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Pamela Ribon

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Born

in Bloomsburg, PA, The United States

April 04, 1975

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Literature & Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Memoir

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Pamela Ribon is a screenwriter (Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Bears), performer, TV writer, comic book writer, best-selling novelist, and a Film Independent Directing Lab Fellow.

She is currently adapting her original comic book series SLAM! — co-created with Veronica Fish — as an animated half-hour with Rooster Teeth and Minnow Mountain for HBO Max. She is attached to direct (with Paul Franklin) her live-action feature adaptation of her critically-acclaimed graphic novel My Boyfriend is a Bear (co-created with Cat Farris). She is also adapting her comedic memoir NOTES TO BOYS (AND OTHER THINGS I SHOULDN’T SHARE IN PUBLIC) as an animated series for FX’s CAKE.

Pamela was a flagship contributor to Television Without Pity, and is known as a ...more

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	My Boyfriend Is a Bear by Pamela Ribon (Goodreads Author), Cat Farris (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Saida Temofonte (Letterer) 3.81 avg rating — 4,175 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SLAM! Vol. 1 by Pamela Ribon (Goodreads Author), Veronica Fish (Illustrations) 3.86 avg rating — 2,333 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Girls Are Weird 3.72 avg rating — 1,973 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going in Circles 3.70 avg rating — 1,148 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Moms Are Weird 3.70 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Take It From Here 3.69 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SLAM!: The Next Jam by Pamela Ribon (Goodreads Author), Marina Julia (Illustrator), Veronica Fish (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 691 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Notes to Boys 3.74 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SLAM! #1 by Pamela Ribon (Goodreads Author), Veronica Fish (Artist) 4.07 avg rating — 293 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rick and Morty #11 by Pamela Ribon (Goodreads Author), Marc Ellerby (Goodreads Author) (Artist), Ryan Hill (Colorist) 4.07 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Notes to Boys (And Other Things I Shouldn’t Share in Public) — Now in Paperback!

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SLAM! (10 books)
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Veronica Fish (Illustrator)

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“the warmth
in my mouth.
that rush
through my veins
making my heartache
my pulse quicken
my head-
just a bit dizzy.
my legs-
just a bit numb.
my tongue
years for more
more of you
right now.
now.
i can't wait anymore.
this is torture.
seriously.
i'm in hell.
waiting for you.
i just want to shout
to this giant crowd of people
"how hard is it to make a latte, fuckers?"
i love you, coffee.”
― Pamela Ribon, Why Girls Are Weird

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“There's never the right last moment. Even if you get to say good-bye, even if you get to say "I love you", even if you jump off a plane and get a tattoo and hug everyone you've ever met right before you drift off with a smile, it is never the right last moment. There is always more to say, somewhere to go, something to remember. Another discussion, another fight. There is always supposed to be another day.”
― Pamela Ribon, You Take It From Here

tags: endings, last, love

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“There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.”
― Pamela Ribon

tags: author, books, writers

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Poems to See by: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry by Julian Peters

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My Boyfriend Is a Bear by Pamela Ribon

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