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roundup for SAVE IT FOR LATER

Thanks to everyone who’s stood behind Save It For Later over the past year and half, reflecting what we’ve collectively weathered over the past decade— unfortunately it’ll only be increasingly relevant as both a time capsule and a letter to our days of future present.

Along the way, Save It F...

Open-carry authoritarians are a danger to our neighborhoods.

The irresponsibility. The insecurity. The sheer stupidity.

Don’t carry firearms in public on a costumed children’s holiday— doing so makes our entire society unsafe, which (I know) is authoritarian wish fulfillment.

Original artwork for sale

I’ve teamed up with Sean at Athenaeum Comic Art to begin selling some of my original artwork for the first time since 2015— currently available are some pages from Two Dead, Come Again, Black Hammer, March, Sweet Tooth, The Year of the Beasts, The Silence of Our Friends, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, and a few one-off and unpublished pieces.

Athenaeum will be publicly launching these art sales in the coming weeks on their site (and please check out the artwork from the fantastic roster of fellow...

Back to CXC October 8-9!

I’ll be tabling at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus on October 8-9, right at the front at table 1! Here’s a map and list of all the wonderful exhibitors.

Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 S. Grant Ave— Saturday 11am-5pm, Sunday 1-5pm.

Saturday 4-5pm, I’ll also be on the “Historical Biography In Comics...

New interview up at WFIU's "Inner States"

Here’s a brand-new interview I did with Kayte Young of WFIU’s Inner States about my work on Save It For Later, the March trilogy, and how they’ve interwoven with my life as a dad and as someone who shows up to fight for and against numerous conditions. Enjoy!

SMALL PRESS EXPO this weekend!

This weekend marks the triumphant return of the Small Press Expo (Bethesda North Marriott, 5701 Marinelli Rd., Rockville MD), and my first time back at SPX since 2018!

I’ll be slangin books at booth W74, and will also be on the Top Shelf 25th anniversary panel Sunday at 2:30pm in the White Oak R...

Another book finished-- and starting the next.

Last week I finished drawing my next original graphic novel, Fall Through— it’s a sweaty, interdimensional 1990’s underground punk soap opera (starring the band Diamond Mine from their appearance in my 2018 book Come Again) that’ll be out next August or so from Abrams ComicArts. More details an...

Domain name update in progress!

Hi everybody!

This is a heads-up that I’m working on redirecting traffic from seemybrotherdance.org to the updated domain www.nate-powell.com. My apologies for any traffic hiccups in the next few days as I iron it all out— thanks!

SAVE IT FOR LATER & RUN are Ringo Awards nominees!

It’s an honor to find that both of last year’s books have been nominated for Ringo Awards: Save It For Later is up for Best Original Graphic Novel (who’s gonna tell em that it’s a nonfiction essay/memoir?) and Run is up for Best Nonfiction Comic!

You can vote here, and winners will be announced ...

New cover & illustrations for The Nib's "Work" issue!

I’m happy to share the cover of the newest issue in The Nib anthology— the “Work” issue!

I also did 5 section illustrations throughout the book. Copies will be going out to subscribers in the next few weeks— if you don’t have a subscription, you can do so here!