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The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American Stories
Short story collection. A new kind of Americana.

To be published from Drawn & Quarterly in May 2022.

Reviews:
Publishers Weekly

Awards:
​MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence 2022
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Nori
A little girl growing up in suburban Japan in the 1980s goes on many adventures with her grandma.  

​Drawn & Quarterly, May 2020

French edition from IMHO

Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
Ms. Magazine
​BuzzFeed
​World Literature Today
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Awards:
Ignatz Awards nomination
​MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence - Silver Medal 2018
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​Travel Plans for Travel Bans ​for The New Yorker Daily Shouts (January 2022)


​Big Pages
Stories on one big page. 
Size: W30"xH22"


Little Pages
Stories on one little page.
Size: A4 or smaller
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​Minicomics & Zines
Click to see more minicomics, zines, and handmade books.

  
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Carrie - A Leader
A short story about suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt for Votes for Women: The Battle for the 19th Amendment, an anthology of comics edited by Ally Shwed, published by Little Red Bird Press in August 2020.
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Insect Hunting (Konchusaishu) is a one-page sci-fi comic in Japanese created for Hon Hon Joki Issue 5, a literary zine published in Tokyo in Fall 2019. 
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Ganna Walska
​My response to The Nib’s take on women’s history month 2019. Four-panel comic about Madame Walska who created Lotusland, one of the best botanical gardens in the world.
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How I Deal with Vaginal Tears
A short essay comic about vaginal tears for BuzzFeed Reader.
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​Katie
A one-page comic about a teenage girl who has a special connection with her high school building. For Cicada November/December 2017 issue.
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All In the Family
A short story about a Japanese-American family during WWII written by Greg Leitich Smith in 2017. For the New Frontiers anthology by the Japanese American National Museum & Secret Identities, edited by Jeff Yang & Keith Chow.


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