Alexa Villanueva's guest appearances

Alexa Villanueva

Graphic Novel TK

Ryan North

Patrick Brower

Lucy Knisley

Jen Wang

Jake Shapiro

Ngozi Ukazu

Miriam Miller

Carey Pietsch

Katie Lane

Annie Koyama

Nilah Magruder

Jacq Cohen

Colleen AF Venable

Calista Brill

Jenni Holm

OwlTail

How do books get made?You might think that's a comprehensive statement about the theme of our podcast -- but for this episode, we're focusing specifically on how physical books actually get made: the process of working with a printer to produce physical book objects. Turns out: it's fascinating! And also complicated.Today we talk to First Second's Production Manager, Alexa Villanueva, about how she works with the team at First Second and the printer and a shipping company and a warehouse and a whole lot of other people to get books to turn from files to physical things on bookshelves.So how does that all happen? Tune in to find out!Want to see more of Alexa's work at First Second? You can always find pictures of their books on the First Second twitter, @01FirstSecond.

How do books get made? You might think that's a comprehensive statement about the theme of our podcast -- but for this episode, we're focusing specifically on how physical books actually get made: the process of working with a printer to produce physical book objects. Turns out: it's fascinating! And also complicated. Today we talk to First Second's Production Manager, Alexa Villanueva, about how she works with the team at First Second and the printer and a shipping company and a warehouse and a whole lot of other people to get books to turn from files to physical things on bookshelves. So how does that all happen? Tune in to find out! Want to see more of Alexa's work at First Second? You can always find pictures of their books on the First Second twitter, @01FirstSecond.

Episode 16 - Production, with Alexa Villanueva