glister

Out Now!

2010-03-01T01:24:00.000-08:00

The fourth book in this delightfully quirky and funny series for girls told in comic-strip and featuring Glister Butterworth – girl-magnet for the weird and unusual.

Glister and her father live at Chilblain Hall – home to an orchard with a remarkable collection of trees. Not least, the very special Butterworth Tree. It is said that when the Butterworth Tree blooms, a bumper crop of Butterworth relatives from past, present and future will fall. Of course, Glister longs to have a big family and dreams of cosseting aunts and devoted uncles, hoping upon hope that the tree may even bear fruit of the famed Butterworth Giant... Then, one day, her dream finally comes true. Indeed, a bumper crop of relatives does fall, but they are not so keen on playing Happy Families and soon Glister needs a swift and effective plan to stop the Butterworths from pulling themselves and Chilblain Hall apart, with quite astonishing results!

Glister: The Family Tree
Look Inside/Sneak Peak PDF: http://bit.ly/8cLoPB
80 pages
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 140632051X
ISBN-13: 978-1406320510
Walker Books: http://bit.ly/8cLoPB
Book Depository: http://bit.ly/ahkvBf (free delivery worldwide)
Waterstones: http://bit.ly/awWtsV
Amazon UK has it: http://bit.ly/aAQOuf

*********Also Available************

Glister: The Faerie Host
preview :http://www.bit.ly/7HQJLM
80 pages
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 1406320501
ISBN-13: 978-1406320503
Amazon has it: http://bit.ly/8YhhVs
Walker Books: http://bit.ly/8sfv9o

Glister: The Haunted Teapot
Preview: http://bit.ly/7oIUVM
64 pages
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 140632048X
ISBN-13: 978-1406320480

Glister: The House Hunt
preview: http://bit.ly/4HhSnK
80 pages
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 1406320498
ISBN-13: 978-1406320497

Glister: The Faerie Host

2009-12-01T01:05:00.000-08:00

Out January 4th 2010
Extras include:
'Glister Vs The Toll Troll' short story
'Home to Roost' short story
'Glister and the Family Tree' preview

# Paperback: 80 pages
# Publisher: Walker (4 Jan 2010)
# ISBN-10: 1406320501
# ISBN-13: 978-1406320503

£4.99

Glister: The Faerie Host preview
Glister: The House Hunt preview
Glister: The Haunted Teapot preview

Glister: The Faerie Host

2009-11-30T05:55:00.000-08:00

Out January 4th 2010

The third book in a delightfully quirky and funny series for girls told in comic-strip and featuring Glister Butterworth – girl-magnet for the weird and unusual.

It is coming up to Halloween and already Glister's father is bustling around getting ready for Christmas! The Butterworths are putting up decorations for the tree and making preparations for the big day, but Glister is sad – her mother is missing and Christmas just wouldn't be the same without her. She is determined to find her mum and solve the mystery of her disappearance. However, boundary changes in the area mean Faerieland and Whixleyshire's borders now meet right outside Glister's front door. Once Glister has ventured into Faerieland in search of her beloved lost mum, very strange things start to happen and her biggest challenge will be finding her way home again.

# Paperback: 80 pages
# Publisher: Walker (4 Jan 2010)
# ISBN-10: 1406320501
# ISBN-13: 978-1406320503

£4.99

Preview here

Window

2009-10-16T02:15:00.000-07:00

Panel from one of the extras for Glister: The Faerie Host.

Lion

2009-10-09T08:40:00.001-07:00

Goblins

2009-10-07T06:22:00.000-07:00

Those pesky Goblins (see them in Glister: The Family Tree)
are out carol singing early again. If you hear their caterwauling
outside your door, push some food out through the letterbox
for them. Do not approach. They bite.

Review

2009-10-06T07:56:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Library Mice for the lovely Glister review.

BICS

2009-10-01T01:23:00.000-07:00

I'll be sharing a table with Will of Butternut Comics on October 3-4th
at the Birmingham International Comics Show.
We're at table 91. Come say hi, have stuff signed and sketched and
whatnot. See you there!

