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

Through the Lens of Personal Memoir: Amy Zhou Interviews EDDIE AHN - SOLRAD Today on SOLRAD, we feature Amy Zhou's interview with EDDIE AHN, author of ADVOCATE and Executive Director of Environmental Justice (EJ) organization Brightline Defense,

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

The looters took everything of monetary and sentimental value, but left a handful of items, including my contact lenses and a few remaining flyers for my book. I’m pretty sure they took a flyer to check out the book later.

I feel lucky to afford these things. No one was physically hurt. But the care for family, expressed through these gifts, is diminished, and only sharp observation and a dark sense of humor feels appropriate for this Grinch-like incident.

Among the gifts lost: hand-carved stamps with the Korean names of my nieces, chocolates from Bi-Rite, deerskin gloves for my mom from Iceland, wine from Napa. The death of my father has been a lot, so on a level, I’m able to shrug this off as just stuff.

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.

South Korea Has a Coffee Shop Problem Opening a coffee shop is no path to riches, South Koreans are learning, but lured by the hype, they keep trying anyway.

and a timely NYT article about coffee shop struggles and industry turnover throughout the city: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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!

😂 thanks for the rally for confidence - work has been wiiild in the last year so keeping my head above water

Thank you for enjoying this labor of love!!

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...

Interview with Artist and Best-Selling Author Eddie Ahn Last month, author Eddie Ahn appeared before a standing-room-only audience at the Richmond Branch of the San Francisco Public Library to discuss his new book, “Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family,…

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...

Poster for Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest - comicartsfest.com. Saturday April 26th, 10AM - 4PM at 901 Civic Campus Drive, South San Francisco, CA. Free entry!! Small Press comics expo. Author talks! Drawing workshops! Giveaways! Comics!!! Your favorite local comic artist!

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:

For me, AmeriCorps was an opportunity to explore California, leading to hilariously scrappy living situations and a longtime commitment to nonprofit work. It’s a tragedy that AmeriCorps won’t exist to inspire future generations.

Nothing about AmeriCorps screams “excess federal spending” to me - I worked full-time serving immigrant families and children for a ~$1,000 monthly stipend, a food stamp application, and a modest grant that I eventually used for law school.

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…