D Wang 
Shi Zhao


Designer and illustrator working for digitally-native and socially-driven projects. 

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Comics, zines, and comic zines


Medium-format comics & zines:

To The Cat I Loved Before (2025)
A circular, fold-out comic about my late cat Doudou and the stray cats that reminded me of her. When unfolded, you see a watercolor painting of her.
The Runner (2026) NSFW
When your driving motivation is to be dominated, how far can your body and boundaries be pushed?  
Casual (2019-2024) 60 pages
An autobiographical comic about the film “Painful Secrets”, and the whiteness of suburban teen coming-of-age stories. 
I Just Want to be the Wounded Animal Underneath Your Large Heaving Body (2024) 16 pages NSFW
A collaged comic zine created in response to the brutalization of pro-Palestinian student protestors, it explores ritualized and forced submission, race play, and the subspace underneath it all.
Come Back to Me (2024)
Written while my cat was slowly dying, this comic earnestly confronts the grief of detereoration.  

Mini comic zines: 

“Why I Make Comic Zines” (2020)
Created during the early days of the pandemic, this uncovers the first collaborative zine I ever made.

“Sad Puppy’s Guide to Being Sad” (2019)
A comic zine/self-help workbook for helping you work through being sad.

Arc’teryx Makes Clothes for CopsArc’teryx Makes Clothes for Cops (2022)
The dystopia of coveting a $500 Arctery’x jacket.


You Can’t Just Say ‘Bonjour’ For Everything (2023)
A Montréal travel zine about bagels, nice stationery store owners, subpar poutine, and stolen passports.

“I’ll Miss You When You’re Gone” (2021)
A love letter to our family dog Rocky, who passed in early 2022.


Last updated on June 1st, 1215 EST