D Wang Shi Zhao

OPEN FOR WORK!

D Wang is a queer Chinese-Michigander illustrator and designer in Brooklyn. They’re also helping to run DICE, the Ditmas Indie Comics Extravaganza!

Their non-profit work includes the Center for Urban Pedagogy, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Understood (coming soon).

Their branding work includes Ritesh Gupta, the founder of Useful School and Forest Fire, a women-led production company.

Their passion projects include comics and zines and Insatiable, an ongoing project about Reddit hookups. 

Resume | LinkedIn | dwangzhao@gmail.com

Zines, Comics, and Much much more! 




“Casual” 

2019-2024, 60 pages

An autobiographical comic about the film “Painful Secrets”, and the whiteness of suburban teen coming-of-age stories. 

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“Dog Walker”

2018, 12 pages

An absurdist comic about a dog walker and a dog named butt-butt who will do anything for ice cream.

COMING SOON!

“Sad Puppy’s Guide to Being Sad”
 

2019, comic zine

A comic zine/self-help workbook for helping you work through being sad. 

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Arc’teryx Makes Clothes for Cops

2022, comic zine

The dystopia of coveting a $500 Arctery’x jacket.

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“You Can’t Just Say ‘Bonjour’ For Everything”

2023, comic zine

A Montréal travel zine about bagels, nice stationery store owners, subpar poutine, and stolen passports.

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“Why I Make Comic Zines”

2020, comic zine

Created during the early days ofthe pandemic, I recount the intimacy and preciousness of creating a personal magazine with my sibling.

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Crabbing

2023, comic zine

A former vegan gets invited to go crabbing with 叔叔 (uncle) and eats seafood for the first time in five years. 

COMING SOON!

“I’ll Miss You When You’re Gone”

2021, comic zine

A love letter to our family dog Rocky, who passed in early 2022. 

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