I’ve got a bunch of original pages and extra illlustrations from my new graphic novel Fall Through up for sale via Athenaeum Comic Art here. Thanks for your support!
You can order signed & sketched copies of Fall Through directly from me here— and if you’re going to San Diego Comic Con, buy copies at Abrams booth 1216. I’ll be signing on Sunday, July 28th from 11:00am-1:00pm at Autograph Area table 10. See you there!
I’ve got a new essay up at Lit Hub about my process and considerations in adapting James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me, as well as the book’s decades-long relationship to the moment we’re caught in today as we defend our democracy from reality-averse book-ban movements. Thanks for reading!
You can order signed & sketched copies of Lies My Teacher Told Me directly from me here.
If you’ll be at San Diego Comic Con this coming weekend, I’ll be discussing this book and Save It For Later on the “Nonfiction Comics” panel Saturday, July 27th at 2:30pm in Room 10, with a signing immediately afterward at Silver Sprocket booth 1718, and another signing Sunday 11:00am-1:00pm at Autograph Area table 10. See you there!
I don’t have a ton of stuff going on at SDCC this year, and I feel this marks a turning point in how I approach larger conventions. Maybe next year I’ll try the expensive risk of exhibiting in my own booth. I’m not sure.
Anyway, here’s my schedule:
Saturday, July 27:
“Nonfiction Comics: The Future of History-Based Storytelling” panel w/ Joel Christian Gill, Amy Chu, Sarah Myer, and David F. Walker, moderated by Andrew Aydin— 2:30 pm, Room 10.
Lies My Teacher Told Me signing immediately after the panel (TBC) at Silver Sprocket booth 1718.
Sunday, July 28:
Fall Through signing (& whatever else)— 11:00 am-1:00 pm, Autograph Pavillion Table 10.
Please buy Fall Through at Abrams booth 1216— thank you so much!
I’m pleased to announce I’ll be returning to the beloved Cartoon Crossroads Columbus this year as a special guest!
I’ve got plenty to discuss regarding my new books Fall Through and Lies My Teacher Told Me— I’ll be selling copies at my own table, and panels/programming will be announced as they’re finalized.
CXC is one of the very best comics events in North America— and free to the public! I hope to see you there.
What an honor to have both of my new graphic novels, Fall Through and Lies My Teacher Told Me, in Michael Cavna’s roundup of five of the year’s best new graphic novels over at the Washington Post!
On Fall Through: “As artist and storyteller, Powell is a master of colorful chord progressions that accompany the thump of a punk-rock heart.”
On Lies My Teacher Told Me: “Powell’s visual depth beautifully adds visceral layers to Loewen’s efforts to undercut scholastic elisions.”
Signed/sketched copies of all my books are available directly from me here. Thanks!
Molly Ostertag is a brilliant cartoonist and a creative kindred spirit, and I’ve loved every one of her books. Her new graphic novel, The Deep Dark, is a 500-page masterpiece out this week!
I’ll be in Louisville, KY on Saturday, June 8th to discuss this new book (as well as the Witch Boy trilogy, The Girl From The Sea, and more!) with Molly at the public library (301 York St.)— 6pm. See you there!
Ooh, my publisher Abrams is having a 50% off sale using the code “summerlit50”— you can order Fall Through and Save It For Later for a measly $12.50 each right now! Just enter the code at checkout.
I discussed Fall Through, underground music, working on March, and all the rest with Brian Heater at RiYL podcast— you can catch it here via Apple, Spotify, ACast, or however else people listen to these things.
Fall Through is still brand new, and it’s my favorite book I’ve ever done— you can order signed copies directly from me here. Thanks!
Bloomington! I’m doing a talk/Q&A/signing for my new adaptation of Lies My Teacher Told Me this Sunday, May 19th at the downtown library. 2pm in Room 1B— please spread the word, and I hope to see you there!
There’s a great new piece on the effectiveness of Lies My Teacher Told Me through the medium of comics over at CBR— check it out here!
I’ll be in Louisville KY this evening, discussing Fall Through and Lies My Teacher Told Me at Carmichael’s Bookstore (2720 Frankfort) at 7pm. Check my events page for updated talks & signings— in the next few weeks I’ll be doing stuff here in Bloomington, as well as in Ann Arbor and Detroit!
