As a former editor myself, I was naturally drawn to Calista Brill's first-hand account of a day in the life of a First Second editor at the company blog. But as I was reading it, I kept going, "Hey, wait! They're publishing that?!"

Like, I didn't realize First Second was publishing a new book by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, the creators of Skim. But here it is: Awago Beach Babies, due out next year. And Calista shows off some tiny samples of art from the book she is currently editing, Relish, a book about food by Lucy Knisley, which seems like the perfect project for Lucy and a bit of a departure for First Second.

Another project I didn't know about — but that I'll be following from now on — is Jerusalem, written by filmmaker Boaz Yakin and illustrated by Nick Bertozzi. It's the story of a Jewish family at the time when Israel was just becoming an independent country. Also coming up: new books from Gene Luen Yang and Paul Pope and a sequel to their popular anthology Nursery Rhyme Comics, this one featuring fairy tales.

With a lineup like that, being an editor at First Second is my new dream job, even if the microwave in their kitchen isn't working properly. (Here's a recent CBR interview with Calista and her boss, Mark Siegel, that mentions a few of these projects.)