Smile

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Club, Comic Book (October 19, 2023). "Raina Telgemeier Teases New Graphic Novel Online". Comic Book Club . Retrieved October 19, 2023. Pants-Pulling Prank: Played for Drama. Raina breaks up with her group of "friends" when one of them does this to her in the school cafeteria.

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Her main breakthrough into published comics came from creating graphic novel adaptations of Baby-Sitters Club novels. [2] In a piece for Cosmopolitan, Telgemeier said that she met an editor from Scholastic at an art gallery party in 2004 who mentioned that Scholastic was thinking of setting up a graphic novel imprint. At that year's San Diego Comic-Con, Telgemeier met that editor's boss, who invited her to pitch an idea for Scholastic. After Telgemeier mentioned she had been a fan of Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club series, they asked her to work up a graphic novel adaptation. [7] [ bettersourceneeded] Scholastic, though its imprint Graphix went on to publish four graphic novels in the series: Kristy's Great Idea, The Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves the Day, and Claudia and Mean Janine. [13] According to Telgemeier, the advances for the adaptations allowed Telgemeier to quit her full-time job and concentrate on her art, and she completed the fourth Baby-Sitters Club novel in 2008. [7] [ bettersourceneeded] Telgemeier has continued to contribute to anthologies, including Nursery Rhyme Comics (2011, First Second), Fairy Tale Comics (2013, First Second); the Explorer graphic novel series (2012, 2013, Abrams/Amulet); and Comics Squad: Recess! (2014, Random House). [19] Alpha Bitch: Karin appears to be the most jerky of Raina's friends, with Nicole as her second-in-command. Smile was published as a graphic novel with eight chapters by the Graphix imprint of Scholastic Inc. in 2010. [2] Stephanie Yue did the color for the novel version of Smile. [1] Summary [ edit ] Character list [ edit ]

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Telgemeier, Raina (October 5, 2018). "Announcing . . . GUTS!!! (And Share Your Smile!)". GoRaina! . Retrieved January 27, 2020. Jerkass: Raina's friends. They subtly bully and tease her even after she tells them to stop, and pull down her skirt, then laugh when she starts to cry. Clabaugh, Rich (December 3, 2010). "4 Great Graphic Novels for Family Entertainment". The Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved February 12, 2013.Out of all her "friends," Emily plays this trope straight compared to Karin and Nicole with her jabs at Raina and downplaying the bullying that she receives while pretending to look concerned for Raina. Telgemeier studied illustration at New York's School of Visual Arts; [2] she graduated in 2002. [7] Career [ edit ] As of 2019, Telgemeier's books collectively have more than 18 million copies in print. [24] According to David Saylor, publisher at Graphix, "Raina single-handedly created the market for middle-grade graphic memoir". [24] Telgemeier's work has won several awards and nominations, including five Eisner Awards, and has been included on many lists of recommended books. Children's and Young Adult Literature: Nevada Young Reader Award.” UNLV University Libraries, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2014, guides.library.unlv.edu/c.php?g=403811&p=2864262.