Since 2016 I've written and illustrated these letters to the new year, as a way to summarise my thoughts and feelings regarding the old year (and express my hopes and aspirations for the new). But for obvious reasons, I decided to skip it this year.
(more…)Reimena Yee is a graphic novelist, artist and flamingo enthusiast.
She creates the webcomics The World in Deeper Inspection, and The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya; the latter of which is the first Malaysian graphic novel to be Eisner-nominated.
Currently writing and drawing a whole bunch of stuff. Is a nerd for all things spooky and historical.
Melbourne / Kuala Lumpur
Who knows ??
somewhere along the line, the call for diverse characters in publishing mutated into "don't be diverse or you'll do it wrong and the straw man browns will cancel us all" and it all stems from not having poc people in higher-up positions
After many lockdown-related delays I am finally doing my in-the-middle-of-a-rainforest arts residency!! (itβs local) Not for fun though: I have three GNs at different stages with looming deadlines ππ
4Picture book and graphic novel illustrators!
I want to learn more about the sort of timelines you're working with to illustrate books for the US publishing industry. I put together two surveys. Would love for you to participate!
https://www.nilahmagruder.com/illustrator-survey/