Sarah Andersen is an American cartoonist and illustrator, and the author of the webcomic ''

Sarah's Scribbles ''Sarah's Scribbles'' is a webcomic by Sarah Andersen started in 2011. Andersen initially published the webcomic on Tumblr, but has since released it on various services, such as Facebook, Instagram, Tapas and her own website. ''Sarah's Scribbles ...

''.

Biography

Andersen graduated from the

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(MICA) in 2014. While attending MICA, she started drawing the semi-autobiographic webcomic ''Sarah's Scribbles'' (previously called ''Doodle Time''). She won the

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in Best Graphic Novels & Comics three years in a row for ''Sarah's Scribbles''. In 2016, she won the Goodreads Choice Award for her debut book, '' Adulthood is a Myth''. She won in 2017 for her book ''Big Mushy Happy Lump'' and in 2018 for her book ''Herding Cats''. Andersen collaborated with the novelist

Andy Weir Andrew Taylor Weir (born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist and former computer programmer. His 2011 novel '' The Martian'' was adapted into the 2015 film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. He received the John W. Campbell Award for ...

on the graphic novel ''

Cheshire Crossing ''Cheshire Crossing'' is a fantasy webcomic written and originally illustrated by Andy Weir from 2006 to 2008, and later illustrated by Sarah Andersen for Tapas (syndicate), Tapas from 2017 to 2019. The latter version was published as a graphic ...

'', which was released in July 2019. Based on an earlier comic by Weir, the story follows

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from

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Dorothy Gale Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his ''Oz'' novels. She first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and reappears in most of its ...

from The Wizard of Oz, and

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from

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at a boarding school called "Cheshire Crossing." In late 2019, Andersen began releasing a supernatural romance webcomic called ''

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'' on the

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platform. In September 2020, ''Fangs'' was published as a book by

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. It became a ''

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'' Bestseller that month and a ''New York Times'' Bestseller in October 2020. In January 2020, Andersen painted a mural of her characters as part of a public art project in

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, but it was graffitied over within days. On December 31, 2022, she authored a guest essay in the New York Times about the rise of artificial graphist systems such as

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, pointing out threats it presents on graphic creators such as increased confusion, appropriation, reputational impact, income reduction. In January 2023, Andersen was listed as a plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against AI companies Stability AI,

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, and online art community

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Sarah American women cartoonists American webcomic creators Living people Maryland Institute College of Art alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American cartoonists 21st-century American women