Whit Taylor: 2016 Year in Review
I have been largely absent from Tumblr this year, mostly because I’ve been super busy with life stuff, but I figured that I should post a comics year in review. Here’s what I was up to this year:
5 Cartoonists of Color on the Lack of Oscars Diversity (Fusion)
Finding Your Roots (The Nib)
Trump VS Clinton on Abortion (writer, The Nib)
Morning After, Resist Submission
(90′s Hillary Clinton image that I never used for an election comic)
In Reference To, Women’s Review of Books March/April 2016
Wallpaper (self-published)
Fizzle/Peter the Great #1 (self-published)
Friend or Foe, Adventure Time #5 (Writer, Boom!)
The Comics-Life Balance, Critical Chips (Shortbox)
Blerds and Bleeks Swarm Harlem’s Black Comic Book Festival (Hyperallergic)
A Comics Convention for the Unconventional: The Small Press Expo (NPR)
Up Down Clown (The Comics Beat)
Why Comix? Drawing the World You Want to See, Northeastern University
Autobiography, Identity, and Self-Reflection in Comics, Interference Archive
Drawing Battle Lines: Two Artists Talk Comics and Identity (w/ Kayla E.), Oberlin College
(At Oberlin w/ Nolan Boomer, Kayla E., and Ariel Miller)
Constructing the Self, Boston Comics Workspace
Wallpaper, Comics Carousel
(reading from Wallpaper at Carousel, picture via Summer Pierre)
Black Comic Book Festival
(w/ Marian Runk, Ben Passmore, and Neil Brideau (not pictured) )
(w/ Comics Workbook Crew: Sally Ingraham, Juan Fernandez, Alyssa Berg, Kurt Ankeny)
(w/ Alyssa Berg (not pictured) and clementine friend)
CXC 2016: Report Card (writer, Comics Workbook)
Nomination: Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize Short List for Best Web Comic of the Year (The Fabric of Appropriation)
Nomination: Autostraddle Comic and Sequential Art Award, Webcomic Single Story (Finding your Roots)
Society of Illustrators Comic and Cartoon Annual Juror- Short Form
Rob Kirby’s Top 20 Comics List - Honorable Mention (Wallpaper)
2016 was a rough year for many of us. For me, it was not as productive as I had hoped due to work and commuting challenges. Some of my projects stalled temporarily or went slower than I had hoped. And the election and sociopolitical climate was discouraging, maddening, you name it. On the plus side I got to know some great creators, traveled to some fun comics shows, and had the opportunity to talk about my work to some appreciative audiences. I feel fortunate for all of that.
I don’t know what’s in store for 2017. I’m trying to take it day by day. But in terms of comics, I am looking forward to some projects, including co-editing Comics for Choice with Hazel Newlevant and O.K. Fox, doing some more short webcomics, resuming some projects I had to put aside, and putting out a book later in the fall (details TBA).
May you all have a restful and peaceful holiday season and see you all next year!
