Nate Powell’s intricate black-and-white art focuses on the terrors and pleasures of growing up. Poignantly plumbing the existential angst of youth, he invokes the great coming-of-age novels with only a few dozen words. A compilation of his first two books ( Tiny Giants and It Disappears ) and a new graphic story, Sounds of Your Name builds vignette by vignette into a rich tableau of lofty dreams and Deep South disappointment, car crashes and love letters, first kisses and four-tracks. Powell's work is a reminder of the persistence of wonder against all odds.