Praise for 'LIES' & a new 'FALL THROUGH' podcast interview!

What an honor to recieve a 4.5-star review from The Slings & Arrows for Lies My Teacher Told Me: “Powell takes a landmark book (and its updates) and presents a version maintaining its integrity while making it more accessible. It’s important and it’s magnificent.”

Lies My Teacher Told Me will be released this Tuesday, April 16th, and is already available in comics shops! You can also order them both (as well as most of my other books) from me directly, signed & sketched here.

My other brand-new graphic novel Fall Through is still hot off the presses, and here’s a new podcast interview I did with Ryan Zlomek from Meditations podcast.

If you’re in Indiana, I’ll be doing a double-book-release signing for both Fall Through and Lies My Teacher Told Me this Saturday, April 20th at Vintage Phoenix Comics (114 E. 6th) from 2-4pm. See you there!

One week until 'LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME' hits shelves!

My full comics adaptation of the late, great James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me will be out in just a week!

You can grab one via your local shop, Bookshop, Powells, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or order signed/sketched copies directly from me here. And while you’re at it, pick up a copy of my still-brand-new graphic novel Fall Through, which has enjoyed a tremendous reader response over the last two months!

If you’re in Bloomington, I’ll be doing a double book-release signing at Vintage Phoenix Comics (114 E. 6th) on Saturday, April 20th from 2-4pm. See you there!

Double book-release signing on 4/20

If you’re around Bloomington, I’ll be doing a double book-release signing for Lies My Teacher Told Me (out April 16th from The New Press) and Fall Through (out now from Abrams) at my local shop, Vintage Phoenix Comics (114 E. 6th)— Saturday, April 20th from 2-4 pm. If you’re downtown for Record Store Day, come hop over two blocks and grab some books!

I’ll also have a limited quantity of my Fall Through 16”x20” prints at the signing. See you there!

NYC-- MoCCA festival, March 16-17!

I’ll be in New York City for the debut of Fall Through at MoCCA Festival (my first time since 2018!)— here’s my schedule:

Saturday, March 16th:

• signing at Top Shelf, 12:00-2:00 pm (booth 24)

• signing at Abrams, 3:00-3:30pm (booth 147)

Sunday, March 17th:

• signing at Top Shelf, 11:00am-12:00pm (booth 24)

• signing at Abrams, 2:20-2:50pm (booth 147)

• “Taking Sides, Drawing Lines” panel, 3:00pm (Room 1)

'FALL THROUGH' day 1 roundup

Here’s a release-day interview I did about Fall Through for Comic Book Club podcast.

Here’s a guest blog I wrote about Fall Through at Barnes & Noble!

And it’s typically behind a paywall, but here’s a press-reader version of an interview I did about Fall Through and Arkansas underground punk for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. (Here’s the subscriber version.)

And this Friday, Feb. 9th in Bloomington: I’ll be discussing & signing for the release of Fall Through at Morgenstern’s Books (849 S. Auto Mall Rd.) at 6:30pm— see you there!

Bloomington: book release for FALL THROUGH on Feb. 9th

Bloomington people! I’ll be doing a talk/Q&A/signing for the release of my new graphic novel Fall Through on Friday, Feb. 9th at 6:30pm at Morgenstern’s Books (849 S. Auto Mall Rd.)— please spread the word. See you there!

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!

Saturday at the Mississippi Book Festival!

My collaborator Andrew Aydin and I will be discussing our work on the March trilogy and its follow-up Run (mostly drawn by the amazing L. Fury!) as a part of the Mississippi Book Festival— our panel is at 10:45 am at the Galloway Methodist Church (305 N. Congress St.), with a signing to follow. See you there!

New local interview about 'SAVE IT FOR LATER'

Here’s a new interview today with the Herald-Times about the experiences and processes involved making Save It For Later— if you’re in the Bloomington area, see you this evening at 6:30pm for a talk & signing at Morgenstern Books!

'SAVE IT FOR LATER'-- new expanded paperback edition out today!

Today marks the release of a new, expanded paperback edition of Eisner Award-nominated Save It for Later, with 16 new pages of post-2020 conversation between Derf Backderf and myself (including citations), a recommended reading list of work which informed or influenced my book, some creative process images of formative thumbnail and script, and more.

You can learn more and order through many outlets here, or you can order via Bookshop, IndieBound, Powell’s, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon here.

If you’re in Indiana tomorrow (August 10th), I’ll be having a book-launch discussion with Erin Tobey moderating, followed by a signing— Morgenstern Books (849 S. Auto Mall Rd.) at 6:30 pm. See you there!

Bloomington-- SAVE IT FOR LATER book talk & signing, August 10th!

I’ll be doing a local book talk/signing for the new expanded paperback edition of my Eisner Award-nominated Save It For Later on Wednesday, August 10th at 6:30pm— in conversation with national treasure, musician, artist, and Hopscotch Coffee co-owner Erin Tobey!

We’ll be at Morgenstern Books (849 S. Auto Mall Rd.)— bring or buy copies of any of my other books as well, and I’m happy to sign & sketch in them. Thanks— spread the word and I’ll see you there!

San Diego Comic Con 2022 schedule!

I’ll be at San Diego Comic Con this weekend, after 3 years away! Here’s my schedule of signings and panels:

SATURDAY, JULY 23:

10am, Room 6DE: Run panel w/ Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, & John-Miles Lewis.

