Nate Powell's Blog, page 27

SWALLOW ME WHOLE new printing in April!

Swallow Me Whole is officially off to the printer, and will be back in its 3rd printing this April (along with new printings of From Hell and Blankets)! Here's the press release from Top Shelf.

MARCH is a Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book and GEM Award Winner!

I'm honored to hear that March: Book One is a Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book ! In addition, it's been picked as Diamond's GEM Award winner for Best Indie Graphic Novel of 2013 !

One of AR Times' Arkansans of the Year

I'm honored to be listed as one of the Arkansans of the Year by the Arkansas Times this week!

2014 schedule of events, conventions, and signings

Here's my master list of upcoming events in 2014-- this includes presentations, signings, and comic conventions at which I'll be tabling. This list will be consistently updated as new events and information are confirmed. 


Fri, Feb 21-- East Lansing MI-- signing at Hollow Mountain Comics (611 E. Grand River Ave.). 4:30-6:30 pm.

Sat, Feb 22-- East Lansing MI-- tabling at MSU Comics Forum (Snyder/Phillips Hall), 11am-5pm.

Wed, March 12-- Worcester MA-- presentation at Clark University w/ Andrew Aydin (details and programming TBA)

April 12-13-- Columbus OH-- SPACE (Ramada Plaza hotel, 4900 Sinclair Rd.)

April 25-26-- Little Rock AR-- Arkansas Literary Festival w/ John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (details and programming TBA)

Sat, May 3-- Fayetteville AR-- Fayetteville Public Library (details and programming TBA)

May 10-11-- Toronto, ON-- TCAF (at Top Shelf booth)

May 31- June 1-- Chicago IL-- CAKE

June 21-22-- Charlotte NC-- Heroes Con (at Top Shelf booth)

July 24-27-- San Diego CA-- Comic Con International (at Top Shelf booth #1721)

Sept 13-14-- North Bethesda MD-- SPX

October 10-12-- New York NY-- NYCC (at Top Shelf and Hyperion booths-- debut of The Lost Hero !)

The Bomb-- Indecision 2xLP out now from No Idea Records!

I did the album artwork for a reissued edition of The Bomb's Indecision 2xLP (featuring members of legendary Chicago punk band Naked Raygun), out now on No Idea Records.

I'll be working on another record with The Bomb soon-- a one-sided 12"! Details as they emerge.

January 2014-- recap of press and new releases!

Happy New Year! It's been a bit, so here are some of the recent goings-on:



* The French edition of March: Book One is out now-- it's titled Wake Up America: 1940-1960 , and is published by Rue De Sevres. 

* An Italian edition of

* I'm currently drawing a horror comic with acclaimed writer Scott Snyder (The Wake, American Vampire, Batman, Superman: Unchained) for the In The Dark anthology hardcover, edited by Rachel Deering. It'll be available in April via IDW Publishing!

* Here's a new interview I did with Bloomington's own WFHB a couple of weeks ago, discussing March and other books, punk, scamming photocopies in the 1990's, working for folks with disabilities, and other topics.

* I'm proud to announce that March: Book One made Comic Book Resources' #3 book of 2013, several best-of-year lists at Comicosity, and #3 of 2013 at Mental Floss! In addition, the collaborative team of John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and I made "Comics Team Of The Year" over at Comics Beat. Thanks so much!


* I'm about 25 pages away from finishing work on Rick Riordan's Heroes Of Olympus: The Lost Hero (with writer/adapter Robert Venditti and colorist Orpheus Collar). That'll be out in October from Hyperion Books!


* I'm also finishing up work on You Don't Say , which collects all my out-of-print, unpublished, and new short comics stories from 2004-2013. It should be out in late 2014 from Top Shelf! More info soon.

End-of-year interview up at Comics Reporter

I did a long end-of-year phone interview with Tom Spurgeon for Comics Reporter-- check it out here.

Happy New Year to all creatures!

Arkansas Times' best of 2013 entertainment list

I'm proud to share a spot on the Arkansas Times' year-end roundup in entertainment, alongside my friends Ashlie Atkinson, Iron Tongue, The Body, The Bloodless Cooties, and in memory of Mason Mauldin.

My favorite comics and albums of 2013.

Because I can't help but to make unnecessary lists all the time, here are my favorite albums and comics of 2013. There are plenty of comics and music I haven't gotten the chance to experience, so this list is shaped and impaired by not having much spare time.

ALBUMS:


1. HAIM-- Days Are Gone (Columbia/Polydor)

2. DAFT PUNK-- Random Access Memories (Columbia/Daft Life)

3. RED HARE-- Nites Of Midnight (Dischord)

4. EYE-- Second Sight (self-released digital)

5. LORDE-- Pure Heroine (Universal)


6. LADY GAGA-- Artpop (Streamline/Interscope)

7. HUMANBEAST-- Venus Ejaculates Into The Banquet (Load)

8. IRON TONGUE-- The Dogs Have Barked, The Birds Have Flown (Neurot)


 9. PROFLIGATE-- The Red Rope EP (DKA)


10. TECHNICOLOR TEETH-- Teenage Pagans (Houseplant)


COMICS:
 
1. Demeter by Becky Cloonan (self-published)


2. Hawkeye: Little Hits by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)


3. New School by Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics)


4. Operation Margarine by Katie Skelly (self-published/Adhouse in 2014)


5. Prophet: Brothers by Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Giannis Milonogiannis,
and Farel Dalrymple  (Image)


6. Susceptible by Genevieve Castree (Drawn and Quarterly)


7. My Dirty Dumb Eyes by Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn and Quarterly)


8. A Matter Of Life by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf)


9. Hip Hop Family Tree by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)

10. Delusional by Farel Dalrymple (Adhouse)

MARCH is USA Today's #1 Graphic Novel of the year!

Whitney Matheson at USA Today's Pop Candy listed March: Book One as the best graphic novel of the year , alongside excellent books by my homies Lisa Hanawalt, Matt Kindt, Jeffrey Brown, Jeff Lemire, Nicole J. Georges, and more. This year was really solid for comics of all kinds, and for increasingly varied audiences. Hell yeah!

Here's the list.