That Jolly Red-Suited Fellow Up On The Rooftop: Spider-Man

On Sale Now.

Right in time for gifting season — our five-page ‘Spider-Man goes to the library’ story is now collected in the latest Amazing Spider-Man paperback from ASM writer Zeb Wells and artists including John Romita Jr., Ed McGuinness, and a murderer’s row of other creators of which I am lucky enough to be one.

Ho, Ho, Thwip.

Via Marvel:

Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #6-8. It's Spider-Man's 60th Anniversary - and Marvel is pulling out all the stops! Someone from Spidey's past has captured the Sinister Six and used them to create the truly terrifying…Sinister Adaptoid! Can the webbed wonder possibly triumph against the might of an android that boasts the powers of all of Spidey's deadliest foes? And who is the face behind the Adaptoid's attack? Brace yourself for one of the biggest adventures in Spider-history - and you won't believe how it ends! Plus: Norman Osborn is back! But what does he have planned for Spider-Man?! One of the biggest status-quo shake-ups in years will shock you as Spidey dons a new costume with accessories that look vaguely…familiar. Is that - a glider?!

Available via Bookshop.org (and basically all online retailers) or for direct order from a local comic shop or bookstore near you.

— but if you’re buying gifts written by me this holiday season why. stop. there?

Quick ‘Written By Daniel Kibblesmith’ Gift Guide (2022).

For the Marvel Cinematic Universe fan: Loki: The God Who Fell To Earth

I did not work on the television program Loki (2021) — HOWEVER. It did pull inspiration from the character’s 60+ years of comic evolution, including our short-lived, but now self-contained paperback. Available from online retailers and local book and comic shops.

‘Tis The Season: Santa’s Husband (2017)

• Illustrated by ‏ : ‎ Ashley Quach

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Design; Illustrated edition (October 10, 2017)

• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages

• All-Ages Picture Book

For Kids & Kids At Heart: Princess Dinosaur (2021)

• Illustrated by ‏ : ‎ Ashley Quach

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (January 5, 2021)

• Language ‏ : ‎ English / Rhyming!

• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages

• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6 years (from customers)

Tis The Season (For Nerds): DC Christmas Carols: We Wish You a Harley Christmas

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books (October 27, 2020)

• Language ‏ : ‎ English

• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 80 pages

• Sing-along-able ‏ : ‎ Fully

For the Belated Gifter Who (Correctly) Prefers Jennifer Wright to Daniel Kibblesmith: Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York’s Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hachette Books (February 28, 2023)

• Language ‏ : ‎ English

• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages

• PRE-ORDER NOW!

Everything written by myself and Jennifer available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and independent sellers online and near you.

'Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red' (2021) Paperback On Sale Now

Hi, all.

I wrote a story for this new paperback — a collection of last year’s digital-first series from D.C., Harley Quinn: Black + White + Red — AND I got to work with one of my favorite artists, Marguerite Savage.

Based on the “true” story of Harley Quinn stealing a pirate train — our story is about Harley Quinn taking back a subway train from the D.C. Universe’s fabled Subway Pirates (there’s also some Warriors and Snowpiercer in there). Anyone who has ever ridden the NYC MTA will immediately recognize it as essentially a documentary.

Pick it up from a local comic shop near you, via mail order, or digitally here. Cover & Info below.

Harley Quinn Black + White + Red Paperback – June 1, 2021

by Various

One of the crown jewels of the DC library is the inimitable BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE - innovative short tales of the Caped Crusader, told purely in primal black and white ink. Unfortunately, now Harley Quinn wants in on the action...and she's got her red pen, and some NOTES.

In HARLEY QUINN: BLACK & WHITE & RED, 14 tales of Gotham City's craziest clown princess are presented in nothing but black, white, and bold splashes of red. See how Harley's story unfolds in worlds beyond the DC Universe, in the alternate timelines of Batman: White Knight, Harleen, and the Harley Quinn animated series! Witness her darkest hours and her happiest moments! Wait, did she just...win an underground rap battle?!

An incredible array of award-winning talent from across the comics industry have put their reputations in jeopardy to bring you these stories--so show a little gratitude, will ya?

Podcasts: 'Competitive Literature' & 'Everyone's a Critic'

Listen to this episode from Competitive Literature on Spotify. Writer of comedy, comics, children's novels and more Daniel Kibblesmith joins Grace and Julie to talk about John Gardner's Beowulf-inspired novel Grendel. But who did a better job of reading the book and is therefore an objectively smarter, more important person?

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I went on the Competitive Literature podcast with Julie Greiner & Grace Freud to talk about one of my favorite books, Grendel, and obviously it spiraled into an explicit deconstruction of Big Bird. I assume they left that part in.

Then I went on Yiannis Cove’s Everyone’s A Critic to talk about how it’s humanly possible that Roadhouse only has 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Jennifer accidentally buys me a bagel and also desperately wants to talk about Roadhouse. I assume they also left that part in.

Listen and subscribe to both at the links above.

Hourly Comic Day 2021

Hi, all.

