February events for FALL THROUGH

Fall Through will be released everywhere on February 6th, and here’s my first round of kickoff events in the midwest & mid-South:

Feb. 9: Bloomington IN— talk & signing @ Morgenstern’s Books, 6:30pm

Feb. 17: Indianapolis IN— tabling at Chapstick Zine Fest, 11am-5pm

Feb. 18: Bloomington IN— discussion & signing w/ “Coffee With Friends” @ Monroe County Public Library, Rooms 1B-1C, 2pm

Feb. 22: St. Louis MO— talk & signing @ Left Bank Books, 6:30pm

Feb. 23: Little Rock AR— talk & signing @ Wordsworth Books, 6:30pm

Feb. 24: Fayetteville AR— talk & signing @ Fayetteville Public Library Community Room, 2pm

Feb. 25: Evansville IN— talk & signing @ Your Brother’s Bookstore, 6:30pm

You can also order signed/sketched copies of Fall Through (and all my books) directly from me here— and you’ll get your copies of Fall Through before its release date. I also suggest ordering a copy of Come Again if you haven’t read it yet— it’s interconnected with my new book and features the debut of our protagonists!

More dates as they roll in. Thanks for your support!

FALL THROUGH-- signed & numbered prints available now.

Fall Through will be released on February 6th, but here’s an early set of treats:

Two different signed & numbered Fall Through prints are now available directly from me: one featuring Jody (and Diana’s shadow), and one featuring the entire band Diamond Mine.

Prints are 16” x 20”, full-color, signed & numbered, and limited to editions of 70 each— and the full images are exclusive to these prints.

Here’s Jody:

and here’s Diamond Mine:

Next week I’ll be launching signed & sketched Fall Through preorders via my local comics shop, Vintage Phoenix— stay tuned for that! And if you haven’t read Come Again, now’s the time— it features the first comics appearance of Diamond Mine, and both books will be fully interwoven in a few years with with the follow-up prequel I’m working on.

You can order Come Again from me here, signed & sketched. Thanks!

20% off all original artwork until Halloween

If you’re interested in buying any of my original artwork, now’s a great time: everything available at Athenaeum Comic Art is 20% off until the end of October! This includes the pricier March pages as well as Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer, Two Dead, Come Again, Any Empire, The Silence of Our Friends, The Year of the Beasts, and Swallow Me Whole.

After that, we’ll be restocking with some new originals, including some art from Run and Save It For Later, some X-Men pieces, Nib illustrations, and more. Stay tuned!

FALL THROUGH-- announcement & pre-orders up now!

At last, announcing my next original graphic novel, Fall Through— out February 6, 2024 from Abrams ComicArts!

You may recognize the band Diamond Mine from my 2018 book, Come Again, or the cover of my 2017 Omnibox— now it’s their time, every time, all the time. Fall Through is an interdimensional 1990s punk soap opera centered around the ideals and interpersonal struggles between Jody and Diana, dual creative engines of Diamond Mine, lost indefinitely on their band’s do-it-yourself tour— seeking out connection and an elusive Free Space for themselves and their community each night.

It’s emotional, it’s critical, it’s kinda sexy and funny and queer and idealistic and creepy— and it was the most fun I’ve ever had making a book. And there’s bootleg magic involved!

I also think it’s important to note that Fall Through was drawn from 2020-2022, and served a very important role as pandemic therapy for me: people are already so insistent on memory-holing the fact that all of our social and physical bonds were severed in March 2020 (some irrevocably), and one of the great joys in my life was drawing scenes of a beloved underground community built on trust, depicting throngs of people— friends and strangers both— touching, sweating, yelling, breathing, singing together in confined spaces. Fall Through is my love letter to these spaces, to the ways in which it’s shaped my life, and to the power of that interconnectedness.

You can get more info here from Abrams, and pre-order the book through all the usual routes including Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. (I’ll be posting comics shop ordering info when the time comes!)

Please spread the word if you can— the life or death of a book largely depends on individual people like you hyping books you love, or are excited about. Thank you so much! I’ll be doing lots of book events throughout 2024 for this book (and my next, also out next year)— stay tuned.

Original artwork for sale!

If you’re interested in original artwork, I have a few dozen pages for sale via Atheneum Comic Art— this includes pages from most of my pre-2020 books. Listings are being updated currently, and there should be a good sampling of Sweet Tooth and Black Hammer pages added in the next few days as well! All pages are signed and dated by the year in which they were drawn.

(To prevent undue shock, please be aware that my March pages are considerably more expensive than my other work. This has always been the case whenever they’ve been available for sale, and I’m not in a hurry to part with them. Thanks for understanding.)

Original artwork for sale

I’ve teamed up with Sean at Athenaeum Comic Art to begin selling some of my original artwork for the first time since 2015— currently available are some pages from Two Dead, Come Again, Black Hammer, March, Sweet Tooth, The Year of the Beasts, The Silence of Our Friends, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, and a few one-off and unpublished pieces.

Athenaeum will be publicly launching these art sales in the coming weeks on their site (and please check out the artwork from the fantastic roster of fellow cartoonist friends!). Until then, if you’re interested please contact Sean at the Athenaeum site for inquiries. Thank you!

