Press

Ghost Roast is a 10 Top Pick of the Young Adult Library Services Association’s 'Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.' 

-- by YALSA

 Shawnee and Shawnelle receive 'Outstanding Achievement for Writing' nominations from the 2025 Annie Awards for their work on Cartoon Network series Jessica’s Big Little World.

-- by Carolyn Giardina

 Ghost Roast is named one of Mary Sue’s 

11 Best Middle-Grade and YA Graphic Novels

 of 2024.

-- by  Ollie Kaplan 

Cartoon Network's Jessica's Big Little World, for which The Gibbs Sisters served as Lead Writers, receives Best Writing Children's & Family Emmy Nomination.

-- by  Erik Pedersen

The Gibbs Sisters' live action / animated adaptation of Mozart's The Magic Flute wins Opera America's Digital Excellence Award.

-- by  Opera America

The Mary Sue names Ghost Roast one of:  "15 Amazing Graphic Novels for Girls"

-- by Rebecca Oliver Kaplan

Ghost Roast honored as one of the year's Best Young Adult Book titles:

"2024 Harvey Award Nominees Announced"

-- by Publisher's Weekly

Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs join novelsits including Thien Pham and Adam Nimoy for a lively San Diego Comic Con 2024's Panel  "On Finding Family."

-- by  Nancy Powell 

Ghost Roast is a selected summer read of Book Riot's Hey Ya Podcast in episode: "No One Reads Like a YA Reader." 

-- by Erica Ezeifedi and Kelly Jensen

The Animation Guild's Keyframe Magazine profiles The Gibbs Sisters amongst a group of siblings who make animation a family affair: "Sibling Revelry." 

-- by Karen Briner

GeekDad highlights Ghost Roast as a Halloween graphic novel to check out this year.  "Stack Overflow: Ghost Stories."

-- by Jonathan H. Liu

Ghost Roast makes Book Riot's Roundup list of "The Best Comics We Read January - March 2024" 

-- by  Patricia Elzie-Tuttle 

The American Library Association's YALSA  selects Ghost Roast as an official  nominee  for its 2025 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Award.

-- by Meg Bowie

Ghost Roast receives Best Graphic Novel nod as "The Nominees for the 16th Annual AAMBC Literary Awards are revealed."  

-- AAMBC Literary Awards

 The Gibbs Sisters join Emily Cannon in a conversation about the making of Ghost Roast.

-- by  YE Magazine

ALA's Booklist Magazine spotlights Ghost Roast as one of the "Top 10 Novels For Tweens" in its Feb. 15, 2024 issue. 

-- by Julia Smith

The Gibbs Sisters chat with Black Girl Nerds about their debut graphic novel, Ghost Roast, and their careers in comics and animation. (Podcast)

-- by Black Girl Nerds

Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs talk "Themes of History and Self-Discovery in Ghost Roast" in a guest post for Teen Librarian Toolbox.

-- by Shawnee & Shawnelle Gibbs

Ghost Roast is highlighted in  "19 New YA Comics and Graphic Novels Hitting Shelves January-March 2024." 

-- by Tirzah Price

Ghost Roast is one of Kirkus Reviews' "5 New YA Books To Kick Off Your 2024 Reading"

-- by Laura Simeon

Writer, Robin Lapid, spends an afternoon with the Gibbs Sisters at Chapter 510 and the Department of Make Believe in Oakland, Ca.:  

"Ghosts & The Sisters Gibb"

-- by Robin Lapid

Ghost Roast named one of the "Most Anticipated Young Adult reads of 2024"  by School Library's Teen Librarian Toolbox. 

-- by Teen Librarian Toolbox

Ghost Roast is a featured Children's Review of Publishers Weekly:  And declared "a cheeky graphic novel debut... in the vein of Octavia Butler's Kindred..." 

-- by Publishers Weekly

Kirkus Reviews finds Ghost Roast charming:  Kirkus calls Ghost Roast "A fresh and charming modern Southern ghost story..." 

-- by Kirkus Reviews

"Interview with The Ghost Roast Team: Shawnee Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs and artist, Emily Cannon." The Gibbs sisters and Emily Cannon discuss collaborating on their YA graphic novel. 

-- by Connie Reid

"Writers Shawneé and Shawnelle Gibbs Create Stories for Diverse Audiences:" The Gibbs sisters discuss their upcoming graphic novel, "Ghost Roast" and storytelling careers.

-- by Phyllis Banks

The Gibbs sisters join a group of rockstar female comic creators to share The Origin Stories Behind the ‘Women of Marvel' anthology.

-- by Robyn Belt

"Your Complete Guide to 'Women of Marvel' #1:" The Gibbs sisters' Photon and Ms. Marvel team-up, "Energy Vampires" is a featured story in the upcoming Marvel anthology series.

