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We all hoped for the best.īy the time Smile hit the scene, it was…actually, it was still really quiet. Imprints were born some stayed and some didn’t. The New York Times debuted the Graphic Book and Manga bestseller lists in 2009, which unfortunately no longer exists. We watched American Born Chinese become a National Book Award finalist and a Printz winner. I was lucky to have a little crew of cartoonist friends from the beginning-we all tabled at conventions, worked day jobs, chatted on LiveJournal, and scraped by financially. So much happened in that four-year period. I know, it’s incredible! But here I’ll point out that my first Baby-sitters Club adaptation was published in 2006, and Smile was published in 2010. How has the industry changed since the publication of Smile? You were with Scholastic’s Graphix imprint right from the beginning.

Her works, which are published by the Graphix imprint of Scholastic Press, include Smile (2010), Drama (2012), Sisters (2014), and Ghosts (2016). Raina Telgemeier is an Eisner Award-winning cartoonist whose graphic novels for young readers have helped change the face of the publishing industry.