2025 Eisner Award nominee!

May 15, 2025

I’m honored to find I’m a nominee for the 2025 Eisner Awards in the “Best Lettering” category, covering my work in both Fall Through and Lies My Teacher Told Me!

I love lettering my comics, and there’s a special thrill in it— lettering really is the underappreciated step in the process which makes much of the comics magic happen. With each book, I find my hand-lettering becomes increasingly interwoven with the artwork itself. I was nominated for Best Lettering one prior time, in 2009 for my debut graphic novel Swallow Me Whole. Being recognized by a win in this category would be incredibly meaningful to me.

If you’re eligible to vote in the Eisner Awards, voting is open from now until June 5th— you’ll likely have a link in your inbox. Thank you so much for your consideration as you vote! Winners will be announced on July 25th at San Diego Comic Con.

There are lots of fantastic nominees this year, across the comics spectrum, but I would like to endorse one in particular: my good friend and brilliant comics scholar Caitlin McGurk is nominated for “Best Comics-Related Book” for her fantastic debut work, Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund, which is very deserving of your vote. Thanks!

Caitlin McGurk's 'TELL ME A STORY WHERE THE BAD GIRL WINS' coming from Fantagraphics!

March 25, 2024

One of my closest friends, comics scholar & excellent human being Caitlin McGurk has spent years researching and curating Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life And Art Of Barbara Shermund, which is open for preorders now from Fantagraphics!

“Readers will discover Shermund’s unique and vibrant life and art, and gain an understanding of how women’s place in the history of cartooning has been controlled and sublimated by greater societal and cultural allowances. Through close readings, archival research, reproductions of original art, correspondence and photographs, this volume uncovers and celebrates a trailblazing female magazine cartoonist, and rightfully places her in the canon of cartoon art history.”

Preorder a copy!

CXC interview video is up!

October 5, 2020

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my conversation with Caitlin McGurk for CXC yesterday, discussing Save It For Later and more! Here’s the full video interview .

Save It For Later will be released on April 6, 2021 by Abrams ComicArts— pre-order here.

CXC "Transformative Work" award for MARCH

October 3, 2020

It’s a profound honor to find that the late John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and I have been awarded CXC’s “Transformative Work” award for our March trilogy— this means a lot to me, especially in the context of my favorite comics community’s indie expo.

Andrew and I dedicate this award to the memory of, and in the spirit of, both John Lewis and Tom Spurgeon. Here’s to all the stories left untold.

On Sunday, October 4th, I’ll be in conversation with Caitlin McGurk about my work (centered around my forthcoming book Save It For Later and the March trilogy) as a part of CXC’s virtual festival— it’ll be streaming from 5-6pm EST, with a live Q&A on CXC’s Discord channel. See you there!