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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.

More MARCH in best-of-year lists.

March: Book One has landed in School Library Journal's Best Graphic Novels of 2013 list, Horn Book's Best of 2013, Slate's Best Books (of any kind) of 2013, and MTV Act's Holiday Gift Guide. Score!

Paste's Best Comics Artists of 2013 + MARCH in Congress!

I'm honored to've been included in Paste magazine's Best Comics Artists of 2013, alongside some of my very favorites including Dash Shaw, Paul Pope, Fiona Staples, David Aja, and Mike Allred!

Another news item: Top Shelf has given digital copies of March: Book One to every single member of Congress , along with a digital version of Martin Luther King, Jr. And The Montgomery Story!

Very last copies of MARCH: BOOK ONE's first printing available from me.

The first printing of March: Book One has been gone for a couple of months, but for anyone who's interested in that kinda thing, I have about 10 copies left for mailorder. (Signed, of course!)

You can paypal me $15 each (in the US) to harlanrecords@yahoo.com, or order them from my Etsy site here.

Thanks!

Miami Book Fair this weekend!

If you're in Florida, come down to the Miami Book Fair International this weekend-- I'll be doing the following presentations and signings:

Friday, Nov. 22nd: presentation with John Lewis & Andrew Aydin. 6:00 pm in the Chapman Building (Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210). Signing immediately afterward.

Saturday, Nov. 23rd:  "Crime And Consequence" with Matt Kindt (discussing Red Handed and his other fine books) and I (discussing Any Empire, The Silence Of Our Friends, and March ). 12:00 pm in the Centre Gallery (Building 1, 3rd Floor, Room 1365). Signing immediately afterward.

Saturday, Nov. 23rd: Signing at Tate's Comics booth, 1:30-2:30 pm.

see you there!

Andrew Aydin & Chris Staros on MARCH!

Here's a great new 6-minute feature with co-writer Andrew Aydin and publisher/editor Chris Staros discussing the origins of March as a comics project.

Etsy store updated-- new original artwork for sale!

I've added five new originals to my Etsy store : illustrations from the Iron Tongue album just released on Neurot Recordings, the bookplate illustration from Lil Bub's Lil Book , a page from Ghostface Killah's comic Twelve Reasons To Die #2 , and my Salt-N-Pepa pinup from Ed Piskor's great Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 1. 

Check out original artwork here!

I'm on Twitter.

Well, I finally joined your Twitter shenanigans-- you can find me here at @Nate_Powell_Art.

Vote for MARCH in Goodreads Choice Awards!

March: Book One is a semifinalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards-- please vote and support if you get a chance! We're alongside some other amazing creators and books, so it's a no-lose situation.

Thanks!