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I make comics: Fall Through/ Come Again/ Save It For Later/ March/ Lies My Teacher Told Me/ Swallow Me Whole. DIANA out 10/6/26. orders/info: linktr.ee/natepowell

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β€œAlmost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.β€œ

A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

05.03.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1602    πŸ” 846    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 63
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Derf Backderf Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio | Book Signing - Columbus Underground Join us for a conversation with Derf Backderf about his graphic novel Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio on March 10th. $5 members $6 general public Free for students Buy Tickets One of the many celebrated...

Reminder. This upcoming Tuesday at 7pm in the Wex Center auditorium at Ohio State University, I'll be giving what is likely my final public presentation on my book KENT STATE.

A slideshow presentation, with a Q&A and a signing to follow. Books will be available from the Wex bookstore.

04.03.2026 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm very excited to be working as a editor on a nonfiction comics series on censorship with @xtramagazine.com !

03.03.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Chris!!

03.03.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was deeply meaningful to receive the inaugural Kirby Award for Independence!

Here’s more info on the Kirby Awards:

03.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A lovely Morticia sketch I did while at OAX.

03.03.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote about how the 2000 indie bookstores known as comics shops have won over the book publishing industry and more thoughts on #comicspro26

03.03.2026 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
The cover to THE TWILIGHT ZONE #4, "False Bottom." A woman is under water, fear on her face as she sinks, light pouring down on her from an open square above her, what appears to be a doorway. Black, wraithlike hands reach through the doorway towards her.  Around her the water is an inky black, and black tendrils come up from the bottom of the image to reach for her. Artwork by Nate Powell.

The cover to THE TWILIGHT ZONE #4, "False Bottom." A woman is under water, fear on her face as she sinks, light pouring down on her from an open square above her, what appears to be a doorway. Black, wraithlike hands reach through the doorway towards her. Around her the water is an inky black, and black tendrils come up from the bottom of the image to reach for her. Artwork by Nate Powell.

Also picked up @natepowell.bsky.social's issue of THE TWILIGHT ZONE this weekend. Really great story, evocative of the best episodes of the series, and the art is, as always, gorgeous.

02.03.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, thank you so much!

02.03.2026 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote:

"The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same."

Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."

Once again.

28.02.2026 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4695    πŸ” 1649    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 29

When there are no consequences for the last bad thing, you'll get a next worse thing.

28.02.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3112    πŸ” 949    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 28

I love that we all know 90 percent of them will flip on a dime now, from β€œtrump won’t send your sons to war” (like it’s only sons) to β€œtrump is sending your sons to war and that’s good.”

28.02.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3845    πŸ” 665    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 21
A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

27.02.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3842    πŸ” 3235    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 69

Thank you Eric!

27.02.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s a bit more info on DIANAβ€” preorders are open now: bsky.app/profile/nate...

27.02.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very much missing the near-daily drawing of Diana and Jody over the past 6 years, slowly experiencing an evolution in their looks, personalities, backstories and motivations.

Here’s a panel from DIANAβ€” out October 6th from Abrams!

27.02.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

John Lewis’s warnings have been on my mind today, as we see the direct vulnerabilities of downplaying civil rights as β€œactivism lite”:

Kansas fascists negating many trans citizens’ licenses serves both genocidal aims (erasure from society) AND voter suppression (immediate disenfranchisement).

26.02.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A tabby cat laying on a floor vent under a chair, belly up, slightly curled, paws tucked, his handsome white chin looking towards the camera, eyes tightly closed

A tabby cat laying on a floor vent under a chair, belly up, slightly curled, paws tucked, his handsome white chin looking towards the camera, eyes tightly closed

Imagine the perfect life

26.02.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
a banner which reads Trans Rights Are Human Rights surrounded by stars and yellow roses

a banner which reads Trans Rights Are Human Rights surrounded by stars and yellow roses

Being trans is a joy and a gift! Some folks are trying to take away that joy! We will not let them! We will become even more trans and more joyful as time goes on!

29.01.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4936    πŸ” 2031    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 16
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I’m transgender, I live in Kansas, if you want to help rn donate to either the ACLU of Kansas or the ACE foundation in Wichita - the ACE foundation especially is the organization that will help people with money for groceries, rent, etc. More orgs also included in attached img

acefoundationict.org

26.02.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4828    πŸ” 4713    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 62

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

26.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12899    πŸ” 4779    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 109

I wrote this comic 2 years ago. I was terrified when I wrote it but had hope it wouldn't come to pass and would be a reminder of how bad things got before we pulled back.

It not only has, it has gotten even worse. This is absolutely terrifying and will destroy lives if passed.

26.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1288    πŸ” 774    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

β€œDiscussion of gender is not sexualization… [nor making] books available to students that represent the diversity of their experiences. Such an interpretation says far more about the adults and the perspectives they’re applying to books than it does about the books or their intended audiences.”

26.02.2026 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Trans rights are human rights and if one of is ain’t free then none of us are.

26.02.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3879    πŸ” 1484    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

26.02.2026 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 7871    πŸ” 8553    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 107

They are in an arms race against Americans

25.02.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 680    πŸ” 218    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

Epstein victims had been speaking both to federal officials and publicly since the 1990s. Admin after admin betrayed them. But instead of analysis of the continuity of conspiracy, it's falsely presented as "revelation". Much as the first Trump admin got memory-holed, now the Biden admin is too.

24.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
A double page spread from a New Mutants comic book with Professor X in his wheelchair being thrown backwards by a gunshot and the sound effect "BLAM" with a series of panels underneath it.

A double page spread from a New Mutants comic book with Professor X in his wheelchair being thrown backwards by a gunshot and the sound effect "BLAM" with a series of panels underneath it.

This Sienkiewicz double page spread from New Mutants 18 is why I never draw spokes on wheelchair wheels.

24.02.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is some bullshit. the Court is giving sovereign immunity to postal workers who allegedly engaged in intentional racial discrimination

Thomas's rationale is that you can't sue the government over lost mail, but there's a difference between mail that's lost and mail that's withheld bc of racism!

24.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1055    πŸ” 339    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 13
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Lettering for a poster of Cleveland history to coincide w/ next month’s events there! Lunchtime interview & evening signing on 3/20, and a live drawing event at the art museum as artist-in-residence for the day on 3/21.

More complete info up on my site this week! www.seemybrotherdance.org

24.02.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0