Shopping When I Was Little ...

Hi all!

If you follow me at conventions, this past March I was saying I was going to open an online store where I would sell my art, prints, books, and anything else that would fit in the world of When I Was Little. After months and months I signed on with Big Cartel and have begun creating my store. There isn't much there yet but I will be sure to add some of the 8x10 prints you see at the conventions as well as some other items yet to be named. SO check back often and enjoy Shopping When I Was Little...

- Justin

Total Geek Moment #2

So a couple posts ago I talked about giving my favorite artist, Skottie Young, a copy of my book.

Now I can geek out that Lori from Amazing Fantasy stacked my signed copies next to The Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney!! Awesome.

Take a look, here it is on the shelf:

Now head out there and pick it up!

PS - sorry the photo is a bit blurry but the green sticker on their says "signed".

Price Drops!

Hi all,

I hope everyone had a good 4th of July weekend. I wanted to share some great news today to start off the week. When I Was Little... is now going for $12.95 and When I Was Little Too is selling for $15.95 both on Amazon.com, as well as the CreateSpace sites for both books!!!

Don't forget that signed copies are available at a great price courtesy of Amazing Fantasy comic book store @:

20523 S. LaGrange Road
Frankfort, IL 60423
815-469-5092

So what are you waiting for, go grab yourself a copy!

Now Available @ Amazing Fantasy!!

I am very pleased and excited to announce that Amazing Fantasy Books & Comics is now carrying signed copies (that's right) of When I Was Little... and When I Was Little Too!!! Quantities are limited so get them while you can!

The store is located at:

20523 S. LaGrange Road
Frankfort, IL 60423
815-469-5092

It's a wonderful comic book store and I'm very happy they let me have my books in there. So drop on by, check it out, and buy some stuff!!!

And check out their MySpace page!

I gave Skottie Young my book!

So if you know me, you'll know that I'm a fan of the comic book artist, Skottie Young. Who, right now, is doing a run on The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz for Marvel comics. Earlier this month, he made an appearance Amazing Fantasy off of La Grange Rd. in Frankfort, IL for Free Comic Book Day.

I heard two great things before I headed out there:

1. He was creating his own children's book
2. He and his longtime girlfriend, Casey McCauley, are expecting their first kid in November.

I thought it would be a cool idea to give him a copy of When I Was Little... just to see what he thought. Being the cool guy he is, he graciously accepted it. I can only hope that he peeped it out and loved the idea and art behind it. Either way, it was a total geek moment for me.

Speaking of little...

I'm sorry I have not been around lately, but I recently became an Uncle! My brother John and his wife, Jackie gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.

Please welcome to the world, Juliet Frances Castaneda!

She's so cool she even has her own blog: http://johnandjackplusone.wordpress.com/

Now available from Amazon and Createspace.com!

Hi friends,

My second book, When I Was Little Too, available on Amazon.com and Createspace.com. Click on the links to go there and purchase your copies today!

Help Wanted!!!!

I've shared my childhood memories with you so now I want you to share yours with me. Drop me a line at wheniwaslittle@gmail.com and your memory could appear as a funny page in the next When I Was Little book!

Coming Soon...

Hi all. Finally I'm back with an update. I'm sorry that I've been away for so long but I've been pushing pencil to paper. I'll try and update more frequently sharing stories about the books and little insights and original sketch ideas to make the blog worth coming back to plus it'll be a good way to promote both books. Yes, I said "both". Oh did I forget to mention?

Coming Soon(er) then you think!!!! When I Was Little Too