You may have known that David Lasky is doing a book about the Carter Family (or maybe you didn’t, who knows?) but did you know that he’s also started a blog to promote the book and detail its progress?

Jump to early 2007, and my visit to a cold and snowy New York City. My cartoonist peers were all talking “book deals” and “agents.” I felt like I’d been living in a cave. I began to ask myself why I didn’t have an agent.

I began to think about the Carter Family project again, and devoted the rest of the year to finding an agent and creating a book proposal. Fortunately, Frank Young was still willing and able to collaborate on the book. With the guidance of agent Bob Mecoy, we got a few good reactions from editors and finally a “yes” from Abrams. I’m thrilled to be working on a project for the publisher of “The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics,” an essential book for anyone who loves comics.

Trust me on this. This is going to be a must-have book when it hits stores.

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