b. 1985 Ann Arbor, MI

Education

• Bachelor of Fine Art
  Visual Arts and Technology

  
  

  Cleveland Institute of Art

  2003–2008

Residencies

• Light Gray Art Labs Iceland Residency 2020

  
  

  Southwest Iceland

  2020

• Center for Cartoon Studies Fellowship

  
  

  White River Junction, VT

  2017–2018

• Mothers News Residency

  
  

  Providence, RI

  2017

Honors & Awards

• Ignatz Award Nomination

  "Outstanding Story," "Outstanding Comic,"

  Egg Cream no.1 - Liz Suburbia

  2019

• Ignatz Award Nomination

  "Outstanding Series," Ley Lines

  2018

• CXC Emerging Talent Award

  2016

• Most Remarkable Micro-Press (Czap Books)

  
  

  The Tiny Report Micro-Press Yearbook

  2015

• Best Webcomic SPACE Prize

  2011

• Eastman ’12-Bolton Memorial Prize

  2006

Publications

• Books, Long form work & Collections

  • Four Years Collected, vol. 1

    Czap Books

    2019

  • Fütchi Perf

    Uncivilized Books

    2017

  • Fütchi Perf

    Czap Books

    2015

  • Project: Ballad

    written by Michael Peterson, self-published

    2012–2014

  • A Lesson in Survival

    Czap Books

    2013

  • Birthday Surprise

    Czap Books

    2012

  • Spoilers

    self-published

    2006-2010

• Short Form

  • Four Years part 3

    Czap Books

    2019

  • Four Years part 2

    Czap Books

    2018

  • Four Years part 1

    Czap Books

    2018

  • “The Letting Go” Ley Lines no. 8

    Czap Books/Grindstone Comics

    2016

  • “The New Cast”

    Hazlitt

    2016

  • “Lyrics Sheet”

    self-published

    2014

  • “Fütchie Perf”

    self-published

    2013

  • “Pace 1 Dies With Both Eyes on the Jackpot”

    self-published

    2013

  • “He Fought Like a Tiger in a Trap,”

    w/ Cathy G. Johnson, self-published

    2013

  • Trigger 1-12

    self-published

    2012

  • “Need More”

    self-published

    2012

  • “Waffle”

    self-published

    2011

• Anthologies

  • “Homework”

    INK BRICK #10

    2019

  • “A Souvenir”

    Loving Richard’s Valley, Ubutopia Press

    2018

  • “The Last Time You Saw Cleveland”

    Cleveland SCENE vol 44, issue 28

    2015

  • “Neon Genesis Evangelion”

    I Was a Teenage Anime

    2013

  • “Kid Mind”

    Future Shock 4, Astro Plus Press

    2013

  • “Perf House”

    Cleveland SCENE vol 43, issue 28

    2013

  • “Opposite People”

    Lodaçal 7, Ruru Comix

    2012

  • “Nude Heaven”

    PUPPYTEETH 3, Czap Books

    2012

  • “Urban Legend”

    w/ Chad Lambert, District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington DC, Fulcrum

    2012

  • “Flipped Out Word”

    PUPPYTEETH 2, Czap Books

    2011

Juried Conventions

• Queer/Trans Zinefest

  Providence, RI

  2017–2018

• Toronto Comic Arts Festival

  Toronto, Ontario

  2011–2018

• Chicago Alternative Comics Expo

  Chicago, IL

  2012–2018

• Small Press Expo

  Bethesda, MD (invitation)

  2015–2018

• Comic Arts Los Angeles

  Los Angeles CA

  2015–2018

• Comics Crossroads Columbus

  Columbus, OH

  2015–2018 (’18 Featured Guest)

• Vancouver Comic Arts Festival

  Vancouver, British Columbia

  2017

• Queer Between the Covers

  Montreal, Quebec

  2016-2017

• Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo

  Providence, RI

  2014–2016 (’16 Special Guest)

• Comic Arts Brooklyn, Brooklyn

  NY

  2014, 2016, 2017

• Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo

  Cambridge, MA

  2016–2017

• Linework NW

  Portland, OR

  2016

• Paper Jam V

  Brooklyn NY

  2016

• Autoptic

  Minneapolis, MN

  2013, 2015

Panels

• “Spotlight on Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore (moderator)”

  CAKE, Chicago, IL

  2019

• “Inter-Generational Comics (moderator)”

  TCAF, Toronto, ON

  2019

• “More Life”

  TCAF, Toronto, ON

  2018

• “Genderfluidity, Technology and Futurism”

  SPX, Bethesda, MD

  2017

• “Spotlight on Liz Suburbia (moderator)”

  Comic Con, San Diego, CA

  2017

• “Industry Day”

  The Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, VT

  2017

• “Expanding Comics’ Conversations (moderator)”

  Paper Jazz, Brooklyn, NY

  2017

• “Possible Futures”

  RIPE, Providence, RI

  2016

• “Share and Tell: A Discussion on Curation”

  RIPE, Providence, RI

  2016

• “Indie Publishing: Make the Comics You Want to See”

  SPX, Bethesda, MD

  2016

• “Comics 101: How to Start Publishing Your Comics”

  TCAF, Toronto, ON

  2016

• “In the Studio”

  TCAF, Toronto, ON

  2016

• “It’s a Small, Small, Small Press World”

  SPX, Bethesda, MD

  2015

• “The Birth of a Fest”

  RIPE, Providence, RI

  2015

• “More Fit Than Print: Webcomics”

  RIPE, Providence, RI

  2014

• “District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C.”

  SPACE, Columbus, OH

  2013

• “Webcomics”

  SPACE, Columbus, OH

  2012

Group exhibitions

• “Comic And Cartoon Art Annual Special Format, Comic Strip, Long Form”

  Society of Illustrators — New York, NY

  2016

• “Housebroken”

  Zygote Gallery - Cleveland, OH

  2013

• “American Mangaka”

  Amakusa Cultural Exchange Center — Amakusa, Japan

  2013

Professional Service

• Inker, Typesetting

  White Bird by RJ Palacio, Knopf

  2019

• Colorist

  The Breakaways by Cathy G. Johnson, First Second

  2019

• Jury Member (Anonymous)

  Ignatz Awards

  2018

• Jury Member

  Slate Cartoonist Prize

  2018

• Publisher

  Czap Books

  2012–present

• Co-organizer

  Genghis Con Cleveland

  2013–2015

• Co-founder & Contributor

  Comix Cube

  2011–2013

• Instructor

  “The Art of Comix,” CIA Continuing Education

  2010–2011