Sat 11/22 at Vintage Phoenix Comics, Bloomington IN. 3-6pm.
Fri 11/28 at Collector's Edition Comics, North Little Rock AR. 12-3pm.
Sat 12/13 at TBA in Cleveland OH!

thanks for everyone who came by to say hello over the last month's travels! Thanks to SCAD students for putting up with my vague and fidgety ways!

hello! well, i most excitedly declare that Swallow Me Whole debuted at SPX this past weekend, and it smells great. and feels really good too. I also should awkwardly declare that it won an Ignatz Award for "Outstanding Debut"! The precious brick sleeps beside me nightly, swaddled in blankets. Thank you everyone for the kindness!

thanks so much for everyone who came out to my gallery show tonight! i am flattered and honored. Bloomington is full of some wonderful people, and I'm so glad to live here. Bring on the season!

New signing updates are posted! A few more changes to come soon as well...

ah yes! finally, i've transitioned to some proper hippie-shit corduroys (and as i write this at work, a six-inch hole just ripped out of my pants-ass while i knelt to help someone get dressed! my only pants, too! at least that forsaken Nausea patch can finally be of some use..) good bye shorts, goodbye sunburned knees...it's only a matter of time before the hoodie gets its proper welcome to the autumn. pumpkin-flavored everything!

*finalized signing/tabling dates for the fall:

Fri 9/26: gallery opening at Sweet Hickory, Bloomington IN. 7pm.
Sat 10/4-5: Small Press Expo, North Bethesda MD (debut for Swallow Me Whole)
Mon 10/6: HBML Junk Shop (420 Pleasant St.), Worcester MA. 4-8pm.
Tue 10/7: Ada Books, Providence RI. 7pm.
Wed 10/8: Million Year Picnic, Cambridge MA. 5-7:30pm.
Thurs 10/9: Giant Robot, New York NY.
Fri 10/10: Rocketship Comics, Brooklyn NY.
Fri 10/17: Boxcar Books, Bloomington IN.
Sat 10/18: Quimby's, Chicago IL. 7pm.
Sat 10/25: Floating World, Portland OR.
Sun 10/26: Seattle Comicard convention (hangin with Yu-Gi-Oh! fans), Seattle WA. 10am-5pm. (more info soon!)
Wed 10/29: Comic Relief, Berkeley CA. 5-7pm.
Sat 11/1-2: Alternative Press Expo, San Francisco CA.
Sat 11/1: signing and unexplainable live drawing performance at Isotope, San Francisco CA. 8pm-12am! APE afterparty blowout! Brett Warnock mixin poisons!
Tue 11/11: Comics & More, Savannah GA.
Wed 11/12: Oxford Comics (2855 Piedmont Rd. NE), Atlanta GA.
Thurs 11/13: Bizarro Comics, Athens GA. 3-6pm.
Sat 11/22: Vintage Phoenix, Bloomington IN.
Fri 11/28: Collector's Edition, North Little Rock AR. 12-3pm.

see you thurr!

*Next week I'm screen-printing (with the technical and logistical aid of my feathered friends Crystal and Kieth) some posters for Swallow Me Whole. I'll get the design up soon, and there'll be some available to order as well, if you're interested!

*On my fall travels I'll have a small-print run of a few comics stories: the comic is called Cakewalk, and the title story is written by one Rachel Bormann (this story will be featured in our forthcoming comics collection..). There's another story in there that's an interpretive version of the Pretty Girls Make Graves song "The Get-Away." I'll also have a few copies of this available for mailorder to boot!

*I'm working on a bunch of illustrations for Michael Hoerger's forthcoming book Edible Secrets, due out next year from Microcosm Publishing! The book covers a hidden history of covert CIA and executive operations filtered through the context of food. Bizarre, shocking, hilarious, and terrifying.

*The forthcoming Top Shelf book formerly known as Voglio Capirlo is now Any Empire. It'll likely be finished at the end of 2009, and released in the latter half of 2010.

Hey y’all! Welcome to the Featherweight-Zone. I'm Nate Powell.

So here’s what’s happening on the comic book front:

• In late September, the 216-page hardcover Swallow Me Whole will be out on Top Shelf Productions!
• I’m working on a one-shot, 56-page short story comic written by Rachel Bormann. Still no title yet. One story down, three to go, publisher still unknown. More news as the leaves begin to fall.

• I just started work on a new 136-page graphic novel for Top Shelf called Voglio Capirlo. It’s about fear, paranoia, and racism as elements of control in a culture of distrust. It’s about all people being expendable for the State’s purposes of maintaining control. It’s also about fighting to reclaim faith in humankind and in yourself amidst toxic surroundings. This will be released sometime in 2010.

• I’m also starting on a 96-page graphic novel for Microcosm called Wreckage. This is a book about traveling, eating, sleeping, and adventuring with Soophie Nun Squad. This puppy will likely be released at the end of 2009.

• If I could just get the script in the mail, I’ll be drawing a full-color story written by Chris Stevens for his Dream Compass anthology comic, featuring stuff by Art Adams, James Jean, Farel Dalrymple, and Jae Lee. I’m excitedly checking my mailbox!

• Co-writer Nathan Wilson and I are hard at work on an otherworldly dystopic adventure book called OVOO, which will be either a five-issue series or a graphic novel. More info later in the year!

• Erin Tobey and I are still someday collaborating on a one-shot comic called You Don’t Say, in which we trade writing and drawing chores on each other’s stories. More info on that by year’s end!

• I’m tentatively drawing a graphic novel biography of pioneering soul singer Sam Cooke, written by Chris Stevens and edited by Jason Rodriguez. This should be solidifying in the coming months. More info soon.

• I recently did the artwork for a few records. If you’re interested, check out the Your Heart Breaks/ Paul Baribeau split 7” on Don’t Stop Believin’ Records, the Madeline Kissing And Dancing LP on Plan-It-X Records, and the Helen Keller 7” (CT and Kiffen from Rwake) on Relapse Records.