CAKE 2026 Application

Here are my comics submissions for CAKE 2026!

Have A Good Life (2025)

A memoir comic about taking a cross-country bus trip to get closer to the feeling of being an outsider.

Sample pages (click to enlarge)

The Year That Answers: A collection of Diary Comics (2025)

A collection of daily comics about living through a year of uncertainty and grief.

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Daruma Adventure (2025)

The adventure of a monkey named San-san who wishes to see her grandparents again through riding an mysterious train.

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No Word Island (2024)

No Word Island is a comic that challenges the convention of how non-English words are depicted in immigrant comics, and explores the limit of language and the power of visual imagination. 

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Everything Is Beautiful, And I’m Not Afraid (2020)

A collection of comics about queer coming-of-age, belonging, and love. Serialized on Autostraddle from 2023-2025. Published by Andrews McMeel in 2020.

Comics In Print

Sample printed comics (click to enlarge)

Work In Progress

Alien Sketchbook

A memoir comic about language, immigration, and art. A teenager who doesn’t speak English well makes friends and expresses herself through sketchbook drawings. Planned for debut in 2026.