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Jimmy Gownley

Jimmy Gownley
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Jimmy Gownley

Jimmy Gownley began writing and drawing comics at the age of fifteen. He is an advocate for kids’ comics, having co-founded the organization Kids Love Comics, which works to promote comic books and graphic novels as a valuable tool for literacy... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. My motto is, "Never trust a person who has a motto."
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My life in 8 words: "Happy to be a cartoonist, dad, and husband"
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    2. Illustrator Jimmy Gownley draws Superhero Amelia
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    3. Illustrator Jimmy Gownley draws Amelia from the AMELIA RU...
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Her Permanent Record will be released on August 28, 2012 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
May 16, 2012
Superheroes will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
Superheroes is now available in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
When the Past Is a Present is now available in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
When the Past Is a Present will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
The Whole World's Crazy will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
The Whole World's Crazy is now available in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
What Makes You Happy will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
What Makes You Happy is now available in Hardcover
Oct 04, 2011
The Meaning of Life . . . and Other Stuff will be released on September 27, 2011 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Sep 27, 2011
The Meaning of Life . . . and Other Stuff is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Sep 27, 2011
The Meaning of Life . . . and Other Stuff will be released on September 27, 2011 in Hardcover
Sep 27, 2011
The Meaning of Life . . . and Other Stuff is now available in Hardcover
Sep 27, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know) will be released on October 19, 2010 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Oct 19, 2010
True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know) is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Oct 19, 2010

Jimmy Gownley Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. My motto is, "Never trust a person who has a motto." Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles, (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes by Elvis Costello, Hey Jude by the Beatles, God Only Knows by the Beach Boys, Begin the Begin by R.E.M. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. I'm content being me Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. drawing, which is why I make graphic novels! Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. Gosh!, Super Awesome Learn more about Jimmy Gownley

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PennLive.com, May 1, 2012
...events scheduled at the following stores: Cosmic Comics, 3814 Union Deposit Road, Susquehanna Twp., 717-541-9540. “Amelia Rules” creator Jimmy Gownley (ameliarules.com), artist James Nguyen (jamesq.daportfolio.com) and “Supurbia” colorist Gabriel...
PublishersWeekly.com, April 10, 2012
...year’s Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards are Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life ... And Other Stuff by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum) for Best Publication for kids; and The Someday Funnies, edited by Michel Choquette, and Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and...
Animation Magazine, April 5, 2012
...Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (DC) Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life … And Other Stuff,  by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum) The Ferret’s a Foot,  by Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue (Graphic Universe/Lerner) Princeless,  by Jeremy Whitley...
Washington Post, April 5, 2012
...Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (DC) Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life . . . And Other Stuff, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum) The Ferret’s a Foot, by Colleen AF Venable andStephanie Yue (Graphic Universe/Lerner) Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley and...
School Library Journal, April 5, 2012
...Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (DC) Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life … And Other Stuff, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum) The Ferret’s a Foot, by Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue (Graphic Universe/Lerner) Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley and M....
Silver Bullet Comics, April 4, 2012
...Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (DC) Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life ... And Other Stuff, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum) The Ferret’s a Foot, by Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue (Graphic Universe/Lerner) Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley...
Washington Post, April 4, 2012
...Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (DC) Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life . . . And Other Stuff, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum) The Ferret’s a Foot, by Colleen AF Venable andStephanie Yue (Graphic Universe/Lerner) Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley and...
Animation World Network, February 17, 2012
...Over Coffee), Keith Knight (K Chronicles, (th)ink), Paige Braddock (Jane’s World), Michael Jantze (The Norm) and Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules) among many others...
Animation World Network, February 16, 2012
...Over Coffee), Keith Knight (K Chronicles, (th)ink), Paige Braddock (Jane’s World), Michael Jantze (The Norm) and Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules) among many others...
School Library Journal, February 13, 2012
...consumers are buying kids’ comics, a point echoed by her readers. In an interview with Publisher’s Weekly, Jimmy Gownley reveals that Her Permanent Record will be his last Amelia Rules! book. “I have done Amelia for so long that I needed to do...
Animation World Network, February 1, 2012
...Over Coffee), Keith Knight (K Chronicles, (th)ink), Paige Braddock (Jane’s World), Michael Jantze (The Norm) and Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules) among many others...
Graphic Policy, August 31, 2011
...silly funny and the funny sublime. The world seems lighter after reading a Ray Friesen book." -- Jimmy Gownley, creator of Amelia Rules!"Ray Friesen is a veritable fount of silliness, and his Pirate Penguin vs. Ninja Chicken is a good example of that......
Panels on Pages, July 23, 2011
...Ben Towle (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney/Hyperion) Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don’t Want Kids to Know) , by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster) Binky to the Rescue , by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press) Scratch9 , by Rob M. Worley and...