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Meet the McElroys

Join us via Zoom to chat with the McElroys of "The Adventure Zone" and "My Brother, My Brother and Me" podcasts!

Level up at your Library with the McElroy family! Learn about the start of their entertainment empire and how their podcast transformed into a best-selling graphic novel series. 

Registration required. This program will take place over Zoom and a recording will be provided to registered attendees after the event. 

Presented in partnership with the Deerfield Public Library, Evanston Public Library, Glencoe Public Library, and the Highland Park Public Library.

Questions? Contact the Adult Services Department at hppla@hplibrary.org

Clint McElroy
Clint McElroy has fooled numerous bosses into providing him with a 45-year career in Broadcasting. He has fathered three children (Justin, Travis and Griffin), and when it comes to bringing new life into this world, is pretty sure the barn door is shut behind that horse. He co-hosts The Adventure Zone with his sons, which has been adapted into a New York Times Best Selling graphic novel series six times over, and has written comics for Marvel such as JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY and MARVEL TEAM-UP – so retired life has been going pretty well so far. Most recently, he wrote the children's book, Goldie's Guide to Grandchilding, from First Second Books.

Justin McElroy
Justin McElroy has been a creator of podcasts, television shows, YouTube videos and graphic novels since 2010. His most popular works include My Brother, My Brother and Me (co-hosted with his real life brothers Travis & Griffin McElroy) which is both an award-nominated advice show podcast referenced in Lin-Manuel Miranda's, Hamilton, (yes, really!) and a live action television show on the Seeso (NBCUniversal); and The Adventure Zone, an actual-play podcast with their dad that has also been adapted into a New York Times bestselling graphic novel from First Second Books many times over. He also co-hosts Sawbones, a comedic medical podcast, with his wife, Dr. Sydnee McElroy - which has, you guessed it, been adapted into a yet another New York Times bestselling book. 

He is also known for his roles in Trolls World Tour (DreamWorks, 2020) and The Fungies!, (HBO, 2022) - and on TikTok for bringing back "Berries and Cream".

Travis McElroy
Travis McElroy is a podcaster, actor and a four-time New York Times #1 bestselling author known for The Adventure Zone and My Brother, My Brother and Me.

Travis was born in West Virginia, and attended the University of Oklahoma as a National Merit Scholar. He graduated from OU with a BFA in Acting, and then proceeded to have no idea what he was going to do with his life. At the age of 25, he began his podcast, My Brother, My Brother and Me (MBMBaM) with his real-life brothers, Justin and Griffin; began working as an actor/technical director at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; and met his wife. Altogether, a pretty good year. He worked at Cincy Shakes with notable roles like Laertes, Juliet’s Nurse, and Lucius Andronicus, and won an award for set design. Then Travis became a full-time podcaster with shows including Trends Like These, Shmanners, Chasing Immortality and, most notably, The Adventure Zone.

MBMBaM was later adapted into a live-action television show through NBCUniversal’s comedy streaming channel, Seeso. MBMBaM premiered as the #1 television show for sale on iTunes. 

The Adventure Zone, in cooperation with Twogether Studios, was adapted into a cooperative storytelling card game called The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance released late 2020. Learn more at theadventurezonegame.com 

In 2018, the McElroys’ graphic novel adaptation of The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins became the first graphic novel to reach #1 on the New York Times Paperback Trade Fiction Best Sellers list. Book 2 in the series, The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! followed suit in 2019. Book 3, The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal released July 2020 and Book 4, The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom, released in July 2021. All from First Second Books and, you guessed it, all were New York Times bestsellers. Book 5 released February 2023 & Book 6 July 2024. More at theadventurezonecomic.com

His podcasting book, Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You), co-authored with Justin and Griffin McElroy, released January 2021 from Harper Collins. 

The pop culture notoriety of the McElroy brothers earned them roles in Trolls World Tour movie alongside Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, and Jamie Dornan. He continues to record podcasts, sell out venues when touring live productions across the US & UK, and appear at pop culture conventions and philanthropic events when his schedule allows.

Griffin McElroy
Griffin McElroy is a DC-based podcaster, writer, editor, composer and former video game journalist. 

He is known for co-hosting the podcasts My Brother, My Brother and Me; The Adventure Zone; and Wonderful!, as well as his YouTube series, Monster Factory. My Brother, My Brother and Me was developed into a television series for NBC’s comedy streaming app, SeeSo, and was the #1 Television Show on iTunes when it was released there. The Adventure Zone has been adapted into a graphic novel series and has earned the title of New York Times #1 bestseller many times over.  He co-wrote a podcasting book, Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You) from Harpers Collins with his brothers, Justin and Travis, as well as several comics including War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery (Marvel); and Sonic the Hedgehog: 30th Anniversary Celebration (IDW).

Griffin was included on the “Forbes 30 under 30” in Media list in 2017 and has voice acting credits in Trolls: World Tour (DreamWorks Animation, 2020); The Mitchells vs The Machines (Netflix, 2021); The Fungies (HBO Max, 2021) and many more.

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