Jay Cooper Books
@jaycooper.bsky.social
NY Times & USA Today best-selling illustrator of kids books and graphic novels. Clio-winning Broadway adman. Penguin Random House • Simon & Schuster • Scholastic • Bloomsbury • Farshore • Highlights. Rep'd by Bookmark Literary. jaycooperbooks.com
Thrilled that The Last Comics On Earth 3: A Song of Swords and Stuffies landed on the USA Today bestseller list... #75! This series is bonkers in the best possible way, with the most fun team in books! #booksky #kidlit #thelastkidsonearth #graphicnovels #comicbooks
May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thrilled that The Last Comics On Earth 3: A Song of Swords and Stuffies landed on the USA Today bestseller list... #75! This series is bonkers in the best possible way, with the most fun team in books! #booksky #kidlit #thelastkidsonearth #graphicnovels #comicbooks
I'll be joining Max Brallier for a store signing to celebrate the release of The Last Comics On Earth: A Song of Swords and Stuffies next Tuesday at White Whale Books & Coffee in Pittsburgh, PA! (happened to be in town moving my son out of college for the summer! THE SWORD OF DESTINY HATH SPOKEN!)
April 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I'll be joining Max Brallier for a store signing to celebrate the release of The Last Comics On Earth: A Song of Swords and Stuffies next Tuesday at White Whale Books & Coffee in Pittsburgh, PA! (happened to be in town moving my son out of college for the summer! THE SWORD OF DESTINY HATH SPOKEN!)
The corpse is out of the bag... Coming this September, there's been an impossible murder, and it's up to YOU to solve it. YOU ARE THE DETECTIVE from @tenspeedpress.bsky.social @maureenjohnsonbooks.com and me! Thanks so much @briantruitt.bsky.social and @usatoday.com for the cover reveal! Link below!
April 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The corpse is out of the bag... Coming this September, there's been an impossible murder, and it's up to YOU to solve it. YOU ARE THE DETECTIVE from @tenspeedpress.bsky.social @maureenjohnsonbooks.com and me! Thanks so much @briantruitt.bsky.social and @usatoday.com for the cover reveal! Link below!
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A Song of Swords and Stuffies
Preorder The Last Comics on Earth: A Song of Swords and Stuffies by Max Brallier to receive a bookmark pack and custom keychain!
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March 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
✋ Raise your hand if you're excited for The Last Comics on Earth: A Song of Swords and Stuffies! When you preorder your copy and submit your receipt you'll receive an epic bookmark pack and a custom keychain! Check the link in our bio to learn more 📚
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Check out the The Illustration Department's woefully wonderful podcast of Edward Gorey's 100th birthday up in Cape Cod. There was a plenteousness of mink coats. Bat-themed turbans portended doom to all. Subscribe to the podcast while you're there... ere you perish. #edwardgorey illustrationdept.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Check out the The Illustration Department's woefully wonderful podcast of Edward Gorey's 100th birthday up in Cape Cod. There was a plenteousness of mink coats. Bat-themed turbans portended doom to all. Subscribe to the podcast while you're there... ere you perish. #edwardgorey illustrationdept.com
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 3/20
Day 3/20
February 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 3/20
Day 3/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 2/20
#BookSky 💙📚 #20DayBookChallenge
Day 2/20
#BookSky 💙📚 #20DayBookChallenge
February 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 2/20
#BookSky 💙📚 #20DayBookChallenge
Day 2/20
#BookSky 💙📚 #20DayBookChallenge
I'm spending my Saturday graphic novelin' for @simonkids.bsky.social. The grown up artsy version of Saturday Morning cartoons... #booksky #graphicnovel
February 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm spending my Saturday graphic novelin' for @simonkids.bsky.social. The grown up artsy version of Saturday Morning cartoons... #booksky #graphicnovel
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1/20
#BookSky 💙📚 #20DayBookChallenge
Day 1/20
#BookSky 💙📚 #20DayBookChallenge
February 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1/20
#BookSky 💙📚 #20DayBookChallenge
Day 1/20
#BookSky 💙📚 #20DayBookChallenge
If you are in LaGrange NY tomorrow, drop by the
@LaGrangeLibrary for Take Your Child To The Library Day! I'll be drawing, and Diana Murray, author of Unicorn Day & Dinosaur Day, will be reading! (I gotta admit, she's more delightful than me by half.)
