About/Contact

Hi! I'm a cartoonist and illustrator from Japan, living in Queens, NY. I love telling stories and playing with ink and watercolors. I also like to hike and bike and be outdoors.

My Ignatz-nominated minicomics series Nori became my first book (Drawn & Quarterly, 2020). I am currently preparing my next book which is a short story collection called The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories (Drawn & Quarterly, May 2022).

I teach comics and illustration at Bergen Community College and School of Visual Arts.

Say hello:
contact@rumihara.com

Selected Clients:
BuzzFeed, Chicago Quarterly Review, Honya B&B, Hosei University Press, The New Yorker, The Nib, Isetan, Khloaris, Making Ideas Visible, Ogilvy & Mather, Post-it, SeeHearDraw, Studio Uni, VELOUR: The Drag Magazine

Awards:

Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo (MICE) Mini-Grant 2020 for Walking with Tammy Tabata
Short Run festival's Dash Grant 2019 for The Peanutbutter Sisters
Nominated for Ignatz Awards 2018: Outstanding Series for Nori and Promising New Talent for Nori and the Rabbits of the Moon
MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence - Silver Medal 2018
Illustrators 58 - Silver Medal (Society of Illustrators)
Illustrators 56 & 60 (Society of Illustrators)
American Illustration 32 & 33
3x3 Magazine Professional Show No. 12
3x3 Magazine Picture Book Show No. 11

Also on:
Instagram, Etsy

Links:
Women Who Draw
Cartoonists of Color

Articles:
Dash Grant
Publisher's Weekly
Drawn & Quarterly: Nori in Spring 2020
Times Ledger: Article by Tammy Schleppi

Panel:
San Diego Comic-Con 2021: Exploring Culture in Kids Comics

Interviews:
VanCAF Online 2020 Spotlight: Rumi Hara (YouTube)
Gutter Boys: Autoptic 2020 with Rumi Hara (Apple Podcast)
We Need More Diverse Books - Nori
LVL3 Media
Photocircle
District, The Student Voice of SCAD