The arrival!
My advance copies of SMILE have arrived, as a sort of early Christmas present! I couldn't be more delighted with the way they turned out. Check out that shiny foil on the braces!
You can order it now through your local comic shop, using Diamond Preview Order Code DEC09 0873. Or, buy it at your favorite book store! It'll be out on February 2, 2010.
You can see a few more photos here, including shots of the softcover, the colorful interiors, and the amazing quote on the back cover!
A few reviews have started rolling in, as well. Here's one from Publishers Weekly (scroll about 3/4 of the way down the page) that has some nice things to say! I also got one from Booklist, which isn't linkable, but the most quotable line is, "Telgemeier’s storytelling and full-color cartoony images form a story that will
cheer and inspire any middle-schooler dealing with orthodontia." Hooray!