mixing it up with storytelling and law - great crowd in Boston, and got a comics page done this week too

Today on SOLRAD, Amy Zhou Interviews EDDIE AHN solrad.co/through-the-... @eddieahn.bsky.social

about the timing of conversations and how quickly things change. amongst friends, I remember how often I was reassured things would never get that bad - it’s been a wild last month

red white & blue, part one - I’ll post a new comic this weekend!

for the new year, saw the Oji Fox Parade in Tokyo - I really enjoyed seeing that train roll by for a contrast between the traditional and modern

Over the last year, my partner and I carefully found and collected gifts to give to my family on xmas. This morning, my luggage with all those gifts was stolen from inside my apartment, and then the bag was dumped a few blocks away.

coffee shops piled on top of coffee shops in Seoul…

my markers are all dried out from the elevation and cold while traveling in Colorado, but still creating art when I can!

Asked @escapepodcomics.bsky.social to order me a copy of Advocate by @eddieahn.bsky.social. They got it and shipped it to me in Florida very quickly. It is a beautifully written and illustrated book and everyone should own a copy. Ask @escapepodcomics.bsky.social to get you one!

⚡ The Dr. Espanola Jackson Energy Justice Award finalists are here, and they're redefining what environmental progress looks like. 10 leaders spanning from Pine Ridge to Puerto Rico, NYC to Michigan—their stories show that equity isn't optional in climate work: votesolar.org/2025-eja-nom...

My art and nonprofit work are featured in the local paper, the Richmond Review, my favorite type of newspaper where I can send a paper copy to my mom. Over 36,000 copies of this are delivered door-to-door across SF, and the article can be read online here: richmondsunsetnews.com/2025/07/02/i...

For my book talk kicking off June, it was a packed house at mam’s books! mam’s is the only independent Asian American bookstore in Seattle as well as the entire Pacific Northwest - you can learn more about their community-building efforts here: www.mamsbooks.com

The @baybookfest.bsky.social was an incredible success. I was overjoyed that my parents could join me, and it was a treat to cheer on my friend @eddieahn.bsky.social, a hell of an organizer, storyteller, and panelist. Thanks #baybookfest for making #downtown #berkeley your home again this year! 📕

my favorite photo in recent memory, right after an event that sold out all of Daniel Tam-Claiborne’s book, “Transplants” (congrats, Daniel!!)

Bay Area friends! Come listen to our panel Sunday about the power of graphic novels to enact social change!🐦‍⬛ @eddieahn.bsky.social @breenache.bsky.social #BayAreaBookFest #bookfest #berkeley #berkeleypubliclibrary #books #resistance #bookbans

my nonprofit @brightlinedefense.bsky.social opened a new office, featuring community leaders, Mayor Lurie, and environmental agencies across the state of CA!

SAMPAN, the only bilingual Chinese-English newspaper in New England, covered my visit to Boston and Bedford. Thanks to writer Anna Hu for this wide-ranging coverage and newspaper now in print! Read more of the interview here: sampan.org/2025/top-new...

For those in the Bay Area, come to the PL Comic Arts Fest to meet some of your favorite local graphic novelists! I’ll be tabling along with @haetae.bsky.social and @wrathofbom.bsky.social tomorrow (Sat April 26) at the SSF Library. Come say hi! #comics #graphicnovels

Other really cool artists who will be there too: - @benseto.bsky.social - @davelawart.bsky.social - @eddieahn.bsky.social - @thiendog.bsky.social - @brianabreaks.bsky.social - and a lot more (I’m excited)! Come nerd out about all things comics and graphic novels with newbies & veterans alike!

1-year anniversary of the book launch from SF to the Midwest to NYC!

breaking news update, found at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa:

My first job was as an AmeriCorps member, teaching arts and public speaking - and this month, the “Department of Government Efficiency” is dismantling AmeriCorps, which drew people of diverse backgrounds to serve in educational programs, build housing, and respond to natural disasters…

I’ll be at the Cartoon-A-Thon this Saturday at @schulzmuseum.bsky.social

art for the most exclusive bar in the City, coming soon!

Thanks again to @comicopia.bsky.social for coming out to Countway for our event with @eddieahn.bsky.social a couple of weeks back! Catch up on the audio from Eddie's talk here: countway.info/advocaterecording

I visited multiple high schools as well as the Boston Bar Association and Harvard’s @countwaylibrary.bsky.social in Boston last week - and copies of my book can be found at @comicopia.bsky.social as well as Trident Books on Newbury Street!

my favorite “thank you” card from Boston features this dragon drawing by a fifth grader - if you look closely, it even says “Humble Dragon” 😀

Hearing from Eddie Ahn (@eddieahn.bsky.social) at Countway Library today! #GraphicMedicine

Eddie Ahn of Brightline Defense, environmental lawyer, and graphic memoirist visited RWU Law on March 20th. Hosted during Professor Natasha Varyani’s Property Law class, he provided an opportunity to engage in conversation about his book and its themes. @eddieahn.bsky.social bit.ly/rwulaw_eddie...

how I feel about instagram most days:

Advocate graphic novel memoir by Eddie Ahn www.instagram.com/ehacomics www.instagram.com/reel/Czl5lrE...

everyone should read @eddieahn.bsky.social's book Advocate. remarkable autobiographical stories, beautifully illustrated.

If you're in the Boston area, consider joining us on March 21st for this author event with Eddie Ahn, creator of Advocate The event is in-person and registration is required. Book signing, with books available to purchase, after Q&A! countway.info/advocate

survived a winter storm in Wisconsin 😆 and talked storytelling and environmental advocacy with students and teachers…

most days #comic

a nice memory from the last week: a student in Wisconsin, Emma, wrote me a note after a talk about the book. Emma was very modest, saying I didn’t have to keep the page - but I’ve been thinking that these drawings were cool and should be shared to brighten the world.

Chicago events with a book cake (“Advocake” by the Book Cellar) and the University of Chicago!

For Lunar New Year, I drew the Year of the Snake with two things in mind: the LA fires and a need to shed bad energy. In folklore throughout the Eastern hemisphere, the snake is commonly associated with intelligence, resilience, and love - all attributes we’ll need for the year ahead.

¡Próspero año y felicidad!

new air monitors + construction materials have arrived today for nonprofit Brightline - air quality worsened in the last week, and we’re looking to site these larger units across Eastern San Francisco

The Bay Area Now Has Its First-Ever Regional Sea Level Rise Plan BCDC Commissioner Andrew Gunther called it a “generational scale accomplishment” while acknowledging that he doesn’t “expect this document to be perfect.” @kqednews.bsky.social @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1201681...

checked in with family in South Korea, and they’re fine for now - but the fragility of democratic norms is disturbing - I just returned from Seoul this weekend without any feeling that martial law was about to be invoked: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...

a nice benefit of drawing by hand has been my 92-year-old grandmother comparing my sketchbook and the final book in the last few days - she’s seen me draw since childhood, but this was the first time she got to see the book since its publication in April ☺️

in Seoul visiting an environmental NGO office, and I enjoyed this sign

my first Bluesky post is of orange skies, and this is a photo outside my nonprofit’s office on 9/9/20, as wildfires swept California - I’m looking forward to posting more freely about climate change on this platform