on-location photos from the storyboard session HERE.

Ocean Adventure Day

This week, The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli author/illustrator Jay Piscopo is taking part in the Baxter Memorial Library's Ocean Adventure Day with his Draw on Your Creativity workshop. Read about this great three day program youth services librarian Kathy Stevens has organized in Gorham, Maine in today's Portland Press Herald article by Ray Routhier: Fun on the Cheap: It's more than just books at the library in Gorham.

Be sure to check out new photos just added HERE from Jay Piscopo's interactive drawing workshop for Jobs for Maine's Graduates (JMG). This workshop was sponsored by Maine Reads as part of its Maine Festival of the Book celebration to showcase career pathways in Maine's creative economy.

ImaginOn's youth librarian Bill Corder also sent more photos from Jay's Charlotte, North Carolina library tour (check them out HERE) and posted this great blog entry on Boys Rule Boys Read.

New Photos Added from Charlotte Library Tour

Our Boys Rule, Boys Read friend Carl donning his Capt'n Eli t-shirt on vacaction!
Don't miss these NEW photos from ImaginOn Youth Librarian Bill Corder just uploaded of Jay Piscopo's Charlotte, North Carolina library tour. Stand by for adventure! It was a great tour of an amazing library system and Jay enjoyed meeting fans of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli, presenting his interactive Draw on Your Creativity workshop, and talking about comics and graphic novels with kids of all ages.

Capt'n Eli's Jay Piscopo Storyboarding on Location

Yesterday, The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli author/artist Jay Piscopo was on location with the 217 Films crew storyboarding at painter John Marin's Cape Split home in Down East Maine for 217 Films new documentary: John Marin: A Whole Body Full of Light. View photos from the day HERE.

Jay worked with director Michael Maglaras, executive producer Terri Templeton, director of photography Phil Cormier, and lighting director Jayson Labozo to establish the shot list and create rough storyboard sketches on-location. The next step is for Jay to turn these rough sketches into finished drawings to incorporate into the shooting script.

Framed at ImaginOn Library

Click HERE to check out a few snapshots of Jay Piscopo's library tour of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County library system. It was a great tour of an amazing library system and Jay enjoyed meeting fans of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli, presenting his interactive Draw on Your Creativity workshop, and talking about comics and graphic novels with kids of all ages. Special thanks to ImaginOn's children's librarian Bill Corder and his wife Valerie for all their hospitality and assistance on this mult-stop library tour.

Jay Piscopo on North Carolina Library Tour

This week, Portland, Maine comic book artist Jay Piscopo tours the Charlotte, North Carolina library system.
Check out his full appearance schedule at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County system HERE.

Jay is the writer and artist of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli. On this six stop tour he will present a drawing workshop, talk about his Capt'n Eli graphic novels and talk in general about comics and graphic novels. This program is intended for children aged 7 - 12 years old and their family members. This will be a very special event for children who love comics, graphic novels, and art so be sure not to miss it. Registration is not required to attend, but strongly encouraged.

Jay Piscopo Tops in ImaginOn Library's Author Shootout

"The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli is the most creative, fun, and exciting graphic novel series in a long time!" ~ Boys Rule, Boys Read


The youth services librarians at ImaginOn Library in Charlotte, North Carolina have a very interactive, engaging blog to encourage kids (especially boys!) to read called Boys Rule, Boys Read. They held a fun March Madness Author Shootout contest and Jay Piscopo, author/illustrator of the all-ages graphic novel series The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli came out on top. Here's what one of the young voters had to say:

"Just finished The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli The mystery of me and both parts of The Mystery of the Sargasso Sea. Both books are really great. They are about Eli. For some strange reason he doesn't know where he is from. All he has is a pod. The action in both books is cool. Illustrations are interesting because the colors make your eyes pop!"

Jay heads out tomorrow for a library tour of the entire PLCMC Library System in Charlotte and looks forward to meeting fans young and old!

Urban Adventure Kick Off with Jay Piscopo

On Friday, April 3, 2009 175 students from the Jobs for Maine’s Graduates (JMG) middle school program, Project Reach, came from all over Maine to take part in the annual Urban Adventure educational Scavenger Hunt in Portland, Maine.

When the students first arrived at Unum, they participated in an interactive “Draw on Your Creativity Workshop” led by Jay Piscopo, the Maine-based author and illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli all-ages graphic novel series.

Check out photos HERE.

This workshop was sponsored by Maine Reads as part of its Maine Festival of the Book celebration to showcase career pathways in Maine's creative economy.

Publshers Weekly - Page to Screen - April 1, 2009

Page to Screen: Werewolves in Reverse & A Flash Gordon-ish Comic
By Rachel Deahl -- Publishers Weekly, 4/1/2009
This week in Page to Screen--PW's weekly column tracking film rights circulating and sold in Hollywood--a story about a boy and his dog against the world, and a Flash Gordon-esque graphic novel series.

Read the full article HERE.

Brendan Deneen, newly of FinePrint Literary Management, is shopping film rights to an original graphic novel series by Jay Piscopo called Capt'n Eli! Deneen doesn't rep for print, and Nemo Publishing has already released the first two volumes in the series; The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli Volume 1 was published in July 2008. Nemo described Capt'n Eli!, about a boy's undersea adventures, as a combination of iconic brands—Flash Gordon meets Buck Rogers. Deneen, who's taking the series to studios and production companies, concurred on the classics front, and said it's "part Batman and part Johnny Quest."

Jay Piscopo - JMG Urban Adventure

“It’s important to offer young students the opportunity to learn different ways to communicate better. The combination of writing and drawing is a great way for students to learn how to organize their ideas and express them to others.” ~ Jay Piscopo, The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli

On Friday, April 3rd, more than 170 students from the Jobs for Maine’s Graduates (JMG) middle school program, Project Reach, will be unleashed on Portland’s Old Port to take part in Urban Adventure, an educational Scavenger Hunt. The assignment for these 8th grade students coming from all over Maine will be to practice their communication and team-building skills by interacting with Old Port merchants and city officials.

A new aspect of Urban Adventure this year is that JMG is partnering with Maine Reads as part of its Maine Festival of the Book celebration to showcase career pathways in the creative economy here in Maine.

When the students first arrive in Portland on Friday they will participate in a “Draw on Your Creativity Workshop” led by Jay Piscopo, the Maine-based author and illustrator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli all-ages graphic novel series.