Hamburg, Germany this week for SAVE IT FOR LATER!

I’ll be doing two events in Hamburg, Germany this week for my book Save It For Later (German edition published by Carlsen):

Wednesday, March 23rd @ 5pm: signing (with Moritz Wienert) at Strips & Stories (Wohlwillstraße 28).

Thursday, March 24th @ 7pm: discussing Save It For Later (with Franziska Becker) at Literaturhaus (Schwanenwik 38).

Please wear a mask and use precautions to prevent spread of the virus. To old friends and acquaintances: out of caution, I will not be hanging out apart from these two events. Thank you for understanding!

Happy birthday John Lewis.

Happy birthday and loving memories of the great John Lewis, who would’ve turned 82 today. An unfulfilled plan from early on in our collaboration was to go fishing back at a pond back on his family’s land in Alabama— so that’s what I’ve conjured here over the weekend.

Today I’ll be privately enjoying memories of our time together, and reflecting on his lifetime of commitment as we move through an absolutely terrifying time, in which the very survival of democracy is in question. Love to everybody.

SAVE IT FOR LATER-- new paperback edition out August 9th w/ extra material!

I’m happy to announce that a new paperback edition of Save It For Later will be released by Abrams ComicArts on August 9th, with an extra 16 pages of material!

This edition clocks in at 176 pages and includes an in-depth, sourced conversation between fellow cartoonist Derf Backderf (Kent State, My Friend Dahmer, Trashed) and myself about our work in larger personal, social and historical contexts, as well as a recommended reading list for work that helped inform the book, and some process pages for making Save It For Later.

You can get more info and pre-order (through Bookshop, IndieBound, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, Amazon, and more) here.

Save It For Later has been recognized on the American Library Association’s 2021 “Best Graphic Novels for Adults” list, on best-of-2021 lists from NPR, Forbes, Publishers Weekly Critics’ Poll, CBR, Multiversity, and Geekcast Radio, and was a Harvey Awards nominee for “Book of the Year.” Thanks for the love and support, everyone!

Destroy fascism and the fascists themselves.

"Shelf It"-- new book-ban comic up at the Nib today.

My new comic is up at The Nib: some early warning signs of this wave of book bans and intimidation while making March back in 2014, with comics as an easy target to remove truthful historical accounts from the classroom.

Please read and share on whatever platforms you may use— and importantly, let the world know about the comics which have transformed and expanded your ways of thinking about the world! Thank you.

SAVE IT FOR LATER & RUN on 3 more best-of-2021 lists!

Here are a few more best-of-2021 lists featuring Save It For Later and Run:

CBR’s Top 100 Comics of 2021— Save It For Later at #52, with Run likely ranking in the next posted installment.

Multiversity’s Best Original Graphic Novels of 2021— Save It For Later at #8, Run at #9.

Geekcast Radio’s Top 100 Comics of 2021— Run at #2, Save It For Later at #40.

Thanks again for the support, and thanks for reading!

RUN & SAVE IT FOR LATER in two new Best-of-2021 lists!

I’m honored to find that both Run and Save It For Later got props in two new “Best Graphic Novels of 2021” Lists: Publishers Weekly Critics’ Poll (Run in 2nd place, SIFL as honorable mention) and Forbes (Run in final list, SIFL got “Most Hustle” ribbon and a Wendy’s gift certificate). Thanks for the faith and support!

I’m gonna keep my head down for most of next year, finishing work on two new books to be released in 2023 and 2024.

SAVE IT FOR LATER & RUN on ALA's "Best Graphic Novels for Adults" List!

It’s an honor to find that both Save It For Later and Run are nominees for the American Library Association’s 2021 list of “Best Graphic Novels for Adults”, with a stellar lineup of books throughout. Finalists will be announced in January— thank you, everyone who’s been moved by my books, for your support and for spreading the word. It means a lot.

National Book Award, 5 years later.

So much to reflect on today: five years ago, March: Book Three received the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (and became the first comic to shatter the boundaries and win). Just a week after America’s worst people chose the promise of fascism, the evening felt like a haven for people bound together by ideas and conscience.

John Lewis brought down the house with his recollection of being denied a library card as a child in segregated Alabama, and by his dedication of the award to his late wife Lillian, a librarian.

Our work was only possible thanks to the diligence and incredible efforts of our editor extraordinaire (and publicist!) Leigh Walton, the 4th member of our creative team.

Here’s to humanity, and to our ongoing work to push for a society rejecting power, rejecting hierarchy, destroying the grip of white supremacy. Love to everybody. Rest in Peace, Congressman.

Medical fundraiser for Andrea Zollo

My friend Andrea Zollo— longtime musician from Deep Creep, Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hookers, Death Wish Kids, & Area 51, as well as hair stylist supreme and all-around wonderful human being— has a long road of recovery ahead after a major health situation, and she will be out of work for months. Please give to her medical fundraiser if you’re able, and spread the word far and wide— thanks!

Alternately, I’m gonna give all the sales from September mailorders in my site’s shop to her fundraiser as well, so now’s the time to get those copies for holiday gifts! Thanks again.

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