comics | Liam O'Donnell

Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook 7 cover revealed!

by liam | Oct 20, 2012 | comics, literacy, media, writing news

Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook 7 isn’t available until April 2013, but it’s already popping up online over at Goodreads and Barnes & Noble, so it’s definitely time to show off the cover of Max and Alison’s latest casebook! Casebook 7...

My graphic novel Media Meltdown reprinted, now with moar uber

by liam | Jul 11, 2012 | comics, literacy, media, writing news

So, my media-literacy-mystery-adventure-graphic-novel for kids, Media Meltdown just went into reprint, which is very cool. That means, we sold so many copies my amazing publisher ran out. That’s good news all around. The publisher and author & illustrator...

Start summer with a free Max Finder Mystery book

by liam | Jun 14, 2012 | comics, education, literacy, writing news

Love mysteries? Love comics? Love free stuff? Now is your chance to have all three in one giveaway contest. To celebrate the launch of my brand new monthly e-newsletter, Reading Change, I am giving away four signed copies of Max Finder Mystery Collected Casebook...

Writers Workshop: Four elements every mystery needs

by liam | Jun 1, 2012 | comics, education, literacy, media, writing news

I’ve been writing mysteries for nearly a decade now, including well over 40 traditional “whodunits” in my Max Finder Mystery comics, several action-adventure mysteries for my Graphic Guide Adventures series and another whodunit, set in a video game...

William Burgess students rock with a Max Finder Mystery Trailer

by liam | May 24, 2012 | comics, education, literacy, media, writing news

Last week, I was thrilled when super librarian Julie Found emailed me to say her students had created a book trailer for Max Finder Mystery: Collected Casebook #4. You can watch it on Julie’s blog: We Found the Library! (great title btw.) I was so happy to see...