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Krosoczka says he handled all the artwork for his new book “Hey, Kiddo” because “I didn’t want anyone’s hands on the book but mine.” Graphic novelists typically contract out some of the background coloring, he says. Krosoczka says many people - most notably his wife, Gina, and his late grandparents - helped him become a children’s book author and artist. Krosoczka thumbs through some of the many drawings he compiled for his new book, the graphic memoir “Hey, Kiddo.” STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS

Krosoczka, seen here in his Easthampton studio, says many people - most notably his wife, Gina, and his late grandparents - helped him become a successful children’s book author and artist through their steadfast support. Krosoczka did hundreds of initial sketches, detailed line drawings and colored backing pages for “Hey, Kiddo,” his longest work ever - over 300 pages. Krosoczka compares an earlier drawing from “Hey, Kiddo” with the finished scene from the book. At right is a letter his mother, Leslie, wrote him when he was boy. It’s his first book for young adult readers. Krosoczka pages through his new book, “Hey, Kiddo,” a graphic memoir of his early life. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLISĪn early draft from a scene in the prologue of “Hey, Kiddo,” in which a teenage Jarrett Krosoczka visits a cemetery with his grandfather, Joe. Some early self-portraits from “Hey, Kiddo” of Krosoczka as a young boy and a teenager. In his graphic memoir “Hey, Kiddo,” Jarrett Krosoczka’s first book for young adult readers, he tells a coming-of-age story that also tackles his mother’s heroin addiction. His grandfather always supported his dream of being an artist, he says. Krosoczka’s grandfather, in Krosoczka’s Easthampton studio.

STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLISĪ picture of Joe Krosoczka, Jarrett J. His grandparents, Joe and Shirley, who raised him, are in the middle photograph.