About Leda Zawacki

Artist

États-Unis

Adventure/Detective, Author’s Graphic Novel, Fantastic, Sci-Fi

Teen, Adult

Leda Zawacki is a queer cartoonist and the co-owner of Tooth Saint, a handcrafted leather and accessory brand. With over 20 years of comic-making experience, Leda merges digital and analog drawing techniques, with a strong focus on queer narratives. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies. Her work includes the graphic novel Little Gods, published by Tinto Press in 2017; a contribution to the award-nominated Votes for Women anthology in 2020; and the Ignatz-nominated mini-comic The Drain Pipe (2021). Leda is also a two-time recipient of the MICE Mini Grant, for her projects The Swinging Bridge (2018) and The Stain (2021).