The literary side of Doug and Sophie
January 11th, 2007
So the cat’s out of the bag. This is from Publishers Weekly today:
Neal Porter at Roaring Brook Press has acquired the picture book Nighty Night, Sleepy Sleep by Brian Anderson. The book, based on Anderson’s nationally syndicated comic strip, Dog Eat Doug, is about Doug and his dog Sophie, and their attempt to avoid bedtime. The book was sold in a two-book deal with Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio and is scheduled for fall 2008 release.Â
I’m pretty excited about the whole deal. It happened very fast, thanks to my stellar agent. The second book has yet to be determined. It may or may not be DeD related. But there certainly will be more DeD picture books in the future.
January 11th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Brian, CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is sooo cool!! Do we really have to wait until 2008? You know Roo’s a dachshund a patience is not her strong suit!
Way to go!!
Your pals,
Deb & Roo
January 11th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Thanks! Yah, it’ll be a bit of a wait. But I’ll won’t be sleeping till then. I’ll be working on the strip and a few more books too. Hopefully I’ll be able to post some sneak peeks on the site.
January 11th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
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January 12th, 2007 at 12:42 am
I think Doug says it best when he says YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAA!
January 12th, 2007 at 3:46 am
Wow! Congratulations, and hope to see the book(s) very, VERY soon.
January 12th, 2007 at 4:48 am
That? Awesome.
January 12th, 2007 at 4:51 am
Congrats! That’s very exciting… can’t wait.
January 12th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Thanks! I can’t wait for it to come out either. Still a bit of work to do. The cool thing is that the illustrations are very different than my pen and ink work. I went for a very bright, painterly feel for the book. I’ll post a preview when I can.
January 12th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Huge congrats from me and butt wiggles from Trooper Thorn and Sophie’s doppleganger BeBop!
January 13th, 2007 at 2:39 am
Congrats, Brian. Looking forword to seeing how the book will come out.