-- by Marvel.com

"Disney Writing Program Unveils 2023 Participants:" Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs are selected fellows of the 2023 Disney Writers Program.

-- by Denise Petski

"PREVIEW: The Invention of E.J. Whitaker: Issue #2":  The second issue of The Gibbs Sisters' comic book adventure series, The Invention of E.J. Whitaker gets a preview from Black Sci Fi.

-- by Robert K. Jeffrey

"Frederator Studios Options Abigail McGrath’s Play ‘Hidden Heroes": The series will be developed by Shawnee’ Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs, who have both most recently served as staff writers on HBO Max’s series Little Ellen.

-- by Paige Lyman

"Frederator options Black History-themed plays": Writing and producing team Shawnee’ and Shawnelle Gibbs are working with Frederator’s director of development Nikki Price to adapt the series for TV.

-- by Jeremy Dickson

"Things We Imagine: For All Nerds / Black Girls Create Conversation with Comic Book Writers The Gibbs Sisters, Stephanie Williams and Danny Lore"

NPR Michigan Radio's Stateside podcast host April Baer and Professor Julian Chambliss discuss The Gibbs Sisters' The Invention of E.J. Whitaker for MSU's  “Beyond the Black Panther: Visions of Afrofuturism in American Comics" exhibit. 

"Meet Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs (The Gibbs Sisters) of BopSee Books in Downtown LA"

-- by Stephanie Rodriguez

"This Writers Life: Storymap featuring Creative Advice from Shawnee´ Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs" 

-- by Danielle Davis 

 "Celebrating Culture Through Comics | 2019 Schomburg Center Black Comic Book Festival"  

-- by Annalisa Pešek 

The Blerdgurl Review: The Invention of E.J. Whitaker by The Gibbs Sisters 

-- By Karama Horne

The Gibbs Sisters' "Ghost Roast," a paranormal YA graphic novel with art by Emily Cannon is announced to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Versify imprint.

Graphic Policy calls The Invention of E.J. Whitaker, Issue #1, 'A hell of a ride...' in this 9/10 review. 

-- by Pharoah Miles 

The Gibbs Sisters chat about their careers in comics and television, and the inspiration for their Glyph Award nominated series, The Invention of E.J. Whitaker. 

-- by Amber Hubbard

"The Gibbs Girls’ “The Invention of E.J. Whitaker” Shows We Need More Women of Color in the World of STEM" 

-- by Nicholas Eskey

The Gibbs Sisters talk about their background in comics and animation with Africa Channel's Segun Oduolowu.

Watch their "Black Girl Magic" interview here

 The Gibbs Sisters talk about their serendipitous journey into television and their mission to create adventure stories for multicultural audiences. 

Read  "The Gibbs Sisters are Storytelling Superheroes"

-- by Sharon Lynn Pruitt

The Gibbs Sisters chat with Black Girl Nerds about their comic book project, "The Invention of E.J. Whitaker" and their unconventional career path in comics, animation and television.

Listen to #BGN Podcast Extra - The Gibbs Sisters

"My Conversation with the creators of 'The Invention of E.J. Whitaker"

-- by Ira Hobbs

"The “Gibbs Girls” bring their vision of steampunk in “The Invention of E.J. Whitaker”

-- by Nicholas Eskey

The Gibbs Sisters talk with Shannon Miller of the Nerds of Prey podcast about their upcoming steampunk comic, The Invention of E.J. Whitaker.

"Blood, Sweat and Ink: Breaking into Webcomics in 2014"

-- by Lisa Granshaw

The Gibbs Sisters featured as 10 Female Filmmakers Ruling Indie Cinema. 

-- by A. Wolfe

 "Kidsfilmfest": The New York Times cites "Sule and the Case of the Tiny Sparks" as a highlight of the Brooklyn International Kids Festival. 

-- by Laurel Graeber

"A Diverse Offering at The American Cinematheque's 6th Annual "Focus on Female Directors." 

--by Leah Zak

"Sule and The Case of the Tiny Sparks" reviewed by Andrea Pippins of Fly. 

-- by Andrea Pippins

The Gibbs Sisters are featured in Essence.com's "40 Sisters We Love," article celebrating Essence magazine's 40th year of publication. Other sisters include Beyonce and Solange Knowles, Venus and Serena Willams, and Angela and Vanessa Simmons.

The Gibbs Sisters discuss their animated cartoons "Old Ladies Driving," "Adopted By Aliens" and "Ravishing Raspberry."

Watch their interview here

UVC (Urban Voice in Comics) Magazine's "Black Women in Animation" article 

--by Sharvonique Fortune.

A vintage interview of ours (circa 2004) is featured in the latest installment of Bob Bryan's award-winning education series, "Graffiti Verite." Other volumes of Graffiti Verite can be found on Netflix.