Liz Prince


Liz Prince is an American comics creator, noted for her sketchbook-style autobiographical comics. Prince initially started publishing on her own on the internet and later became a published author with Top Shelf Comics. She currently lives in Maine.

Biography

Prince was born in Boston and grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As a young person, she played Little League baseball in Santa Fe.
Prince released her first book, Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed? in 2005, published by Top Shelf Productions. The book won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Debut.
In 2012, Prince lent her talents to help support the Boston Ladyfest, which worked to raise money for the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund and create a "lasting network for creative feminists in Boston and beyond."
In 2014, she released Alone Forever, a collection of autobiographical short comics centered on dating and relationships.
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir was published on August 26, 2014 by Zest Books. The memoir explores what it means to be female and describes Prince's struggle with gender issues. This memoir is told through short, related stories starting from Prince's early childhood experiences and ending when Prince is a teenager and has slowly learned to define herself as a woman on her own terms. Prince signed copies of Tomboy at New England Comics in Harvard Square during the 2014 Free Comic Book Day.
She has also published or contributed to several zines, minicomics, and anthologies including Subcultures: A Comics Anthology. Prince has occasionally contributed to comic adaptations of Adventure Time and Regular Show. She was the writer of a four-issue comic book limited series adaptation of 'Clarence' with art by Evan Palmer, published in 2015.

Critical reception

Tomboy received a starred review from Kirkus ''Reviews''. It also received the following accolades:
  • Independent Publisher Book Awards for Graphic Novel/±Drawn Book - Drama/Documentary Gold Medal
  • Young Adult Library Services Association's Great Graphic Novels for Teens
  • American Library Association's top ten for the Amelia Bloomer Book List
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics

    Podcast appearances

  • Prince appeared on Bad At Sports episode 191 on August 26, 2009.
  • Prince co-hosted the Razorcake Podcast episode #217 on June 22, 2012.
  • Prince appeared on The Mostly Harmless Podcast on June 9, 2015.
  • Prince appeared on Everything's Coming Up Podcast to discuss The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Rival" on November 24, 2015.
  • Prince appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on January 20, 2016.

    Graphic novels

  • Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed?
  • Delayed Replays
  • Alone Forever
  • Tomboy
  • Be Your Own Backing Band
  • ''Look Back And Laugh''

    Boom! Studios

  • Clarence #1-4
  • Coady and the Creepies ''#1-4''

    Minis

  • Comic/Cumulus
  • WYSLM mini
  • Delayed Replays
  • Delayed Replays Vol. 2
  • I Was A Teenage Comic Nerd
  • Delayed Replays Vol. 3
  • I Swallowed The Key To My <3 #1
  • I Swallowed The Key To My <3 #2
  • I Swallowed The Key To My <3 #3

    Anthologies

  • Rag Tag antho
  • Papercuts Machine
  • True Porn 2
  • Hey 4-Eyes! #2
  • Papercutter #2
  • VICE Magazine Comics Issue
  • Project:Romantic
  • You Ain't No Dancer vol. 2
  • Elfworld vol. 1
  • Foursquares
  • Papercutter #5
  • I Saw You... Comics Inspired by Real-Life Missed Connections
  • So This Is What It's Come To... a comic zine about the trials and tribulations of Ok Cupid
  • Papercutter #16
  • Razorcake #67
  • As You Were: A Punk Comix Anthology #1-3

    Interviews

Category:1981 births
Category:21st-century American women
Category:American female comics writers
Category:American female comics artists
Category:Artists from Boston
Category:Artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico
Category:Ignatz Award winners
Category:Living people