WHAT YOU WISH FOR benefit anthology up for pre-orders!


I have a story in a new young adult fiction anthology called What You Wish For: A Book For Darfur, and 100% of its proceeds fund library construction in refugee camps for folks from the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan.

The book is published through the Bookwish Foundation's partnership with Penguin/Putnam Books, and also features stories and poems by R.L. Stine, Nikki Giovanni, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Voigt, Meg Cabot, Cornelia Funke, John Green, Ann M. Martin, Sofia Quintero, Jeanne DuPrau, Karen Hesse, Alexander McCall Smith, Francisco X. Stork, Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, Gary Soto, and Jane Yolen.

You can find out more about it here, and also pre-order it either from Bookwish or Amazon-- it'll be released on September 15th!

new COMETBUS book, new interviews & video!

Hey everybody! Back from San Diego Comic Con, and TCB'in. .

* I did a bunch of all new illustrations for the new Cometbus collection, Add Toner, which is out now! I have some copies for $12 each-- you can paypal me at harlanrecords@yahoo.com, and the store will be updated soon.

* I just did an interview with Comic Book Resources' Robot 6 about my new book, Any Empire. You can read it here.

* Here's some video of a presentation I did in April in my hometown as part of the Arkansas Literary Festival, courtesy of Mark Barnes. Thanks Mark!

* San Diego ruled again this year, though I miss not getting out to the Adventure Time beach party. Thanks, everybody, for stopping by the booth to meet and talk and pick up the new tome!

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON throwdown this week!

See you in San Diego for Comic Con International! I'll be at the Top Shelf booth (#1721) all weekend, selling copies of my brand new book Any Empire! I'll also be part of the following panel presentations:

* Comics For Teens with Cecil Castellucci, Hope Larson, and Gene Luen Yang! Thursday July 21st, 4:30-5:30pm in Room 26AB.

* Top Shelf Panel with Robert Venditti, Kagan McLeod, James Kolchalka, Mike Huddleston, and Leigh Walton! Saturday July 23rd, 4:30-5:30pm in Room 8.

I'll have tons of original art for sale over the weekend, including pages from Any Empire.

See you there!

ANY EMPIRE -- ready to go!


I'm now taking orders for ANY EMPIRE, hot off the presses and looking sharp! These babies will ship out to you on July 19th. You can order here in the store section.

Also, I have a special deal going-- get ANY EMPIRE, SWALLOW ME WHOLE, EDIBLE SECRETS, and SOUNDS OF YOUR NAME all for only $50! That's 1000 pages of esoteric flim-flam comin at you! Check it out here.

This week-- 12 Hour Comic Day for kids at the Library & Summit City Comic Con!

Hey there, Hoosiers--
on Thursday, June 16th, I'll be at the 12 Hour Comic Book Day workshop for kids at the Monroe County Public Library in Bloomington, IN at 4pm to talk about comics, work with young folks on their comic projects, and do a Q&A with parents about all things related to making comics (from professional to creative to practical issues!). See you there!

Also, on Saturday, June 18th I'll be at the Summit City Comic Con in Fort Wayne IN, at the Grand Wayne Center (120 West Jefferson Blvd.) from 10am-6pm. Bring it on!

Oxford American & weekend con in Kankakee!

Hey there!

I have an illustration in the brand new issue of Oxford American magazine (#73). check it out!

Also, if you're around northern Illinois this Saturday, June 4th, I'll be at the Kankakee Fantasy Con from 10am-5pm. It's at the Kankakee Public Library (201 E. Merchant St.). Please save me from the lightsaber wielding action figure collectors.

See you tomorrow night at my art opening at the Owlery in Bloomington! 10pm!

Show opening at The Owlery, June 3rd!

If you're in the Midwest, I'll have an exhibition at The Owlery (212 S. Rogers St., Bloomington IN 47404), an extremely tasty new vegetarian restaurant run by some punk friends doin' it legit! The show will be up for all of June, meaning it'll be around if you're coming in to town for Plan-It-X Fest.
We'll be having an opening party on Friday, June 3rd, from 10 PM - 1 AM-- stop by for the late-night menu, some beer or coffee, and check out or buy some art I've been working on for the last couple of years.
See you there!

Little Rock presentations next week!

I'll be in my home turf next week, doing some presentations in conjunction with the Arkansas Literary Festival and National Library Week! Each of these will be a slideshow presentation followed by Q&A:

Monday April 11th-- 12:15-1:30 pm: workshop at Pulaski Technical College Visual Arts Studio (PTC students only)

Tuesday April 12th-- 12:15-1:30 pm: ALF presentation/Q&A at PTC Campus Center Grand Hall (3000 West Scenic Drive in North Little Rock)

Wednesday April 13th-- 6 pm: presentation/Q&A at Fletcher Library (823 N. Buchanan St.)

I'll also have books and stuff for sale at all these events. See you there!