Prep

2009-09-28T09:53:00.000-07:00

Some sketchbook prep for Glister:
The Family Tree.

Ideas

2009-09-25T01:11:00.000-07:00

Thinking on the page. Ideas for some of the extra
designy bits and bobs that go into a Glister book.

Chilblain Hall

2009-09-24T01:33:00.000-07:00

From the sketchbook.

Sketchbook Glister

2009-09-23T02:21:00.000-07:00

Page layout designs, character design
ideas, some of the behind-the-scenes
work of making a comic.

Glister Doodles

2009-09-22T02:12:00.001-07:00

Doodles

2009-09-21T01:01:00.001-07:00

Early doodling for Glister: Haunted
Teapot cover ideas.
YLG talk went really well, thanks to
everyone who came to hear us talk.
Thanks also to Lizzie, John, Chris,
Sophie, Fiona, Dr Mel and David.

Tree

2009-09-18T01:16:00.000-07:00

Working through some ideas for
Glister: The Family Tree.

I'm on a panel at the YLG conference at the University of Warwick
tomorrow. 'Reading Between the Panels' is chaired by Dr. Mel Gibson
(the other one) and I'll be chatting with John Dunning ('Salem
Brownstone' Walker Books) and Chris Wooding ('Malice' Scholastic)
followed by signing books and whatnot.
If you're a Youth librarian I hope to see you there.

The Birmingham (UK) show is creeping up. I'm sharing a table with the
lovely Will of Butternut Comics:
http://www.butternutcomics.com/
Don't have a table number as yet, but will let you know as soon as I do.
Btw, I won't be selling the Walker Glister books myself, but have been
assured that they will be available from retailers there.

Review The House Hunt

2009-08-27T01:06:00.001-07:00

Extremely kind review of the book from Richard at FPI
here.

Review Haunted Teapot

2009-08-25T01:20:00.000-07:00

A wonderful review from Richard at FPI blog here.

Review

2009-08-14T10:20:00.000-07:00

A review of Glister from the august Financial Times!

“A sweet little tale with masses of quirky detail and rather a lot more bite than a lot of books aimed at girls under the age of 10.” Financial Times (UK & Ireland Edition), August 8^th

Yay!

Haunted Teapot

2009-08-14T06:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Evie for this spooky-looking
Haunted Teapot. That's a gruesome ghost!

Haunted Teapot

2009-08-12T05:49:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Wynn for this wonderful
Haunted Teapot. Love the stern
looking Bulwark-Stratton here!

Interview

2009-08-07T12:57:00.001-07:00

I'm author of the month at Holt Jackson and you can read my
interview here.

Haunted Teapot

2009-08-04T00:57:00.001-07:00

A big thank you to Molly for her beautiful
Haunted Teapot. Love the Clarice Cliff-esque
look to it. Keep 'em coming!

A Haunted Teapot

2009-07-23T06:17:00.000-07:00

Here's one of the Haunted Teapots. Thanks
to Clara for allowing me to show it...love the
detail of the chilling wind emerging from the
spout!
Keep 'em coming. See here for details.

Glister: The Family Tree

2009-07-22T03:01:00.000-07:00

Has a cover. Out March 2010.
Don't forget to send me your
Haunted Teapots.

Haunted Teapots

2009-07-21T04:38:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow is officially the start of the school hols
round these parts, so it's time to get drawing!
If you have a copy of Glister: The Haunted Teapot
you'll know there's a teapot-shaped space to
design your own haunted teapot on the inside
back cover.
Please e-mail me your designs as a .jpg file and
I'll send out a Glister sketch to those who come up
with my faves (by post or by e-mail). If you're happy
to have your pics on the blog let me know and
I'll post them here. You don't have to use the actual
template in the book, you can start getting
creative on any old piece of paper and e-mail them
to: glister@andiwatson.biz
IMPORTANT: If you're under 18 please get permission
from a grown up before sending your drawings.
This is open to all-ages so get scribbling regardless
of how old or young you are.

