narrative art

2026

the bidding (2026)

assignment prompt was to create a narrative comic based on an existing piece of media. i chose tally hall’s “the bidding” (2005) and depicted a dystopian society where men are bid off at human auctions

Hand-drawn comic-style scenes showing auction signs, a city street, an auction hall, and children bidding with numbered paddles.
Hand-drawn comic collage featuring a person sleeping in a cardboard box, drinking liquor, holding a small dog, numbered balloons, auction signs, and humorous illustrated scenes with handwritten captions.
Hand-drawn storyboard collage featuring people, travel scenes, an airport ticket, a crowd, and handwritten captions about romance and heartbreak.
Hand-drawn collage satirizing social status, wealth, and dating, featuring a graduate with a certificate, chess pieces, a queen fantasy, auction bids, newspaper headlines, and swimsuit models.

summer strike (2026)

comic i drew about a nerdy kid who goes to summer camp but he’s too scared scared to reveal that he likes playing dnd

Hand-drawn dragon with wings and a long tail, labeled “Jo: Sophie & Andrew.”
Watercolor comic panel showing a child standing in a doorway while a distressed parent watches through a camera screen.
Watercolor comic page showing a bespectacled young man, a woman offering reassurance, people leaving beside a car, a highway tunnel, forest roads, and the man riding in a vehicle.
Watercolor comic page depicting a child’s Camp Acadia map with labeled landmarks and a conversation between two children.
Hand-drawn watercolor comic of a bespectacled student greeting classmates at a school activity, followed by a group portrait of diverse students wearing white shirts and name tags.
Watercolor illustration of diverse people gathered around a world map, with dragons, giant eyes, and speech bubbles reading “But we do have...” and “DADDY.”

ALL LIMITS OF DISGUISE (2026)

comic i drew about a girl who steals her girlfriend’s thesis idea

Hand-drawn cover titled “All Limits of Disguise,” featuring flowering branches, two girls holding hands, fruit, and handwritten credits.
Handwritten title page reading “To: Bloom & Winnie,” with a simple flower drawing and a note that the story’s events are unrelated to either person.
Hand-drawn comic showing two girls meeting in high school, playing violin and piano together, and viewing a chess tournament rankings board.
Black-and-white comic illustration of two college students walking past a Gothic campus building and apple trees, with speech and narration about senior theses.
Black-and-white illustration of a student researching and writing a thesis, surrounded by philosophy books, handwritten notes, coffee, and medication; caption reads, “All I could think about was my thesis.”
Black-and-white hand-drawn comic page showing two female students discussing thesis research, philosophy, and parallels between Beauvoir and Epicurus’s views on death.
Hand-drawn manga-style comic page showing a girl walking past another girl, a sign reading “STOP,” and the girl later sitting alone on a train; inset panels depict expressive eyes and the caption “Suddenly, I have no idea what to say to her.”
Black-and-white manga-style collage showing a young woman in various scenes, including studying, walking with a friend, writing, using a computer, and embracing another girl.
Black-and-white hand-drawn comic page showing a woman in bed brainstorming a thesis idea, surrounded by artwork, with a thesis notebook on a desk.
Black-and-white hand-drawn comic page showing a long-haired woman holding a thesis proposal labeled “Kafka,” with smaller panels of her sleeping, studying, and cluttered academic workspace.