Nate Powell
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| Born | 1978 (age 38–39) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker, Publisher, Letterer, Colourist |
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Notable works
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March Any Empire Swallow Me Whole The Silence Of Our Friends |
| Awards |
Ignatz Award, 2008 & 2009 Eisner Award, 2009 |
| http://seemybrotherdance.org | |
Nate Powell (born 1978 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American graphic novelist and musician.
Nate Powell was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1978.
Powell began self-publishing comics in 1992 at age 14. He graduated from North Little Rock High School in 1996, and briefly attended George Washington University in Washington, DC. He transferred to the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City, where he majored in Cartooning. Beginning in 2005, while at SVA, he would send Chris Staros and Brett Warnock, the founders of Top Shelf Productions, copies of every book he made. He graduated in 2000 after receiving the Outstanding Cartooning Student award and the Shakespeare & Company Books Self-Publishing Grant, with which he funded the first issue of Walkie Talkie.
Nate Powell owned DIY punk record label Harlan Records and performed in several punk bands including Universe, Divorce Chord, WAIT, and Soophie Nun Squad.
From 1999 to 2009, he worked as a caregiver for adults with developmental disabilities.
His 2008 graphic novel Swallow Me Whole won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Debut and Outstanding Artist, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Young Adult Fiction category. It received the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Original Graphic Novel, and was also nominated for Best Writer/Artist and Best Lettering.
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