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.

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 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!

The Championship Round

The Boys Rule, Boys Read Championship Round at ImaginOn Library in Charlotte, North Carolina is underway!

Jay Piscopo trounced J.K. Rowling for the major upset of the year! The authors in the Championship Round are:

Jay Piscopo, author of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli vs. Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline, The Graveyard Book, and many others.

You have until noon on Friday to cast your vote. Click HERE to vote.

Check out the Final Four HERE.
Check out the Elite Eight HERE.

The Final Four (and a stunning upset!!)

The Boys Rule Boys Read results are in from the second round of the March Madness Author Shoot-out and we are ready to move on to the Final Four and there has been a stunning upset!

The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli author/illustrator Jay Piscopo has swept Rick Riordan by 6 votes and moved on to the final four.

The Final Four:
J.K.Rowling vs. Jay Piscopo
Jeff Kinney vs. Neil Gaiman

You can vote HERE for your favorite until noon this Tuesday, March 31 then it's off to the Championship Round.

"That goes to show that Capt'n Eli has a lot of fans!"
~ Carl, ImaginOn Youth Services Librarian

Jay Piscopo - Elite Eight

Ahoy! The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli author/illustrator Jay Piscopo has made the Elite Eight at ImaginOn Library! Check it out HERE.

Don't miss your chance to cast your vote in the Boys Rule, Boys Read March Madness Author Shoot Out. There is another action-packed week of voting ahead. You have until noon Saturday to vote. Vote at this link.

The top contenders are:
J.K.Rowling
Jeanne DuPrau
Rick Riordan
Jay Piscopo
Jeff Kinney
Kaza Kingsley
Gordon Korman
Neil Gaiman