@LaGrangeLibrary for Take Your Child To The Library Day! I'll be drawing, and Diana Murray, author of Unicorn Day & Dinosaur Day, will be reading! (I gotta admit, she's more delightful than me by half.)
January 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you are in LaGrange NY tomorrow, drop by the
@LaGrangeLibrary for Take Your Child To The Library Day! I'll be drawing, and Diana Murray, author of Unicorn Day & Dinosaur Day, will be reading! (I gotta admit, she's more delightful than me by half.)
@LaGrangeLibrary for Take Your Child To The Library Day! I'll be drawing, and Diana Murray, author of Unicorn Day & Dinosaur Day, will be reading! (I gotta admit, she's more delightful than me by half.)
There's a tremendous amount of awful right now in this country, but this one is really personal.
January 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There's a tremendous amount of awful right now in this country, but this one is really personal.
After the Photoshoot
(With apologies to William Carlos Williams)
This is just to say
I found the mints
You loaned me
At the photoshoot
The next day
In my jeans
And which
You were probably
Saving for clubbing
Forgive me
They were
So very minty
And I had
Really bad
Coffee breath
I’m sure
(With apologies to William Carlos Williams)
This is just to say
I found the mints
You loaned me
At the photoshoot
The next day
In my jeans
And which
You were probably
Saving for clubbing
Forgive me
They were
So very minty
And I had
Really bad
Coffee breath
I’m sure
January 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
After the Photoshoot
(With apologies to William Carlos Williams)
This is just to say
I found the mints
You loaned me
At the photoshoot
The next day
In my jeans
And which
You were probably
Saving for clubbing
Forgive me
They were
So very minty
And I had
Really bad
Coffee breath
I’m sure
(With apologies to William Carlos Williams)
This is just to say
I found the mints
You loaned me
At the photoshoot
The next day
In my jeans
And which
You were probably
Saving for clubbing
Forgive me
They were
So very minty
And I had
Really bad
Coffee breath
I’m sure
Thank you, @lucyvandrew.bsky.social for the kind words, and making our January a bit less bleak as well!
Just finished this wonderful little book from @maureenjohnsonbooks.com, @jaycooper.bsky.social and @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social. It’s hilarious, dark and brilliantly illustrated! It’s been a rough start to January but this has cheered me up no end!
January 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thank you, @lucyvandrew.bsky.social for the kind words, and making our January a bit less bleak as well!
Been trying to tell your horror-obsessed bf or gf that Nosferatu ain't exactly your idea of holiday viewing pleasure? Well, this is your lucky day! Just print out this little form and check the right box so they finally take the hint already!
#Nosferatu #Nosferatu2024 #maybeferatu
#Nosferatu #Nosferatu2024 #maybeferatu
December 28, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Been trying to tell your horror-obsessed bf or gf that Nosferatu ain't exactly your idea of holiday viewing pleasure? Well, this is your lucky day! Just print out this little form and check the right box so they finally take the hint already!
#Nosferatu #Nosferatu2024 #maybeferatu
#Nosferatu #Nosferatu2024 #maybeferatu
The 1979 version of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe fascinated me as a child. The scene where the scampering hordes of witches and goblins shave Aslan and kill him was TERRIFYING to me as a 5 year old. C.S. Lewis created such a rich layering of classic & Christian mythology in his books.
December 23, 2024 at 5:15 PM
The 1979 version of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe fascinated me as a child. The scene where the scampering hordes of witches and goblins shave Aslan and kill him was TERRIFYING to me as a 5 year old. C.S. Lewis created such a rich layering of classic & Christian mythology in his books.
Let's talk about movies that SHOULD be Christmas classics, but aren't... First up is #youngsherlockholmes. Producer Steven Spielberg and director Chris Columbus weaved a delightful take on the Holmes lore & arguably the visual archetypes for A LOT of the cinematic Harry Potter. What are yours?
