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Jarod Roselló
@jarodrosello.bsky.social
Maker of children’s books and tv shows: RED PANDA & MOON BEAR (Top Shelf/IDW), SUPER MAGIC BOY (Random House Graphic)

www.jarodrosello.com

🇨🇺🇺🇸 | Tampa, FL
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Hey everyone! I'm a writer and cartoonist, and creator of the graphic novel series RED PANDA & MOON BEAR (Top Shelf) and SUPER MAGIC BOY (Random House Graphic).

#comics #graphicnovels #kidlit
A great early Spy vs. Spy strip by Cuban cartoonist (and creator) Antonio Prohías. This strip leverages the grammar and form of comics to tell the story, which is a hallmark of the SVS comics. Really inventive, playful, imaginative cartooning.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here’s a little comic strip featuring Hugo & Dino. Apologies to Bill Watterson!

If you’ve read the Super Magic Boy books, you’ll know Calvin & Hobbes was a major influence!

#comics #kidlit #calvinandhobbes
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It’s application season! Come make comics with us in the MFA program in Creative Writing at USF.

For cartoonists and comics writers!
3-year program with no tuition, an annual stipend, health insurance, and teaching opportunities.

Questions? Email me at jrosello@usf.edu.
October 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We might only be halfway through fall semester, but I’m already getting ready for spring.
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I AM A SLIME MONSTER will be here in just a couple of months!

Hugo and Dino face off against a Slime Monster from outer space who intends to take over the planet.

Its plan? Destroy all the books on Earth to shrink human brains and make them easier to conquer.

Out 12/16 from Random House Graphic
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I don’t have to draw anything right now, so I have time to play around with different styles #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks
September 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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SEVEN days left until the Isle of Elsi Book Three Kickstarter launches!

The prelaunch page is up if you want to click the "Notify me on launch" button:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...

#kickstarter #selfpublishing
September 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just finished penciling my next book: RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3!

Right now it’s at 221 pages. It took me about 3 months to pencil it all. I spent a month before this thumbnailing out the visual composition, so I could focus on design in pencils.

#comics #kidlit #childrensbooks #graphicnovels
September 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
How to Write for Children #3

#webcomic #kidlit #childrensbooks
September 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
How to Write for Children #2

#kidlit #childrensbooks #webcomic
September 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
How to Write for Children #1

#kidlit #childrensbooks #webcomic
September 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Let the erasure begin
September 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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More reasons to be anti-AI
September 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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No Kings Day in June:

5-6 million people
2,169 communities
27 countries

The sequel is going to be even bigger.
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reposted by Jarod Roselló
Are you taking part in the #SapphicSeptember readathon and looking to add some graphic novels to your TBR? Here’s a list of 20 queer graphic novels with sapphic main characters to add to your bookshelf:

(There's a list of book titles, authors in the alt text)

#booksky #sapphicbooks
September 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We had our first not-as-hot day in Florida, which, for some reason, always reminds me of my favorite Tom Spurgeon essay from The Comics Reporter, "All of These Things That Have Made Us."

www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/si...
The Comics Reporter
www.comicsreporter.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Only 50 pages left to pencil! Here’s a scene from pretty late in RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3.

The dogs do a lot more shape-shifting in this one.

#graphicnovel #kidlit #childrensbooks
August 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
From Jeanette Winterson, “Imagination and Reality”
August 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Prepping for my fall class, The Ends of Imagination, in the Honors College at USF.
August 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is the first step towards creating a one-party state. If it works in Texas, they’ll do it all over the country. Bye, democracy, it was a nice idea while it lasted.
axios.com Axios @axios.com · Aug 7
NEW: The FBI has agreed to cooperate with Texas state law enforcement to locate the 50 Democratic legislators who left the state, Sen. John Cornyn said
FBI will help locate Texas Democrats who fled the state, Cornyn says
Texas GOP have been threatening the state legislators with "legal consequences" for breaking the quorum.
www.axios.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Action sequences usually take me a few different passes to get right. I’m not a natural action/fight scene drawer, so my first couple sketches aren’t always exciting or interesting enough for me. #kidlit #graphicnovels #childrensbooks
August 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Today’s work-in-progress. The family takes a trip to the new space museum! #kidlit #graphicnovels #childrensbooks
August 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today’s work-in-progress. The family takes a trip to the new space museum! #kidlit #graphicnovels #childrensbooks
August 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM