Maker of children’s books and tv shows: RED PANDA & MOON BEAR (Top Shelf/IDW), SUPER MAGIC BOY (Random House Graphic) College professor | PhD | Literacy and childhood studies researcher www.jarodrosello.com 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | Tampa, FLhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mjxsljzgbc2fI just backed SLG Publishing 40th Anniversary" Don't Call it a Comeback!" on @kickstarter.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danvado/slg-publishing-40th-anniversary-dont-call-it-a-comeback?ref=thanks-tweet21 Apr 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxsljzgbc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mj37y3rir22pI just backed the comics anthology, HOW TO TOUCH GRASS, edited by the amazing @joamettegil.bsky.social over at @powerandmagic.bsky.social. Don't miss this one! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/powerandmagic/how-to-touch-grass-relaunch?ref=thanks-tweet09 Apr 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj37y3rir22phttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mitd5y2ynk2mIn 1999, I bought a bootleg version of Photoshop off Craigslist to use on my friend's good computer so I could make cooler flyers for my band. Whatever version that was is the best Photoshop.06 Apr 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitd5y2ynk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mi2kmf7sts2lStudents in my undergraduate Making Comics course put together their first anthology zine, Personal Space Invader. Our class is tabling at a zine fest this weekend, so they'll also get a taste for all that sweet, sweet zine money.27 Mar 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2kmf7sts2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mhntt2tr7c2dFull-time college professor, which affords me about 1 day a week to make comics. Two kids. Spouse with a full-time job. I work in small bits here and there. Set realistic goals, one project at a time, assume it will take you longer than you think, find an editor/publisher that gets it (Top Shelf ♥️) [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Mar 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhntt2tr7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mh6ezpao2s2pThe problem with even a comic writing award is that a significant portion of what you think the writer did was actually done by the artist, or created collaboratively off the page. Read a couple of comic scripts and see for yourself. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6ezpao2s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mgn574mys22eA SUPER MAGIC BOY comic strip to start off your week. #comics #graphicnovels #kidlit #animation09 Mar 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgn574mys22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mgkquun2ck26A panel from today’s work-in-progress. Taking a quick break from Red Panda & Moon Bear 3 to work on some new Hugo & Dino comics! I haven’t talked about this project yet, but I’ve got something cool in the works!08 Mar 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgkquun2ck26https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mfjuwrtst222Today’s page-in-progress: In RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3, the dogs give cartooning a try and release their own comic book. Here’s a page from the comic-within-a-comic. #comics #kidlit #childrensgraphicnovels #mglit #childrensbooks23 Feb 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjuwrtst222https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mfeser5bfk26I used to get the bulk of my school visit requests during Latinx Heritage Month, but even that’s dried up. And regardless, I’ve never been invited to a paid school visit, only ever free volunteer visits, mostly virtual. A career day if I’m lucky. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Feb 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfeser5bfk26https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mfces3bovk2wA little Donatello warm-up drawing to get the day started! #comics #ninjaturtles #tmnt #graphicnovels #kidlit20 Feb 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfces3bovk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mef5eldxgk2shttps://soundinvestmentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/injustice-for-all Super into this SkyTigers album. Just awesome thrashy hardcore punk. Put it on and make some art!09 Feb 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mef5eldxgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mdiiddhcj22uToday’s page-in-progress for RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3. No dialogue to avoid spoilers. This page is inked and ready to be colored. #comics #kidlit #graphicnovels #childrensbooks28 Jan 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdiiddhcj22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mdbg7nn3bc2xNew children's book in the works. Just a classic defeating evil story. Publishers, hit me up if you want this one. #comics #graphicnovels #kidlit #childrensbooks25 Jan 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbg7nn3bc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3md24smkams2cI just backed Young in Iran on @kickstarter.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sawcomics/young-in-iran?ref=thanks-tweet22 Jan 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3md24smkams2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mcvjlcqzdk2uI just backed @mikedawson.bsky.social's FUN TIME OMNIBUS Vol. One on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thezinestoragebox/fun-time-omnibus-vol-one?ref=thanks-tweet21 Jan 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcvjlcqzdk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3ma5a3wvcak2nIt's pub day! I AM A SLIME MONSTER is officially out in the world today! This is book 3 in the SUPER MAGIC BOY SERIES. Hugo and Dino have to stop an evil slime monster from making humans dumb by destroying all the books in the world. Can they do it? Or will this be the last book you ever read?16 Dec 2025 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma5a3wvcak2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3m7ieospzss2cRED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3 might have our same old heroes, but it’s got all new villains. #comics #kidlit #childrensgraphicnovels #middlegrade08 Dec 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ieospzss2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3m6rmvulrrk2iComics meditation with Tom Spurgeon. This is a line from one of my favorite essays by Tom, “All of These Things That Have Made Us” from 2011 on The Comics Reporter. #comics #graphicnovels29 Nov 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6rmvulrrk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3m6nfpwkek22hHappy Thanksgiving! #comics #kidlit #graphicnovels27 Nov 2025 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6nfpwkek22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3m5btka3u6c2qA 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.10 Nov 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5btka3u6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3m55doyhajs2qHere’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 #calvinandhobbes08 Nov 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55doyhajs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3m33jj7wdtk2dIt’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.13 Oct 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33jj7wdtk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3m2tvpliaa22fWe might only be halfway through fall semester, but I’m already getting ready for spring.10 Oct 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tvpliaa22f