February 1st, 2021 was annual HOURLY COMIC DAY, and I’ve always wanted to participate — and this year, we also had a book to promote — so I did. First on Post-its®, then on a tablet I’ve been trying to get the hang of, and then back on Post-its®.

Cameos from Jennifer Wright, Zoom co-workers, and TV’s Lupin.

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Princess Dinosaur illustrator, Ashley Quach, also (brilliantly, adorably) did her hourly comics as Princess Dinosaur — thread here.

Pick up Princess Dinosaur here or from a local bookstore near you — and find everything Ashley draws as Sassquach.com

On Sale Now: Princess Dinosaur

Written by Daniel Kibblesmith & Illustrated By Ashley Quach (Santa’s Husband)

Via Little Brown Young Readers:

Perfect for fans of Princesses Wear Pants, this spirited and expectation-defying story introduces a spunky heroine who knows she can be anything she wants.

Princess Dinosaur loves wearing pink dresses and hosting fancy tea parties. But she also loves roaring and making messes. Embodying both parts of her personality to the fullest, Princess Dinosaur isn’t just one thing, she’s a princess and a dinosaur (and some other things, too)!

Hardcover : 40 pages

ISBN-13 : 9780316457606

Reading age : 4 - 8 years

Grade level : Preschool - 3

Pick it up here (along with printable .pdf coloring sheets) or from a beloved local bookstore near you — and join us via Crowdcast on Sat. 1/9/21 at 1pm EST for our virtual release and reading with Books of Wonder.

Also: It’s a rhyming book. Okay, I think that’s everything.

Thanks and Happy New Year,

Daniel Kibblesmith

Illustration by Ashley Quach.

P.S. As long as I’m announcing things, my wife, Jennifer Wright, and I are having a baby. It’s a girl and, probably, a dinosaur.

On Sale Now: 'DC Christmas Carols: We Wish You A Harley Christmas

It’s 30+ actually singable D.C. comics-themed rewritten Christmas carols, and I know, because I sung all of them, a lot. So like, instead of “White Christmas” it’s “Fright Christmas” and it’s about Scarecrow — you get the idea. Each one is accompanied by a new or vintage piece of D.C. Comics artwork by some of my favorite artists now or ever, like Alex Ross, Dustin Nguyen, Sergio Aragonés, Elsa Charretier, a lot of new illustrations by J. Bone and a cover and some brand new pin-ups by Ro Stein & Ted Brandt (like Swamp Thing decorated with ornaments).

It’s a project I think I was uniquely suited to write because #1. I obsessively Hum/Whistle/Sing Christmas songs as the resting undercurrent of my brain, #2. Know and love the characters and #3. Probably have something undiagnosed. I guess that’s just #1 again.

There is one about Darkseid that is my favorite thing that I have ever written.

Here is me holding the cover in Barnes & Noble:

That is me, I promise.

Here is the blurb we got from Harley Quinn co-creator PAUL DINI, which was a huge deal to me:

"Everyone's favorite holiday fruitcake Harley Quinn and her song-slaying elf Daniel Kibblesmith have put together a merry mash-up of yuletide tunes destined to become beloved classics—at the Arkham Asylum caroling party, at least."

—Paul Dini, Writer and producer for BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, and co-creator of Harley Quinn

And here’s all the crucial info from the publisher:

Deck the halls with Batman™, Wonder Woman™, Superman™, The Joker™, Harley Quinn™, and other favorite Super Heroes and villains!

We Wish You a Harley Christmas is a sensational seasonal collection of classic Christmas carols with a DC twist.

Filled with dozens of transformed carols, this rollicking book will become a new holiday favorite.

• Features vintage and contemporary artwork of fan favorite DC characters by popular artists from DC's past and present (including Alex Ross, George Perez, Elsa Charretier, Tim Sale, John Byrne, Dustin Nguyen, Sean Galloway, Dave Johnson, Sergio Aragonés, J.Bone, Ro Stein and Ted Brandt)

• Characters are seen decorating Christmas trees, making snowmen, hanging out with Santa, and exchanging presents. (Daniel here, again, interrupting the publisher to say this is a very weird but funny and accurate part of the description).

Let these hilarious songs of the season ring through the Batcave and at family gatherings across Metropolis.

We Wish You a Harley Christmas is a stocking stuffer sure to bring laughs and holiday cheer to any DC fan.

Enough! Enough! I’m sold! How do I buy multiple copies as X-Mas and Hanukkah presents for all of my friends and family?!

It’s everywhere, by which I mean Amazon — but the absolute best way to purchase it is by supporting a local bookstore near you, which you can find via IndieBound.

Or by mail ordering it from an independent store that does nationwide business like Powell’s or (one of my local favorites) Books Are Magic.

However, if you do buy it from Amazon, as part of a larger holiday shopping splurge, apparently “Customers who viewed this item also viewed” this:

Look, man, I don’t know either, but kids seem to like them.

Okay, that’s it for now. Merry Christmas. I’m not joking, I have no idea what month it is.

God Rest Ye Merry Metal Men,

Daniel