7 creators in coming-of-age
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Dave Baker
Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist and writer known for his hybrid graphic novels, punk-infused coming-of-age stories, and the acclaimed Mary Tyler Moorehawk.
Justin Richards
Oregon-based non-binary writer creating emotionally resonant comics about adolescence
Mariko Tamaki
Eisner Award-winning Canadian writer behind This One Summer, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Roaming, and Skim.
Nicole Goux
Eisner Award-nominated illustrator and cartoonist known for her work with DC Comics, Silver Sprocket, and collaborations with Dave Baker on books like Punk'N Heads and Forest Hills Bootleg Society.
Paco Jones
Indie author since 1997, crafting stories across genres from military fiction to coming-of-age
Jillian Tamaki
Caldecott Honor-winning Canadian-American cartoonist and illustrator whose books with cousin Mariko Tamaki — Skim, This One Summer, and Roaming — have become modern classics of the graphic novel form.
Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
Eisner, Ignatz, and Harvey Award-winning Spanish-American cartoonist and illustrator known for Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Don't Go Without Me, and her luminous, boundary-pushing comics and illustration.