Resume
Education
2014–2016
MFA
Center for Cartoon Studies
Two-year program covering all aspects of cartooning. Concluded with a thesis project created over the second year.
Thesis advisor: Anders Nilsen
2013–2014
certificate
University of Washington
Certificate program focusing on botanical and wildlife art. Practied a variety of media: watercolor, ink, graphite, carbon dust, silverpoint, drafting film. Learned about plants, invertebrates, birds, and mammals.
2000–2004
BS, Technical Communication
University of Washington
In the Engineering Department, this program focused on clearly communicating with readers at different levels of expertise.
Publications
Maker Comics: Live Sustainably!
April 2021
First Second
Art by Les McClaine
Author.
Wrote the story and text, and designed eight projects to help a middle grade audience learn about sustainability.
Art by Les McClaine
Threadbare Memories
August 2021
Flying Dodo Publications
Creator, Designer.
Graphic novel publication of original webcomic: tmcomic.flyingdodostudio.com.
Successful Kickstarter.
Artema
Artist.
Comic written by Rachel Cholst.
Also, laid out the minicomics.
Awesome 'Possum
Volume 1, September 2014
Volume 2, January 2016
Volume 3, December 2016
Volume 4, December 2018
Flying Dodo Publications
Show Runner: Editor, Designer.
Natural science comic anthology that I curated, edited, and designed. Successfully funded through Kickstarter to cover artist payments and printing costs.
Volume 3 won gold at PubWest 2017 for Graphic Album—New Material, and won Self-Published Cover in Adult Nonfiction for the New York Book Show 2017.
Her Blood and Bone
January 2018
Flying Dodo Publications
Creator, Designer.
Collection of illustrations and flash fiction; 66 pages, black and white.
Successful Kickstarter.
The Most Costly Journey
September 2016
Vermont Folklife Center
Artist.
6-page comic based on a transcript from an interview with migrant farm workers in Vermont.
Provided with text in English and Spanish.
Blood Root, Issue #1
June 2014
Sawdust Bear Press (Shing Khor)
Artist.
Black-and-white illustration of the life cycle of Sanguinaria canadensis, bloodroot, the flower for which the comic anthology is named.
Experience
Design
Lettering and Layout
First Second, 2016 to present
2024: Clash of Clans, Books 3 and 4; Continental Drifter; History Comics: Hip Hop; History Comics: Prohibition; Karate Prom; Lunar New Year Love Story; Mia and Friends; Sweetness
2023: Bea Wolf; Belle of the Ball; Clash of Clans, Books 1 and 2; Dictatorship; The He-Man Effect; Homicide, Books 1 and 2; In Limbo; Look on the Bright Side; Monstrous; Now Let Me Fly; Ruined
2022: Demon in the Woods; Einstein; Forever Friends; The Greatest Thing; History Comics: Transcontinental Railroad; Shuna’s Journey (first pass of English layout from Japanese); So Much for Love; Why the People
2021: Big Apple Diaries; Bubble; Free Speech; Himawari House (including Korean characters); History Comics: Mustang; History Comics: American Bison; Horse Troubles; Jukebox
Twisting Time
2022
Lay out color PDF and black-and-white print books.
For Megan Archer, editor of the anthology.
Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest
2011–14, 2018–2024
Poetry broadside illustrations with a focus on nature. In 2021 and 2022, also laid out broadsides and zine collection of winners
Chelsea Green Publishing
Proofreader
Freelance
2022: At Work in the Ruins; The (Big) Year that Flew By; Wildcrafted Vinegar; The Small-Scale Poultry Flock, Revised Edition; Cider Planet; Birds, Beasts, and Bedlam
2021: Energetic Herbalism; Cold-Hardy Fruits and Nuts; Fermentation Journey; The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora
Marketing and Audio Editor
Freelance
December 2022–present
Edit marketing text such as cover copy and pamphlets.
Revise book manuscripts for audio-book recording, and review audio files against script.
Work includes The Meaning of Geese; Seed Detective; and What Remains?
Production Assistant
Freelance
February–December 2022
Ensure projects are produced on schedule and edit marketing text.
Work includes Seed Detective; Grass-Fed Beef; Hoofprints on the Land; Meaning of Geese; and What Remains?
Production Assistant
June 2015–August 2017
Copy edit manuscripts and ensure projects are produced on schedule.
Production management includes Gods, Wasps and Stranglers; Salted and Cured; and Tamed and Untamed
Copyediting includes Cheddar; The Essential Bernie Sanders; and Dreaming of Lions, new additions for reprint.
Proofreading includes Carbon Farming Solution; Horse-Powered Farming for the 21st Century; and Miracle Brew.
Illustrations include adaptable soil–food web illustration; four chapter-opening illustrations for Tamed and Untamed; and maps reproduced in Illustrator for The Bio-Integrated Farm.
Tyler Technologies
Senior Information Architect
April 2006–August 2014
Write help, including procedures and conceptual topics. Aid in user interface design. Design visual elements, such as button icons and flow charts. Write and create videos and interactive training for end users and internal users.