Bug

2009-07-20T05:07:00.001-07:00

Detail from Glister: The Family Tree
Nice Glister mention here

Faerie Head

2009-07-17T08:23:00.000-07:00

Info on how to make your own in Glister: The Faerie Host
out in January

Glister: The Haunted Teapot has lots of extras including:
Activities: make your own Glister biscuits with the recipe and design your own Haunted Teapot.
+ the short strips, "A Day in the Life of Philippa Veil" and "What Mr. Wilkes did Next".
Oh, and the insides are printed in a tasteful shades of dark red.

Glister: The House Hunt has extras including:
Activities: make a Glister stand-up
+ a short illustrated story "Chilblain Hall and the Sunday Painters"
and "Philippa Veil's Postcards.
The insides are printed in tasteful shades of dark blue.

Microscope

2009-07-16T12:06:00.000-07:00

Detail from Glister: The Family Tree

Eliza

2009-07-15T11:38:00.001-07:00

Panel From Glister: The Family Tree.

Messy

2009-07-14T09:06:00.001-07:00

From Glister: The Family Tree.

Finding Glister?

2009-07-13T09:03:00.001-07:00

Detail from Glister: The Family Tree.

The first two Glister books are out but friends and family have been
asking me where they can find a copy.
If you're wanting to walk into a book shop and buy a copy off the
shelves the best bet is your local children's bookshop, if you're
fortunate to have one close by. Borders are supporting the book
with separate displays for kid's comics (so I hear), and they're online.
Waterstone's availability is rather patchy but Amazon have both books.

Mr. Butterworth

2009-07-10T13:03:00.000-07:00

Panel from The Family Tree.

Both Glister: The Haunted Teapot & Glister: The House Hunt
are out!

Pear

2009-07-09T00:54:00.001-07:00

Panel from The Family Tree.

Both Glister: The Haunted Teapot & Glister: The House Hunt
are out!

Glister: The Family Tree

2009-07-07T04:54:00.000-07:00

Panel from The Family Tree.

Both Glister: The Haunted Teapot & Glister: The House Hunt
are out!

Glister: The Family Tree

2009-07-05T23:16:00.000-07:00

Inks I'm working on now.

I wrote a piece for the Walker Books blog here

Both Glister: The Haunted Teapot & Glister: The House Hunt
are out from today. Let me know what you think of the books.

Joy!

2009-07-02T22:54:00.001-07:00

Inks from Glister: The Family Tree.

Glister: The House Hunt

2009-07-01T23:59:00.001-07:00

Back cover.

Glister: The House Hunt

2009-07-01T00:51:00.000-07:00

Glister House Hunt

Glister: The Haunted Teapot

2009-06-29T23:21:00.000-07:00

Glister Haunted Teapot

Glister: The Faerie Host

2009-06-29T00:44:00.000-07:00

Out 4th January 2010

Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
ISBN-10: 1406320501
ISBN-13: 978-1406320503

This is the third book in a delightfully quirky and funny series for girls told in comic-strip and featuring Glister Butterworth - girl-magnet for the weird and unusual. It is coming up to Halloween and already Glister's father is bustling around getting ready for Christmas! The Butterworths are putting up decorations for the tree and making preparations for the big day, but Glister is sad - her mother is missing and Christmas just wouldn't be the same without her. She is determined to find her mum and solve the mystery of her disappearance. However, boundary changes in the area mean Faerieland and Whixleyshire's borders now meet right outside Glister's front door. Once Glister has ventured into Faerieland in search of her beloved lost mum, very strange things start to happen and her biggest challenge will be finding her way home again. This book comes with fun instructions to make your own Faerie Head from an apple and create and play your own game of Glister Flickers. At the end of the book, there is a short comic introducing readers to the next story in the series, "Glister: The Family Tree". Glister is a compelling little female heroine who will find fans in new readers as well as the many followers of Andi Watson too.

