UNIVERSE tour dates, August 2009..


(I'll be updating these dates in the next few weeks as things work out... please email me at harlanrecords@yahoo.com if you can help on a particular date. thanks!)

UNIVERSE -- August 2009.

Mon 3rd: Lexington KY @ Chaosome (609 N. Limestone) w/ Preying Hands.
Tue 4th: Washington DC @ 1807 3rd St. NE w/ Delay, The Max Levine Ensemble, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Transgression. 7pm, $5.
Wed 5th: Baltimore MD @ Frisby House (3043 Frisby St.) w/ Dasha and Monument.
Thur 6th: Philadelphia PA @ Lava Space (4131 Lancaster) w/ Amateur Party and Halo of Snakes.
Fri 7th: CT? help!
Sat 8th: Brooklyn NY @ 538 johnson ave #210 w/ Dichotomy
Sun 9th: Worcester MA @ Distant Castle (11 Forbes St.) w/ Delay, Harry and The Potters.
Mon 10th: Boston MA @ TBA w/ Ampere and Daniel Striped Tiger (hopefully!)
Tue 11th: Albany NY @ Paul's House w/ Nuclear Family.
Wed 12th: Buffalo NY @ The Attic (1032 Elmwood) w/ Max Wiess + more.
Thur 13th: Columbus OH @ Monster House.

MoCCA comin up!


I'll be tabling this weekend at MoCCA Festival in New York City-- see you there! also, there's a release party for the SYNCOPATED anthology! Check out the flyer above.

Graphic Novels For Young Adults Panel at TCAF!

For those who will be at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this weekend, I'll be part of a panel on Graphic Novels For Young Adults. It'll be on Sunday, May 10th from 12:30-1:30 pm, at Learning Center 1 of the Reference Library (where the whole Festival is located).

I'll also have my own table at TCAF, and will be have original art for sale to boot.

See you there!

store update.

quick update: the SMW posters, Your Heart Breaks/Paul Baribeau 7", and postcard sets are all out of print.

My new band Universe also has a new demo CDR that will be posted on the store in the next few days!

SWALLOW ME WHOLE en espanol!


There's a new Spanish translation of Swallow Me Whole (Tragame Entera) out now from La Cupula! I also have some copies-- if you'd like to order one from me, they're the same price as the english version. Just leave a note on the payment. Thanks!

Discussion Panel at LA Times Festival of Books.

If you're around, I'll be part of the tentatively-titled "Problem Child" panel at the LA Times Festival of Books. Also appearing will be Laurie Halse Anderson, Suzanne Phillips, and Jacqueline Woodson. It'll be Saturday, April 25th at 12:30 pm in Moore Hall, Room 100 on the UCLA campus. see you there!

LA Times Book Prize finalist, doggies!

hello! I'm fidgety and flattered to announce that Swallow Me Whole is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize! (You can read the announcement here.) Even more preposterous, it's the only comic since Art Spiegelman's Maus to be nominated for the award, in any category! eek! I'll be appearing at the Hi De Ho Comics table during the LA Times Festival of Books on April 25-26, if you wanna say hello..!

Also, my publisher Top Shelf is having a special offer through April 26th-- If you order Swallow Me Whole from them, you get a copy of Please Release for a penny!

sounds of face-melting winter metal.

I've started playing in a new band called Still Hidden here in Bloomington, along with Mike Lierly (Soophie Nun Squad, Tem Eyos Ki, Divorce Chord), Hannah Jones (Ghost Mice, Beyond Things), Jarod Isenbarger (Morrow, Dead Letter Auction), and Mike Harpring (Good Luck). We only have some 4-track recordings right now, but will be playing shows starting in March, and should be recording a 12" in the springtime!

come see these shows if you can:
* March 19 @ Rachael's Cafe (300 E. 3rd St.), Bloomington IN w/ Sinaloa, Pink Houses. 8pm.
* March 20 @ Skull Alley, Louisville KY w/ Sinaloa, +TBA.
* March 21 @ Legion of Doom, Columbus OH w/ TBA.

The Silence Of Our Friends


Ah! I'm getting started this week on the drawing chores for a forthcoming graphic novel written by Mark Long and Jim Demonakos called The Silence Of Our Friends! Above is an illustration from the book thus far. Publisher and other stuff forthcoming-- this book should be out in late 2010 (along with my own new book, Any Empire.. I'm holding down the fort on both simultaneously.)

pocket change

hello there, and happy end of a heavy year!
The SHOP section is updated with all kinds of new stuff!

world without men, amen. amen.

somehow, for the first time in twenty years i'm getting in a genuine "holiday spirit"... so here's a long-forgotten MGM animation from 1938 or 1939 (important to note it was produced before the official onset of WWII, though i'd place the starting whistle at the 1936 war in Mongolia) called "peace on earth". i remember seeing it when i was 5 or 6 years old, and being hit with a barrage of emotions i couldn't place or define until much later. this cartoon always haunted me, and is probably one of the most influential pieces of art i was exposed to as a child.

more signings coming up!

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!