December 22, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Let's talk about movies that SHOULD be Christmas classics, but aren't... First up is #youngsherlockholmes. Producer Steven Spielberg and director Chris Columbus weaved a delightful take on the Holmes lore & arguably the visual archetypes for A LOT of the cinematic Harry Potter. What are yours?
I'll have you know that an auditorium full of 4th and 5th graders today said I'm cooler than Taylor Swift. Not that it's a competition or anything.
December 10, 2024 at 7:45 PM
I'll have you know that an auditorium full of 4th and 5th graders today said I'm cooler than Taylor Swift. Not that it's a competition or anything.
Tomorrow I've been invited back to my home state of DE to speak at two libraries: the New Castle library on Rt 9 at 11, and then the Harrington library at 1:30. I'll talk about how I do what I do, share some stories, and WE WILL DRAW. Drop by! #delaware #delawarelibraries
December 6, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Tomorrow I've been invited back to my home state of DE to speak at two libraries: the New Castle library on Rt 9 at 11, and then the Harrington library at 1:30. I'll talk about how I do what I do, share some stories, and WE WILL DRAW. Drop by! #delaware #delawarelibraries
There should be a long German word for the sorrowful feeling you have when you turn on the TV, immediately see the Rankin Bass logo that appears at the end of so many animated specials—you wonder what cool retro thing you just missed, and you look at the cable menu, and DAMN IT, IT WAS THE HOBBIT.
December 2, 2024 at 2:29 PM
There should be a long German word for the sorrowful feeling you have when you turn on the TV, immediately see the Rankin Bass logo that appears at the end of so many animated specials—you wonder what cool retro thing you just missed, and you look at the cable menu, and DAMN IT, IT WAS THE HOBBIT.
There's evidence of a furry squatter in our basement. Went to the Home Depot yesterday and asked, "Excuse me. Where are your rodent traps? I have to get Thanksgiving dinner ready." Associate did a double take & cracked up. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
November 28, 2024 at 3:18 PM
There's evidence of a furry squatter in our basement. Went to the Home Depot yesterday and asked, "Excuse me. Where are your rodent traps? I have to get Thanksgiving dinner ready." Associate did a double take & cracked up. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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Getting funny looks on the train because of laughing loudly as I leave London for my home (in a quaint village). I thoroughly recommend “Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village” by @maureenjohnsonbooks.com
If you live in one you will relate. Heed her words! 📚💙
#BookSky
If you live in one you will relate. Heed her words! 📚💙
#BookSky
November 26, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Getting funny looks on the train because of laughing loudly as I leave London for my home (in a quaint village). I thoroughly recommend “Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village” by @maureenjohnsonbooks.com
If you live in one you will relate. Heed her words! 📚💙
#BookSky
If you live in one you will relate. Heed her words! 📚💙
#BookSky
Ryan Reynolds is producing a Mighty Mouse movie, and I just want to make sure someone is quietly repeating Bat Bat and the Bug Wonder over and over in his ear.
November 25, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Ryan Reynolds is producing a Mighty Mouse movie, and I just want to make sure someone is quietly repeating Bat Bat and the Bug Wonder over and over in his ear.
"Love is for the ones who love the work." Thank you @josephfasano.bsky.social this is perfection.
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 24, 2024 at 4:02 PM
"Love is for the ones who love the work." Thank you @josephfasano.bsky.social this is perfection.
Your Guide To Not Getting Murdered In a Quaint English Village, by Maureen Johnson is in the UK this year from Raven Books (& in the US by original publisher Ten Speed Press). The art is an homage to the great Edward Gorey (though I try to make it my own and not just a copy). A sample!
November 24, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Your Guide To Not Getting Murdered In a Quaint English Village, by Maureen Johnson is in the UK this year from Raven Books (& in the US by original publisher Ten Speed Press). The art is an homage to the great Edward Gorey (though I try to make it my own and not just a copy). A sample!
Hello-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Huh. Kinda echoey in here.
Huh. Kinda echoey in here.
November 1, 2023 at 3:11 PM
Hello-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Huh. Kinda echoey in here.
Huh. Kinda echoey in here.