Amazon entry here

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Glister: The Family Tree

Out March 1st 2010

Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
ISBN-10: 140632051X
ISBN-13: 978-1406320510

This is the fourth book in this delightfully quirky and funny series for girls told in comic-strip and featuring Glister Butterworth - girl-magnet for the weird and unusual. Glister and her father live at Chilblain Hall - home to an orchard with a remarkable collection of trees. Not least, the very special Butterworth Tree. It is said that when the Butterworth Tree blooms, a bumper crop of Butterworth relatives from past, present and future will fall. Of course, Glister longs to have a big family and dreams of cosseting aunts and devoted uncles, hoping upon hope that the tree may even bear fruit of the famed Butterworth Giant...Then, one day, her dream finally comes true. Indeed, a bumper crop of relatives does fall, but they are not so keen on playing Happy Families and soon Glister needs a swift and effective plan to stop the Butterworths from pulling themselves and Chilblain Hall apart, with quite astonishing results! Glister is a charming and eccentric, resourceful and intelligent little female heroine who will find fans in new readers as well as the many followers of Andi Watson too. Andi's distinctive illustration style, his fresh take on fairytale storytelling, and his imaginative design and layout, make the "Glister" series of books standout works of illustrated fiction.

Amazon entry here

Glister: The Haunted Teapot

2009-06-26T11:39:00.000-07:00

Back cover.

Window

2009-06-25T01:35:00.001-07:00

A panel from the new Glister book.

Panel with tone

2009-06-24T01:10:00.000-07:00

Finished panel. The final stage will be giving
it a single colour for the actual book.

Inks

2009-06-23T02:09:00.000-07:00

Inks for the previous pencilled panel.

Woot!

2009-06-22T00:59:00.000-07:00

The books exist and look absolutely lovely,
inside and out. On sale July 6th.

Pencils

2009-06-19T00:52:00.000-07:00

Pencilled panel from the new Glister book I'm
working on.

Glister: The Faerie Host

2009-06-18T00:53:00.001-07:00

Colour cover roughs for The Faerie Host,
out from Walker books early 2010.

Back cover rough

2009-06-17T00:42:00.000-07:00

Rough layout for back cover of
Glister: The House Hunt.

Colour Cover Roughs

2009-06-16T00:58:00.001-07:00

Trying out a few ideas and colour combinations
for Glister: The House Hunt.

Back Cover

2009-06-15T01:14:00.001-07:00

Rough for the back cover of Glister:
The Haunted Teapot. We thought it'd
be more fun if the back cover blurb was
in the form of a comic strip.

Genealogy room

2009-06-12T01:07:00.001-07:00

The Butterworths have a long and confusing family
history. Glister gets down to some research in the
new Glister book I'm drawing.

More cover ideas

2009-06-11T00:47:00.000-07:00

Cover ideas for The Haunted Teapot.

Chilblain Hall

2009-06-10T00:58:00.001-07:00

Panel from a page of the latest Glister book
that I'm working on.

Cover ideas

2009-06-09T00:53:00.000-07:00

Glister: The Haunted Teapot

Different cover ideas in colour.

Cover ideas

2009-06-08T00:46:00.000-07:00

Pre order

Cover ideas for Glister: The Haunted Teapot

Work in progress...

2009-06-05T02:28:00.000-07:00

Rough page layouts for the fourth
Glister book I'm working on.

Glister: The House Hunt

2009-06-04T00:35:00.000-07:00

Sneak peak at the inside of Glister: The House Hunt
out July 6th

Pre-order

Glister: The Haunted Teapot

2009-06-03T01:04:00.000-07:00

A sneak peak at the insides of The Haunted Teapot.
Out July 6th

Pre-order

Glister: The House Hunt

2009-06-02T06:01:00.001-07:00

Glister: The House Hunt
80 pages
out from 6th July
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 1406320498
ISBN-13: 978-1406320497

Walker entry

Amazon UK

Author bio

Glister: The Haunted Teapot

2009-06-02T05:50:00.000-07:00

Glister: The Haunted Teapot

64 pages
out from 6th July
Walker Books
£4.99
ISBN-10: 140632048X
ISBN-13: 978-1406320480

Walker entry

Amazon UK

Author bio