About

Noella Whitney is a comic artist and illustrator presently residing in the Eastern US. Noella graduated the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2015 with a BFA in Illustration and is fluent in English and Japanese. They are an instructor at the Baltimore Academy of Illustration (BAI). They are most interested in stories of character-driven conflicts played out on a larger stage, how we live with consequences of our actions, finding human connection, and wrapping it all up in exciting tales of adventure. Noella enjoys hiking, backpacking, traveling through the quiet parts of foreign countries, working in the woods, a smooth bourbon, cooking meals for others, befriending every cat in the world, and making things by hand.

Awards

Prism Comics Award, 2018, Short Form category, TO MEASURE (Source: Prism Comics)

Prism Comics Award, 2018, Anthology category, DATES, An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction, Volume 2, contributed work: MANTLE. Published by Margins Publishing (Source: Prism Comics)

Prism Comics Award, 2021, Small/Midsize Press category, TO CUT (Source: Prism Comics)

The above works have selected pages on this site, with the exception of TO MEASURE, which has the full comic.