Another book finished-- and starting the next.

Last week I finished drawing my next original graphic novel, Fall Through— it’s a sweaty, interdimensional 1990’s underground punk soap opera (starring the band Diamond Mine from their appearance in my 2018 book Come Again) that’ll be out next August or so from Abrams ComicArts. More details and an official announcement in a few months!

Next up on the drawing table: my adaptation of the late, great James Loewen’s influential book Lies My Teacher Told Me, which will be released in 2024 by The New Press.

New podcast interview about SAVE IT FOR LATER + MARCH + RUN + COME AGAIN

I was recently interviewed by Geoff Grogan about my work on Save It For Later, March, Run, Come Again, and more for his Blockhead Podcast— listen here!

New podcast interview up at WITS' END!

This week I did a brand-new podcast interview with the thoughtful Shah Emami at Wits’ End, discussing Save It For Later, March, Come Again, Two Dead, and life in the past year. Enjoy!

Interview today on Indiana Public Radio's "ALL IN"

Today from 1-2pm Eastern time, I’ll be on Indiana Public Radio’s ALL IN program to discuss my graphic novel Come Again (as well as a bit about March, the late, great John Lewis, authoritarianism, fiction, craft, and personal vs. political), which is a finalist for the Indiana Authors Award in the “genre” category.

The winners of the Indiana Authors Awards will be announced September 1st!

COME AGAIN is an Indiana Authors Award finalist!

It’s an honor to announce that my graphic novel Come Again has been selected as a finalist for the Indiana Authors Award in the “genre” category!

The winner will be announced on September 1st. In the meantime, you can get a copy of Come Again from your local bookstore, your local comic shop, directly from me, your public library, or from Amazon.

Quarantine drawing-- Diamond Mine.

Here’s today’s quarantine drawing— Diamond Mine from Come Again, or Singer Pooping Out Entire Band.

Diamond Mine will be the central characters in my next solo graphic novel, which I’m still writing— more on that in 2021 or so!

You can buy Come Again here.

New quarantine illustrations from COME AGAIN.

Quarantine fun: I made this piece yesterday as a relationship guide to the crew from Come Again and their well-intentioned, loving, super messed-up, horned-out dynamics.

I miss these characters and their world.

Here’s to the therapeutic value of making art when we’re cut off from each other. Here’s to remaining open.

New PBS interview up via "Articulate"!

Here’s a brand new interview (originally recorded last summer) I did with the fine folks at the PBS program Articulate, just in case you wanna see me flail my hands around while I’m talking!

Interview & process video from [Indi}android!

If you need a breather from our democracy’s collapse, here’s a brand-new, extremely soothing 7-minute interview/process video I did with Payton Knobeloch at [Indi]android, drawing comics while surrounded by puppies and kitties. Enjoy!

(and then get out in the streets to protest en masse, light up that Congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121, and STAY LOUD.)

Evansville Museum Comic Con-- Saturday, August 17

I’ll be a guest at the Evansville Museum Geek & Comic Con on Saturday, August 17th from 11-6! It’ll be at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History, & Science (411 SE Riverside Dr., Evansville, IN 47713). Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for youth, and free for museum members!

Come see me in conversation about my work at 2pm in whatever room or auditorium holds the panels— more info soon!

Naturally I’ll be selling, signing, and sketching in books throughout the day at my table. Come say hi!

LOS ANGELES discussion/signing on June 5th!

If you’re in the Los Angeles area, I’ll be doing a discussion, Q&A, and signing on Wednesday, June 5th at A Shop Called Quest (300 Santa Fe Ave., DTLA) from 7-9pm. I hope to see you there!

Here is the FB event listing too.

And as a reminder, my graphic novel Come Again is nominated for two Eisner Awards— Best Graphic Album (New) and Best Writer/Artist. If you’re eligible to vote, please consider my work for the Eisners— thanks so much!

VanCAF next weekend-- signings & panels!

I’ll be in Vancouver for VanCAF next weekend— here is the event description of my signings and panel discussions.

I hope to see you there!

Voting is open for the Eisner Awards!

Voting is officially open for the Eisner Awards! Vote HERE.

For those eligible, please consider my book Come Again for the “Best Graphic Album (New)” and “Best Writer/Artist” categories— thank you for your support!

Here is a 26-page excerpt from Come Again, if you haven’t yet had a chance to check it out.

COME AGAIN is nominated for two Eisner Awards!

It’s a profound honor to find that Come Again is nominated for two Eisner Awards— for Best Graphic Album (New) and Best Writer/Artist!

It means so much to me that this book has resonated powerfully with readers. I feel it’s the best work I’ve ever done, hands-down.

I’m just as honored to be considered alongside so many of this year’s nominees— friends, peers, inspirations. Thank you for helping keep each other going!

Stay tuned for more information about when Eisner Award voting opens— the winners will be announced at Comic Con International in San Diego this July 19th!

To grab copies of Come Again, try your local comic book shop or bookstore, direct from Top Shelf or from me, and there’s always Amazon.

Thanks again for spreading the word— more soon!