If you’re around Louisville, I’ll be at Carmichael’s (2720 Frankfort Ave.) on Friday, May 10th to discuss my two new books, Fall Through and Lies My Teacher Told Me— with Q&A and signing too. Please spread the word— see you there!
This weekend I’ll be in Columbus, Ohio at SPACE— the Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo— at the Rhodes Center (Ohio State Fair & Expo Grounds) 10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday. I’ll have both new books, Fall Through and Lies My Teacher Told Me, as well as a limited quantity of both signed/numbered Fall Through prints ($20 each, or $30 for both).
I’ll also be doing a talk/slideshow/Q&A on Saturday at 2pm about my work on Lies My Teacher Told Me, and my approach back & forth between fiction and nonfiction over the years.
See you there!
Today’s the day!
Four years ago I was locked down in my house just like you, starting work on my adaptation of Lies My Teacher Told Me— utterly uncertain what kind of world the book would be released into. It’s out everywhere today, more relevant and crucial than ever before. My thoughts and gratitude are with the late, great James Loewen for trusting me with his work!
Get a copy from your local book/comics shop, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, Amazon, or signed/sketched copies directly from me— and my other brand-new graphic novel Fall Through is still hot off the presses too!
Thanks, everybody.
What an honor to recieve a 4.5-star review from The Slings & Arrows for Lies My Teacher Told Me: “Powell takes a landmark book (and its updates) and presents a version maintaining its integrity while making it more accessible. It’s important and it’s magnificent.”
Lies My Teacher Told Me will be released this Tuesday, April 16th, and is already available in comics shops! You can also order them both (as well as most of my other books) from me directly, signed & sketched here.
My other brand-new graphic novel Fall Through is still hot off the presses, and here’s a new podcast interview I did with Ryan Zlomek from Meditations podcast.
If you’re in Indiana, I’ll be doing a double-book-release signing for both Fall Through and Lies My Teacher Told Me this Saturday, April 20th at Vintage Phoenix Comics (114 E. 6th) from 2-4pm. See you there!
My full comics adaptation of the late, great James Loewen’s Lies My Teacher Told Me will be out in just a week!
You can grab one via your local shop, Bookshop, Powells, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or order signed/sketched copies directly from me here. And while you’re at it, pick up a copy of my still-brand-new graphic novel Fall Through, which has enjoyed a tremendous reader response over the last two months!
If you’re in Bloomington, I’ll be doing a double book-release signing at Vintage Phoenix Comics (114 E. 6th) on Saturday, April 20th from 2-4pm. See you there!
If you’re around Bloomington, I’ll be doing a double book-release signing for Lies My Teacher Told Me (out April 16th from The New Press) and Fall Through (out now from Abrams) at my local shop, Vintage Phoenix Comics (114 E. 6th)— Saturday, April 20th from 2-4 pm. If you’re downtown for Record Store Day, come hop over two blocks and grab some books!
I’ll also have a limited quantity of my Fall Through 16”x20” prints at the signing. See you there!
I was really feeling the springtime over the weekend, so I did this piece of Jody & Diana from Fall Through— all brush on this one, 9”x12”.
There’s a fresh excerpt of a DIY-recording scene from Fall Through up today at Publishers Weekly’s “Panel Mania”— check it out, and you can order copies of Fall Through directly from me here, or through all the usual outlets linked here at Abrams.
I also recently did an interview for The Substance podcast, covering the breadth of my work but also focusing on Fall Through.
One of my closest friends, comics scholar & excellent human being Caitlin McGurk has spent years researching and curating Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life And Art Of Barbara Shermund, which is open for preorders now from Fantagraphics!
“Readers will discover Shermund’s unique and vibrant life and art, and gain an understanding of how women’s place in the history of cartooning has been controlled and sublimated by greater societal and cultural allowances. Through close readings, archival research, reproductions of original art, correspondence and photographs, this volume uncovers and celebrates a trailblazing female magazine cartoonist, and rightfully places her in the canon of cartoon art history.”
Preorder a copy!
I’m very pleased to find a starred review for my adaptation of Lies My Teacher Told Me at Publishers Weekly— it’ll be out April 16th from The New Press!
“Powell’s characteristically fluid art lends new depth to revisited figures including Helen Keller, known by most Americans solely for her disabilities and not for her radical activism, and abolitionist John Brown, condemned by U.S. history books as a mentally disturbed violent extremist rather than a dedicated social progressive. Long a favorite of radical educators, Loewen’s original text receives the vital and accessible adaptation it deserves.”
