Children’s book author | Comics professor | RED PANDA & MOON BEAR (Top Shelf/IDW), SUPER MAGIC BOY (Random House Graphic) PhD | Literacy and childhood studies researcher www.jarodrosello.com 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | Tampa, FLhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mwqs6p7krk2mWrapping up colors on book 3 of RED PANDA & MOON BEAR, and sneaking in some foreshadowing for book 4! This is for those kids who notice all the tiny background details. #comics #kidlit #childrensbooks30 Sep 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqs6p7krk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3muez7oro7k2lToday’s work-in-progress from RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3!31 Aug 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3muez7oro7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mt5gmgqi4s24I just backed Ex.Mag Volume 7 on @kickstarter.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peow/exmag-volume-7?ref=thanks-tweet @picturecrotty.bsky.social15 Aug 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5gmgqi4s24https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mpjc4fg7ic2nI just backed Outlaw's Apprentice: Broken Blade by @schweizercomics.bsky.social https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/schweizer/outapp1?ref=thanks-tweet30 Jun 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjc4fg7ic2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3moiouxi4k22eComics Summer Camp starts next week! There are still spots open. Message me or email me at Jarod.rosello@gmail.com for more info or to register!17 Jun 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiouxi4k22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mnwpxzarjs2gHere’s a detail of a panel from RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3. This drawing would have been impossible for me to do in book 1. I just didn’t have the skill to pull it off effectively, so I would have written the transformation completely differently, or done something else entirely.10 Jun 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwpxzarjs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mnse3rzxgk22How to Write for Children #4: Make it Like You Mean It The fourth comic in my irregularly-updated comics series on writing for children’s media.08 Jun 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnse3rzxgk22https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mnse3rzxgk22How to Write for Children #4: Make it Like You Mean It The fourth comic in my irregularly-updated comics series on writing for children’s media.08 Jun 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnse3rzxgk22https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mmw62yasfk22I really enjoyed Hamish Steele's GO-Man. It's campy and sweet in all the right ways. And it totally scratches that Astro Boy/50s-60s manga itch.28 May 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmw62yasfk22https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mm7mscbmyk2fOnly 99 pages left to ink on RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3! This book will be out next year, so now’s your chance to catch up on the award-winning series, and see what all the fuss is about! #comics #kidlit #childrensbooks19 May 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7mscbmyk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mm4zczmfrk2kOne of my most anticipated books of the year! Can't wait to get my copy. Mike's comics are some of my favorites. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4zczmfrk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mm4ywhonm22kThis is my cat. Named by my then-seven-year old. He has not lived up to the name. Little to no destruction. Not a fighter. Just a good potato. Still, I do catch him from time to time staring into the abyss, suppressing something awful.18 May 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4ywhonm22khttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mlvie5lajc2iComics Summer Camp starts June 22nd! What happens at Comics Summer Camp? Week 1: Make sure the story you want to tell is designed properly for the medium. Questions? Ready to enroll? Message or email me at jarod.rosello@gmail.com #comics #comicbooks #cartooning #graphicnovels #kidlit15 May 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvie5lajc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mlldff3oac25One of the things missing from the discussion around AI in creative contexts is the necessity of constraints. All art is constraint-based. It's necessary to find things you can't do, won't do, or just suck at. That's how learning and growth happen.11 May 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlldff3oac25https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mlk52xmlwk25I just backed "Climb Every Mountain" by Jeffrey Brown on @kickstarter.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/birdcagebottombooks/climb-every-mountain-by-jeffrey-brown?ref=thanks-tweet11 May 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk52xmlwk25https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mlbdzhe7ks2kOkay, but has anyone actually read Lynda Barry's novel, Cruddy? It's a great book!07 May 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbdzhe7ks2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3ml4bw45a2c2kHere are just some of the comics students in my undergraduate Making Comics course produced this semester, along with the anthology (Personal Space Invader) we put together for the Tampa Zine Fest. I'm really proud of the comics they made—many of them for the first time. #comics #cartooning #zines05 May 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4bw45a2c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3ml23toxjhk2rToday’s page-in-progress from RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3. They’re up against their largest monster yet! #comics #kidlit #childrensbooks #middlegrade04 May 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml23toxjhk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mkvkgrwcr22aI just finished my 20th year as a teacher. I started as a public high school teacher in Miami, a job I got because I wasn't really sure what else to do. And it completely changed my life. It's not an easy job—and it gets harder every year—but my classroom is still my favorite place to be.02 May 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvkgrwcr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mknhmcv54s27What happens at Comics Summer Camp? #comics #kidlit #cartooning #graphicnovels #comicbooks [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknhmcv54s27https://bsky.app/profile/jarodrosello.bsky.social/post/3mklub47xmk2yI’m hosting a Comics Summer Camp—for Adults! If you’ve been putting off making your graphic novel, zine, or comic book, then this is the camp for you! #comics #cartooning #kidlit #graphicnovels #comicbooks29 Apr 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:h4rxedyjn7gnf4sebykepp2m/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklub47xmk2yhttps://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/3mhntt2tr7c2d