http://jessicaabel.com/ --- <p>I was contacted recently by the <a href="http://www.wolfsonian.org/">Miami Wolfsonian Museum</a> of Florida International University to design and teach a two-week workshop for Miami teens at the end of this month. </p> http://jessicaabel.com/index.php?id=153 <p>We’ve just launched a redesign of the website for our textbook, <a href="http://www.dw-wp.com/"><i>Drawing Words & Writing Pictures</i></a>. We had added a <a href="http://dw-wp.com/blogger/">blog</a> and other new features to make the site an essential resource for comics learners and especially for teachers and librarians who use comics in any number of contexts.</p> http://jessicaabel.com/index.php?id=152 <p>The 2009 <a href="http://pandabookawards.wikispaces.com/">Panda Award</a>, a new award given by the libraries of international schools in China, was awarded to <cite>Life Sucks</cite> for 2009 in the mature readers category.</p> http://jessicaabel.com/index.php?id=151 <p>You already knew that, but now it’s official. The YART (Young Adult Round Table) of the TLA (Texas Library Association) named Life Sucks to its 2009 <a href="http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/maverickgraphicnovels.html">Texas Maverick Graphic Novels</a> list. Thanks, Texas! </p> http://jessicaabel.com/index.php?id=150 <p>I’ll be on a panel with Gabrielle Bell and Jillian Tamaki, moderated by Calvin Reid. Thursday Jan 28 at 7pm, in the Dweck Center in the <a href="http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/culturearts/">Central Library</a> at Grand Army Plaza. </p> http://jessicaabel.com/index.php?id=149