There are snipers on the roof of the school where I got my MA.

There are police beating students at the school where I got my PhD.

At each school, I studied authoritarian regimes and how they brainwash people into believing that state brutality is not only normal, but deserved.

I see the escalating arrests as symptoms of the Trumpocene, an escalatory politics of panic disguised, even to those who pursue them, as a feeling of crisis that justifies--demands--ever more extreme responses.

Nate Powell’s adaptation of James Loewen’s classic “Lies My Teacher Told Me” is absolutely fantastic. If you’re a Social Studies teacher you need to add this to your collection and share with your classes!

Shoutout to Tim Smyth NCTE Boston 2024 bound! for inspiring me to preorder months ago

I'll be in Columbus this weekend for SPACE-- with both new books & both signed/numbered FALL THROUGH prints as well.
Saturday at 2pm I'll be doing a talk/Q&A about my work on LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME and my approach to fiction vs nonfiction throughout my work.
See you there!

Still trying to hit my goal for comic on my arm promenade performance piece won’t you help! In collaboration with art by cool cats like MariNaomi (they/them) Pia Guerra @dansantat Nate Powell Hope Larson @nicolegoux Sanya Anwar @alisonsampson to name a few! kickstarter.com/projects/cecil…

As a fan of late great author and historian James Loewen, I was thrilled to see his book 'Lies My Teacher Told Me' has been adapted into a graphic novel with drawings by Nate Powell. Find out more about it here:

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OMG! When Nate Powell (Nate Powell) asked me for a blurb - I didn’t know it was going on the back cover! Just arrived today! This is such an impactful book for us all. I am proud to have my name on Nate’s powerhouse adaptation of a book that made me the teacher I am. (And…

Today's the day! My full comics adaptation of LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME is out-- more relevant and essential than ever before. This one's for the late, great James Loewen!

Get one from your local shop, the usual online places, or directly from me-- links to all in my linktree!

If you are not familiar with Nate Powell, please allow me to show you 'About Face.' I believe that this graphic story is as relevant today (maybe more so) as when it was released five years ago.
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Today's the day! My full comics adaptation of LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME is out-- more relevant and essential than ever before. This one's for the late, great James Loewen!

Get one from your local shop, the usual online places, or directly from me-- links to all in my linktree!

Get ready! This awesomeness from Nate Powell is out TOMORROW! It is the best book I have read in a long time and can't wait for you all to read it! This is an adaptation of the book that made me the teacher I am - and this version is even better.

Nate Powell's adaptation of James W. Loewen's landmark Lies My Teacher Told Me is out this week, and a phenomenal catalogue of the truth being secondary to myth-building and patriotism in history textbooks. The New Press
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Nate does the best book sketches so definitely pick this up from his site (or anywhere and bring it when you see him on the road!)

This is my most highly anticipated release of the year. It is amazing!

My adaptation of the late, great James Loewen's LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME will be out in just a week!

Please grab one from your local shop, from any of the usual suspects (links below), or signed/sketched copies directly from me (link in bio). Thanks! thenewpress.com/books/lies-my-…

The art in Fall Through is just so gorgeous!

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I've never seen *anything* like Cecil Castellucci's Kickstarter, folks.

Fans of MariNaomi (they/them), D. (Dee-ana) Tamblyn, Scott Koblish, Pia Guerra, Nate Powell, Victoria Ying HUNGRY GHOST Out Now!, jo_pi, Hope Larson, Alison Sampson, Dan Santat, and @rachael take note!

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Caught up in the springtime feelings yesterday, so I did this piece of Jody & Diana from FALL THROUGH-- all brush on this one, 9'x12'.