SAVE IT FOR LATER-- book launch event + new interviews!

Here’s a quick roundup, as Save It For Later’s release date quickly approaches:

At long last: RUN to be released this August!

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After years of effort and loss, at long last Run will be released this August from Abrams ComicArts!

You can get more information and pre-order here.

Here’s a new feature in the Washington Post about it, including an interview with Andrew Aydin.

This was a real labor of love, done with our late, beloved friend, Congressman John Lewis in his final years. It was completed in respect of his vision, covering events from the immediate aftermath of the Voting Rights Act passage in 1965 through his departure from SNCC in 1966.

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I took on a different role for Run (specifically, I had two backed-up books to complete after finishing MarchCome Again and Two Dead, plus my work for Save It For Later). For this book, I drew the first 10 pages as an aesthetic bridge with the March trilogy, collaborated with the fantastic L. Fury on the covers, did 15-20 spot illustrations, miscellaneous SFX & lettering work throughout, and generally tried to help with the consistency of Rep. Lewis’ vision.

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Thank you, everyone, for your patience, understanding, and faith as we all worked and adapted together to usher his vision and message out into a world desperately needing it. This history isn’t history. It’s now.

SAVE IT FOR LATER review roundup!

Save It For Later will be out next Tuesday, April 6th!

Here are tons of ordering options, and you can order signed copies directly from me.

Here’s a roundup of a few recent reviews:

From PopMatters: “As the images of his story beckon us to stare at his depictions of America’s recent history, his questions lead readers to reflect, refusing us the luxury of scrolling past what we do not want to see. Save It For Later does not report to forget, but but rather documents to remember, locating past, present, and even future on the same page all at once with a narrator who leads us by the hand through the darkness.”

From The Graphic Library: “On every page, the fear and uncertainty plaguing the country comes through in dark illustrations… The glimmers of hope that Powell's daughter bring also brings in more color, but the loss of color around her shows her loss of faith and her fear growing as the pandemic sets in. Rather than sticking to one design choice, Powell uses color like another character in the book, constantly conveying emotion.”

And from Comics Grinder: “There’s plenty to unpack there and fodder for much needed discussion… [Powell] has created a work of honesty and bravery with his latest book. Yes, bravery because amid all the coded language and distraction, there remains that veiled, and not-so-veiled, threat of violence.”

Thanks for your support and consideration, everyone!

SAVE IT FOR LATER signed pre-orders going out soon

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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!)

SAVE IT FOR LATER added to shop for direct mailorder!

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All righty, the release date for Save It For Later is approaching in just a few weeks, so a few quick notes about pre-ordering copies, bookplates, and more:

Free signed bookplates for retailers!

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Bookplates for Save It For Later have arrived!

If you’re a retailer: please email me at seemybrotherdance@yahoo.com and let me know how many signed bookplates you need— I’ll ship em directly to you, free of charge!

Thank you so much for your support of my work. Save It For Later will be available everywhere April 6th, with lots of upcoming events and panel discussions to be announced soon.

2nd starred review for SAVE IT FOR LATER!

I’m moved to find that Save It For Later has received its second starred review, this time from Publishers Weekly!

“Powell perfectly sums up his mission: ‘It is we, together, who will determine what kind of society our kids grow into— by what we each choose to do, or not do.’ This sincere volume carries off parenting inspiration with gravitas.”

Save It For Later will be released everywhere on April 6th— there are still a few days left to order signed & sketched copies via my local shop, Vintage Phoenix Comics, and these copies will hopefully arrive before release day.

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SAVE IT FOR LATER is one of PW's Most Anticipated Books (of all kinds) for Spring 2021!

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Very exciting to see that Save It For Later is featured on Publishers Weekly’s “Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2021” list— it’ll be available everywhere on April 6th from Abrams ComicArts!

For more info on Save It For Later, look here.

If you’d like to pre-order signed & sketched copies, do it here via my local comics shop. Thank you!

I’ll be able to announce some virtual panels & discussions at upcoming comic & book expos soon. Stay tuned!

Starred review for SAVE IT FOR LATER at Booklist!

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It’s an honor to find a starred review for Save It For Later over at ALA Booklist!

“Much of this work feels like visual poetry: the line-by-line sentences mirrored by stacked horizontal panels that become image-stanzas; spare, nuanced colors punctuated by fearsome splashes of aggression and encompassed by expressionistic darkness… This is a deeply personal, deeply partisan book, distinctly not a call for national unity… A virtuoso work of artistry with important content that might alienate some but powerfully stir others.”

Save It For Later will be out April 6th from Abrams ComicArts— go here for more info and multiple ordering options.

If you’d like to pre-order signed/sketched copies of Save It For Later, do it here— thanks!

Signed SAVE IT FOR LATER bookplates for retailers!

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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.

New interview up w/ Noah Van Sciver!

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In case you’ve been missing my excessive hand movements in-person, I’ve got a brand new video interview up at Noah Van Sciver’s YouTube page, discussing my new book Save It For Later, creative process, my fiction vs. non-fiction comics, parenthood, pandemic, the puppies and the kitties.

Thanks for inviting me, Noah!

Related— you can pre-order signed & sketched copies of Save It For Later here.

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

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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!

"Pecking Order" online now at The Nib-- plausible deniability, pop culture, and our ongoing armed fascist threat

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In light of last week’s violent, premeditated armed siege of the U.S. Capitol by organized white supremacists as part of an ongoing fascist movement to overthrow democracy, The Nib has made my comic “Pecking Order” available online here.

“Pecking Order” was originally published last summer as part of The Nib’s “Power” issue, and is a crucial chapter in my forthcoming book Save It For Later (out April 6th from Abrams ComicArts)— pre-order it here.

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Since the January 6th fascist siege, there has been a huge level of interest in my comics essay “About Face” (also included in Save It For Later)— reupping that link here too.

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Stay safe, stay vigilant, stick together. We’ve gotta do everything we can to hold on to a fragile democracy.

Love and solidarity,

Nate