I received my own order of my “Comics Are Reading” 18”x24” poster yesterday, and it looks great— excellent print quality and nice paper stock. Educators, library workers, bookshop & comics shop people, and comics lovers everywhere: you can order your own right here.
There’s also a downloadable PDF of the comic from this year’s Booklist Guide To Graphic Novels In Libraries.
After incredible demand from educators and library workers, I’m happy to announce that my recent comic from the Booklist Guide To Graphic Novels In Libraries is officially available as a downloadable poster, thanks to the great folks at the American Library Association!
The poster is formatted for 18”x24”, and can be printed out at any comparable ratio or size. Please spread the word for any comics-loving people in your community, school, library, bookstore, comics shop, or family!
I’m proud to participate in this upcoming “Banned Comics & Education” panel this Friday, July 15th at noon Eastern Time alongside the great Jerry Craft, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Tim Smyth! Please register for the panel here.
If you’re interested, I’ve recently made 3 short comics covering interrelated aspects of the mainstreamed fascist right’s very serious push to enact memory laws and limit access (in schools, libraries, AND private businesses) to histories and fiction featuring the perspectives and voices of people of color and LGBTQ+ people:
Part 1— “Shelf It” via The Nib
Part 2— “Divisive Concepts” op-ed w/ Andrew Aydin via Washington Post
Part 3— “Comics and Their Strengths” info-comic via Booklist
I have a new one-page comic in the American Library Association’s Booklist Guide to Graphic Novels in Libraries, specifically outlining the many unique strengths (and one important vulnerability) of comics as a medium/language/format— it’s crucial that educators, library workers, creators, journalists, and comics-readers become familiar with how best to describe the value of comics in light of organized far-right campaigns of book challenges, bans, and intimidation of educators and library workers.
Comics are on the forefront of this push to control who has access to information, history, perspectives, and experiences outside a predominantly white, straight, fake-Christian patriarchal identity.
You can download a PDF version of the comic here! Please feel free to print out and distribute.
I’m currently in discussions with ALA about making an official poster of this comic for distribution in schools and libraries— more info as that develops.
It’s an honor to find that both Save It For Later and Run are nominees for the American Library Association’s 2021 list of “Best Graphic Novels for Adults”, with a stellar lineup of books throughout. Finalists will be announced in January— thank you, everyone who’s been moved by my books, for your support and for spreading the word. It means a lot.
