Next week, Charles Bock will launch the paperback tour for his critically-acclaimed novel, Beautiful Children. Before he embarked on his cross-country tour, Bock sat down with GalleyCat for a video interview about his new comic book, his book tour art, and his imaginary novel about “shoes, Upper West Side, and looking for love.”

Bock will travel the United States with visual art by Guy Burwell (art shown in video) and Chuck Sperry (art discussed in video and featured here). On Monday, January 26, Bock will participate in conversation with his editor, David Ebershoff–the Q&A will be held at New York’s McNally Jackson Books at 7 pm.