Mishaps and Adventures

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A new drawing

More drawings at http://cwdrawings.blogspot.com

After a year or so drought of not picking up my brush I am back on the wagon! To warm myself up I like to do drawings like this that are experiments of tone and line to create an abstract scene.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Behind the Scenes at the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Movie Premiere!

Yesterday over national press and 800 New York City area children were invited by Twentieth Century Fox and The National Education Association to the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York for an advance screening of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, in theaters Friday, March 19.

The theater was filled with laughter—and fear of the dreaded cheese touch—as Jeff Kinney, Zachary Gordon, who plays Greg, Robert Capron, who plays Rowley, and Katherine Patterson, beloved author of Bridge to Terebithia and the 2nd National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature conversed during a Q&A with the excited crowd.

Charles Kochman ( Editor)

Jeff in front of the cameras

Zach and Robert a.k.a. Greg and Rowley just arrive.

They were amazed and excited to see
there names on the movie poster that
they were seeing for the first time

800 kids line up to get in.

Zachary and his mom Linda Gordon

Kid reports ask Zach the tough questions

SLJ's Rocco snaps a shot of Jeff Kinney

Q&A with the actors and Jeff

Charlie gets the cheese touch

Zachary and Robert explain the Cheese Touch

Executive Editor—Charles Kochman

Art Director—Chad W. Beckerman

Publicity Manager—Jason Wells

Jeff Kinney, Katherine Patterson, Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron

In store March 16th

Zachary Gordon a.k.a. Greg Heffley visits

Today we will be attending the premiere screening of DIARY OF A WIMPY KID at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York. I will admit I am kind of excited. Working on this series as been such a crazy ride and at times daunting. But the best thing that has come from it is our 'Wimpy family" here at ABRAMS. Charlie, Jason, Scott and Veronica, Jacquie, Anet, Michael and Jeff.

At the end of October 2009 Zachary Gordon and his mom Linda had a chance to visit the ABRAMS offices. We had a blast that day even though I can't really recall what happened. Besides a lot of juvenile behavior and jokes. We had met Zach and the other actors a few weeks before on set in Vancouver.

Here are a few pictures of a few members of the WIMPY team below

Zachary Gordon a.k.a. Greg Heffley visits my office

Charles Kochman (Executive Editor), Jason Well (Publicist),
Zachary Gordon (Actor), Chad W. Beckerman (Art Director)

Zach enjoys the comfort of my awesome chair

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

I just Wimped myself!

Send me your Wimpy versions! Post them to my comments section

www.wimpyourself.com

Monday, March 01, 2010

A day in the life of NYC, in miniature

The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

Thanks Martha

Werner Herzog Reads Madeline

Friday, February 26, 2010

18th Street—Snow Day

18th Street, originally uploaded by chadwbecks.

At the office during a perfectly good Snow Day.

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda—How to make an Origami Yoda

Tom Angelberger shows us how to make our very own Origami Yoda

Find out more: http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/The_...

Here's a shot Tom's first ever group instruction in folding Yodas. It was a huge hit!

Also, here's a new review:
http://bethsbookreviewblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/review-strange-case-of-origami-yoda-by.html

"This one gets four stars. It was cute, fun, light, and a nice story with a warm fuzzy feeling. The “casebook” format, with crumpled paper effects on the pages and drawings in the margins, was incredibly cute. Some of the wording did feel a bit dated (think 80s), but it wasn't overly distracting. Obviously, this would be even better if you are a Star Wars fan. The instructions at the end on how to fold your own origami Yoda at the end of the book were just the perfect addition. This is definitely highly recommended! "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA4VJbqFQuw

Thursday, February 25, 2010

More Wimpy Kid stuff

21 Days left to the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID MOVIE

WIMPY KID Cheese Touch Game

Click to play the WIMPY KID Cheese touch game.

Movie Clips - Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cheese Touch

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Wimpy Foreign Editions

Hebrew Movie Diary

I have been collecting the Foreign editions of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and thought I would share some of them.
I think it's pretty rare for other countries to use the same cover for there editions so its pretty cool to see different versions on the cover.

DOG DAYS : GERMAN