Stargazer by Von Allan

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share a free story! Titled "Sheba the Great!" this is a fun little 17 page romp. It's over at my main website at https://www.vonallan.com/2023/01/short-story-sheba-t...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2023/09/free-comics-story-sheba-great.html

SYNOPSIS FOR VOLUME 1. The synopsis for Volume 2 can be found here . Marni is a young girl dealing with the recent death of her grandmother, which has left her emotionally devastated and str...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2009/09/new-readers.html

I recently signed a deal to have Graphicly digitally distribute both volumes of my all-ages series Stargazer. The first volume of Stargazer is now available for FREE on the Graphicly website a...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2012/02/stargazer-graphiclycom-and-ebooks.html

I've prepared a number of ebooks versions of Stargazer that can be found below. Both volumes are in English. I'd certainly love to do free versions in other languages but I would need help on th...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2012/02/stargazer-ebooks-pdfs-cbrcbz-and.html

The Midwest Book Review recently reviewed Volume Two and wrote the following: "'Stargazer' is the second volume of graphic novels from Von Allan, following Elora and her two best friends Sophie...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2012/01/few-more-reviews.html

Well, this is very nice! The GeekMom blog included Stargazer for their GeekMom 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. They wrote: "Three girls are transported to a magical world by an amulet that one inherit...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/12/geekmom-picks-stargazer.html

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (August 10, 2010) – All-ages comics and graphic novels are still a rarity in publishing. As comics have skewed to an older and more mature readership, relatively few tit...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/12/press-release-announcing-stargazer.html

Both Stargazer Volume One and Stargazer Volume Two are available world-wide right now. The following is a list of retailers who are known to be carrying Stargazer. It's always tricky to figure o...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2010/05/retailers-who-are-carrying-stargazer.html

Copies of Stargazer Volume 2 are making their way out to distributors and have started to show up in various stores, too. I'm trying to stay on top of it and there's a "known" list of stores, ...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/10/odds-and-ends.html

Reviews are now coming in for Stargazer Volume Two. I'm excerpting them below and I'll continue to do that as more come in. Curious about reviews for Volume One? Well then! Please click here to ...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2010/05/reviews-for-stargazer.html

Yes, here I am sitting with the proof copy of Stargazer Volume 2. Very, very neat to be holding it. While it's not out until October 12th, there is a 36 page sample of volume 2 available in the P...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/08/stargazer-volume-2-proof-copy-from.html

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (August 10, 2011) – “All ages” comics and graphic novels are stories that parents can hand to their children without worrying about what they're reading. Unfortunat...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/08/canadian-artist-von-allan-announces-his.html

And here's the final cover including the spine and back cover text for Stargazer Volume Two. Almost there!

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/07/full-cover-for-stargazer.html

I've prepared a 36 page preview in multiple formats. You can right-click on any of these and choose "save as" to download the file to your computer. PDF: Right-click here and select "save as"...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/07/stargazer-previews.html

Stargazer Volume 2 will be arriving in stores in mid-October. Still quite a bit to do before then, but I'm very pleased to say that everything is finished now. All pages penciled and inked and I ...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/07/working-on-cover-for-stargazer-volume-2.html

The second part of the interview I did with Richard Caldwell is now up on the Poplitiko website: http://poplitiko.blogspot.com/2011/01/americanauts-von-allan-pt-2-of-2.html It's a wide-rangin...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/04/poplitiko-interview-part-2.html

Well, this is very neat. Stargazer has been nominated for a Prix Aurora Award in their inaugural "Best English Graphic Novel" category. What's especially neat is a number of Ottawa authors hav...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/05/prix-aurora-awards-and-stargazer-volume.html

The Concordian, one of Concordia University's student newspapers, posted a lovely review of Stargazer . From the review: "Stargazer begins with the funeral of Granny Hitchins, Marni’s grand...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/03/concordian-reviews-stargazer.html

Just a wee brush and ink sketch of Marni, Elora and Sophie from Stargazer.

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/03/pinup-from-stargazer.html

Ric Croxton of The Book Cave Podcast and I sat down to an interview regarding Stargazer, comics and graphic novels, and bit about the comics industry in general. Fairly wide-ranging, in other wor...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/03/interview.html

There's a sequence in the early pages of Stargazer where Sophie sings a song called "The Greenland Whale Fisheries ." Since it appears to have been written in the early to mid-19th century, I dec...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/01/greenland-whale-fisheries-by-ryans.html

The book launch for Stargazer took place at Ottawa's Perfect Books on Sunday, November 7th. Turnout was pretty good if I do say so myself and the bookstore seemed quite pleased with the sales. ...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2011/01/photos-from-ottawa-book-launch-of.html

This is very neat. Issue 1221 of The Comic Shop News featured both a profile on Stargazer and it was also the cover feature. The article is now online at http://csnsider.com/1221.htm . What follo...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2010/11/comic-shop-news-stargazer-cover-to.html

This is pretty big news. The Maverick Graphic Novels Committee is a group of Texas-based librarians that are proponents of graphic novels. Each year they put together a list of recommended titles...

http://stargazer.vonallan.com/2010/11/stargazer-nominated-for-2011-texas.html

I've mentioned some of the origins of Stargazer in this post , but today I wanted to specifically talk about another influence. Marc Swayze is the co-creator (along with Otto Binder) of Mary Mar...

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