Half Minute Horrors is Out! / Spotlight: Crystal Mora

Hey everyone,

A little while ago, Bobby and I collaborated on a cover for the book titled 'Half Minute Horrors' published by Harper Collins.

We're very excited to hear that this book is finally released in bookstores near you!

This book is a collection of deliciously terrifying short short tales and creepy illustrations including bestselling talents Lemony Snicket, James Patterson, Neil Gaiman, R.L.Stine, Faye Kellerman, Holly Black, Melissa Marr, Margaret Atwood, Jon Scieszka, Brett Helquist, and many more.



If you're interested in purchasing the book, please click here. For other information about Half Minute Horrors please visit the official site.

Also, later this month, there will be a signing here in Toronto. I'll keep you posted on that.

Here is the painting again that Bobby and I did for the cover of this book.



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The next CHIU-Stream is Monday October 12th at 11:30pm(New York time/EST), 11:30pm(-5GMT), 8:30pm(LA time/PST).

Bobby will be CHIU-Streaming LIVE. Join in and paint with me at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bobby-chiu-broadcasting or to participate and paint with us you can log in at http://www.schoolism.com/chiutv.php

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
CRYSTAL MORA!
Crystal Mora was one of the participants on the CHIU-Stream today and her entry was picked to be on air. The topic of the night was 'Tall and Grumpy'. Great work Crystal! And everyone else that participated!!



Here's the CHIU-Stream from tonight!

Learn How to Talk to Moms !

Here's the second book from the "How to" series by super-kid and (New York Time's Bestselling Author) Alec Greven, that I had the privilege of illustrating! It's a really wonderful book that reminds us all (no matter what age) how to be good :)
Alec is such a thoughtful kid, I could have used this when I was younger!

Also, the "How to" books have now gone GLOBAL! With editions in German, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, UK, Czech, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese and Hebrew!!!













HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

-Kei


P.S. If you're around the Toronto area, we will be at TCAF this weekend!

Half Minute Horrors

Here's a collaboration Bobby and I did for Harper Collins Publishing. This is a sneak peek of the cover for a book called "Half Minute Horrors" by Susan Rich. It's full of short stories meant to send chills up the spine :)
Hope you like it!

Peter

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How to Talk to Girls... more news!

From NBC's Today Show - more about 'How to Talk to Girls' by Alec Greven. Illustrated by our own Kei Acedera.

Click on the image to see the video


Alec was also on the Ellen Degeneres show earlier this week.


From CNN..


and from The NYPost

How to Talk to Girls

A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of illustrating this really cute and funny book called "How to Talk to Girls" by 9 year old author, Alec Greven (and published by the wonderful people at Harper Collins!). Just to show you how adorable and charming this kid is, here is a clip of his interview with Ellen DeGeneres.



It's amazing that it all started from a school project!
I'm also thrilled to say I'll be illustrating 3 more books of his...so keep an eye out! They're definitely nice books that not only kids, but adults should read.

I was so excited to receive the books..here are some photos!








These are the earliest concepts I showed the publishers and editors at Harper Collins:





This is the final look they chose..

and some of my rough sketches..


I'm very happy about how the book turned out. HUGE thanks to the Harper Collins team for making a wonderful book! If you're interested in purchasing it, you can pre-order a copy at Harper Collins or Amazon. The book will be in stores on Nov. 25th.

<3Kei