In this anthology of seven comics essays, author and graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls “necessary protest.” Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest is Powell’s reflection on witnessing the collapse of discourse in real time while drawing the award-winning trilogy March, written by Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, this generation’s preeminent historical account of nonviolent revolution in the civil rights movement. Powell highlights both the danger of normalized paramilitary presence symbols in consumer pop culture, and the roles we play individually as we interact with our communities, families, and society at large.From Nate Powell, the National Book Award–winning artist of March, a collection of graphic nonfiction essays about living in a new era of necessary protest “In this anthology of seven comics essays, author and graphic novelist Nate Powell addresses living in an era of what he calls “necessary protest.” Save It for Later: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest is Powell’s reflection on witnessing the collapse of discourse in real time while drawing the award-winning trilogy March, written by Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, this generation’s preeminent historical account of nonviolent revolution in the civil rights movement. Here is the summary of SAVE IT FOR LATER from Abrams Books: That said, the south still has a lot of work to do.ĭuring this conversation, Nate and I talk about the fallout of 2020, the urgency of protesting and speaking up, the anxiety that comes with sharing your work, social media activism, the impact of Congressman John Lewis, studying under Carmine Infantino, Nate's previous work ( March, Two Dead, Come Again), his new book/upcoming graphic memoir- SAVE IT FOR LATER & a lot more.

His work shows that there is light underneath the darkness and trauma.

the Civil Rights movement), artwork, literature, journalism and an intermixing of cultures. Nate’s work- MARCH, Any Empire, Come Again, Two Dead-puts an intimate microscope on the region that has given rise to revolution (ex. It’s a region that seems imposing, unknowable and sometimes flooded with trauma unless you’ve lived in the thick of it. Especially with his work in the MARCH graphic novel trilogy-made in collaboration with Andrew Aydin and Congressman John Lewis.Īs someone who grew up in the south, I notice how Nate’s work explores, expands on and criticizes the region’s complex history (and present).

And at the risk of sounding like a suck-up, his work has been endlessly influential to me. I could not have asked for a better debut episode. Indiana-based cartoonist Nate Powell was the first guest I interviewed on this podcast.

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