I’ll be discussing my book Save It For Later, and answering questions, via Monroe County Public Library’s “Coffee With Friends” group on Sunday, May 16th from 2-3pm Eastern. Anyone may register for the discussion— please do so here!
If you’re a Bloomington local, you can pick up copies of Save It For Later at MCPL’s Friends of the Library Bookstore, Vintage Phoenix Comics, or The Book Corner.
See you there— spread the word!
Tomorrow evening (Tuesday, May 4th) at 7pm Eastern, I’ll be in conversation with Joel Christian Gill and Tim Fielder about our work in comics, and more importantly to discuss Joel’s new book Robert Smalls: Tales of the Talented Tenth via Harvard Bookstore. Here’s the link— see you there!
I’m thrilled to see this love for Save It For Later— first, at the New York Times Review of Books:
“An absorbing reflection on intergenerational inheritance. And it is most fascinating when Powell turns his gimlet eye to how and why certain images circulate and recirculate as cultural and political symbols.”
And here’s a glowing review from John Seven at The Beat:
“Powell’s intellectual/philosophical approach takes a look at cause and effect in a way that’s not limited by single incidents or standard tropes. What he presents in massive and unwieldly and challenging to confront— and with that, he also brings an understanding of why so many people are incapable of doing anything about it, without the judgment that can sometimes accompany the activist-oriented works.”
I’m proud to announce that Save It For Later is featured as “Book of the Month” by The Nib!
Here’s a new interview about Save It For Later with Sarah Mirk, editor and cartoonist extraordianaire!
Here’s part 2 in an ongoing series by Dr. Matthew Teutsch from the Lillian E. Smith Center, analyzing and reflecting on Save It For Later— this section is an excellent, concrete breakdown of the middle chunk from my book’s “Good Trouble, Bad Flags” chapter, coupled with Lillian Smith’s own observations regarding absolution and racist white America’s convenient opposition to white supremacists on foreign shores.
Here’s part 1, if you missed it!
Thanks.
Thanks so much, everyone, for your enthusiasm and support for Save It For Later these past two weeks!
In great news, it’s got a solid 4.8 star rating on Amazon— if you’ve read the book, please leave a review here at Amazon or GoodReads, as these ratings impact the ridiculous whims of the algorithm which affects the book’s visibility to other potential readers. I really appreciate it!
Here’s the first post in a series of in-depth reflections and analysis on Save It For Later by Matthew Teutsch at the Lillian E Smith Center.
Here’s a new excerpt of Save It For Later up at Publishers Weekly’s “Panel Mania”.
And here’s an updated piece on Save It For Later at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Thanks again everyone— please spread the word!
This evening I’ll be in discussion with Sara Brickman about my new book Save It For Later, via Seattle’s own Elliott Bay Book Company at 6pm Pacific/ 9pm Eastern. Tune in here— thanks!
And here’s a new review of Save It For Later up at CBR.
Thanks, everyone, for your support of Save It For Later during its release week! All mailorders have been shipped out, so keep an eye on your mailbox.
Here’s video of Eleanor Davis and I discussing Save It For Later, via Politics & Prose.
Here’s a new excerpt from the book available through Literary Hub.
And a few upcoming events— be sure to sign up in advance at the links:
Please spread the word— thanks again!
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my discussion at Politics & Prose last night!
Tonight at 7pm Central/ 8pm Eastern, I’ll be discussing Save It For Later via the fine folks at Left Bank Books in St. Louis— please tune in here, and spread the word. Thanks!
Today is the day: Save It For Later is on shelves everywhere!
(Order here via your local comics shop, indie bookstore, directly through me, Abrams, or Amazon if you must.)
So much gratitude for all the folks at Abrams ComicArts, The Nib, Popula, and my agent Charlie Olsen for their faith and support getting this work out into the world.
I’m gonna be signing & packing the next wave of mailorders today— thank you, friends near and far, for sticking with me & each other. <3
Here are three new interviews today:
And two book launch discussions:
Here’s a quick roundup, as Save It For Later’s release date quickly approaches:
I’ll be in conversation with the great Eleanor Davis, discussing our respective fiction/nonfiction comics balance, parenthood, activism, and how these issues intersect in Save It For Later and Eleanor’s fantastic graphic novel The Hard Tomorrow— thanks to Politics & Prose for facilitating this! Wednesday, April 7th at 7pm Eastern. Sign up here.
Here’s my interview with Tim Smyth as part of his Teaching With Comics program, mostly discussing Save It For Later and the March trilogy, but expanding to cover a range of my other work.
There’s a new interview with me about Save It For Later— including an exclusive excerpt!
Save It For Later will be available next Tuesday, April 6th. Click here to order through your avenue of choice (I suggest using IndieBound or Bookshop instead of Amazon), or you can get signed copies directly from me here. Thanks!
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.
I took on a different role for Run (specifically, I had two backed-up books to complete after finishing March— Come 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.
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 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!
I made the gatefold cover art for Green Card Voices’ upcoming anthology, Our Stories Carried Us Here, which collects first-person accounts of immigration to the United States, written and drawn by those who’ve experienced it. Please pre-order your copy here!
If you’re interested in the processes, experiences, and context guiding my new book Save It For Later, here are three new discussions:
A brand new interview with Comics Bookcase.
The “Taking it Personally: Comics and Politics in the Age of COVID” panel for WonderCon, also featuring Thi Bui, Derf Backderf, Darrin Bell, and Andrew Farago.
The “Riveting Reality” panel for WonderCon, also featuring Colleen AF Venable, David Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson, Rose Eveleth, Tom Sullivan, Manjit Thapp, and Maryelizabeth Yturralde.
This week I did a brand-new podcast interview with the thoughtful Shah Emami at Wits’ End, discussing Save It For Later, March, Come Again, Two Dead, and life in the past year. Enjoy!
The first confirmed batch of upcoming panels and interviews about Save It For Later are up now at my Events page, with more added as soon as they’re confirmed! The first one is this Saturday, March 20th.
Please note that most of these require some pre-registration— thanks! I hope to see you there.
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!)
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:
I now have signed & sketched copies of Save It For Later (and my other books) available here at my site! Due to shipping costs, these are for the US only— if you’re elsewhere, email me at seemybrotherdance@yahoo.com, and we’ll work it out. Thanks!
My beloved local comics shop, Vintage Phoenix, has wrapped up its awesome signed/sketched pre-order program, so those old links are kaput. VP’s orders will be going out as soon as the books arrive and I get those sketches done.
Bookstores & comic book shops: I have free signed Save It For Later bookplates to send you! Email me with the quantity, and I’ll mail them to you pronto. Thanks!
