Tony Weaver Jr. thinks everyone should be a weirdo.

“A weirdo is a person with the ability to make the ordinary extraordinary. What a world would we have if all of us stepped out every day with the goal of really living and embodying that,” he tells TODAY.com.

Tony Weaver Jr.'s graphic novel memoir "Weirdo" published in September 2024. Macmillan Publishers

Weaver is a multi-hyphenate author who believes that “stories are the most positive tool for social change in the history of mankind.” And with a platform that draws attention to conversations about diversity in the nerd community, initiatives that serve to promote literacy and his debut graphic novel “ Weirdo ,” he’s doing just that.

“When people read ‘Weirdo,' I want them to feel seen, nurtured and inspired. The idea is that yo

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