12:00-12:40 pm, Abrams booth 1217: Run signing w/ Andrew Aydin & L. Fury.

1:00-2:00 pm, Room 4: “Express Yourself: Activism Through the Comic Arts” panel w/ Cecil Castellucci, presented in cooperation with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

3:00-4:00 pm, Abrams booth 1217: Save It For Later signing— debuting the expanded paperback edition, not available in stores until August 9th!

SUNDAY, JULY 24:

11:00 am-12:00 pm, Gallery 13 booth 1128: Two Dead signing.

Also of note: Both Save It For Later and Run are Eisner Award nominees for “Best Graphic Memoir”— winners will be announced at the Eisner Awards ceremony on Friday, July 22nd!

Hamburg, Germany this week for SAVE IT FOR LATER!

I’ll be doing two events in Hamburg, Germany this week for my book Save It For Later (German edition published by Carlsen):

Wednesday, March 23rd @ 5pm: signing (with Moritz Wienert) at Strips & Stories (Wohlwillstraße 28).

Thursday, March 24th @ 7pm: discussing Save It For Later (with Franziska Becker) at Literaturhaus (Schwanenwik 38).

Please wear a mask and use precautions to prevent spread of the virus. To old friends and acquaintances: out of caution, I will not be hanging out apart from these two events. Thank you for understanding!

SAVE IT FOR LATER signed pre-orders going out soon

Today I’m signing the first wave of signed/sketched Save It For Later pre-orders (made via Vintage Phoenix Comics), and they’ll be going out soon!

Thank you, everyone, for your support and enthusiasm about this book— I’m so moved by responses and early discussions about it so far. Save It For Later will be out April 6th from Abrams ComicArts— In the next day or two I’ll begin posting links to upcoming virtual book-release events and discussions.

If you want to directly order signed copies of any of my books, look here. (Outside the US, please email me at seemybrotherdance@yahoo.com, and we’ll work it out. Thanks!)

Signed SAVE IT FOR LATER bookplates for retailers!

If you’re a bookstore or comics shop, please holler at me about signed bookplates for Save It For Later— Abrams ComicArts and I will send as many as copies ordered. Available everywhere April 6th!

Please email me at seemybrotherdance@yahoo.com, and we’ll work it out— thanks!

Readers: signed & sketched copies of Save It For Later are still available for direct pre-ordering here.

SAVE IT FOR LATER-- signed & sketched pre-orders open now!

I’m pleased to announce that signed & sketched copies of Save It For Later are now available for pre-order! My wonderful local comics shop Vintage Phoenix is handling these sales, and I hope the orders will help their business continue to thrive during this ongoing pandemic. (These pre-order copies are unfortunately for US orders only, due to absurdly high international postage rates.)

Pre-order your copies here— you’ll likely receive your copies prior to the official release date of April 6th.

For more book info (or pre-ordering options via Powell’s, Bookshop.org, IndieBound, B&N, Books-A-Million, or Amazon), click here.

Thanks for your support— spread the word!

TWO DEAD book release & video of panel discussion!

Thanks to everyone who came out in Little Rock and Bloomington to make the release of TWO DEAD such a success!

Writer Van Jensen and I had a panel discussion (and “Anatomy of a Scene” walk-through) on book release day, moderated by Jay Jennings as a part of Oxford American’s “South Words” series— here is video of the whole thing.

Thanks to everyone who braved the cold and rain last Saturday to grab books from colorist Erin Tobey and me at Vintage Phoenix Comics— Erin and I have worked on-and-off with each other for almost 20 years, and we’re both proud to’ve been a visual team on this book.

You can order signed/sketched copies of any of my books directly from me here.

Signings in Little Rock and Bloomington next week!

Here are some quick flyers for my upcoming Two Dead book release events:

* Tuesday, November 19th in Little Rock, AR with writer Van Jensen!

* Saturday, November 23rd in Bloomington, IN with colorist Erin Tobey!

See you there!

TWO DEAD is here-- mailorders shipping!

The first shipment of Two Dead has arrived, and the books turned out great!

Gallery 13 will be releasing Two Dead on November 19th (writer Van Jensen and I will be doing a discussion/Q&A/signing on release day in Little Rock, Arkansas, and then colorist Erin Tobey and I will be doing a signing in Bloomington, Indiana at Vintage Phoenix Comics on Saturday, November 23rd).

I’ve already started shipping signed mailorder copies, which means many folks will receive the book before release day— order here.

You may also order Two Dead from your local comics shop, your local indie bookstore, or Amazon.

As always, thank you for your support!

Now taking direct pre-orders for TWO DEAD, out 11/19/19!

My new graphic novel Two Dead (written by Van Jensen, drawn by me, color by Erin Tobey) will be released on November 19th from Gallery 13— if you’d like a signed/sketched copy directly from me, you may order here!

* Due to our evil, fascist regime backing out of an international postal alliance, international shipping has skyrocketed in the last few years, making foreign orders unrealistic— so I’m only taking direct US mailorders. I’m sorry— yet another reason to get this wicked criminal syndicate out of power.

ISBN 978-1501168956

You may also pre-order from your local comics shop, your local indie bookstore, or Amazon here.

Here’s an exclusive excerpt from Oxford American!

Here’s another excerpt from Paste!

On release day, November 19th, Van and I will be having a discussion/signing in Little Rock, Arkansas, in cooperation with Oxford American’s South Words series. Get tickets here!