Liz Yerby is a cartoonist based out of Portland, Oregon. They make comics, and are self-published as well as contribute to anthologies. They have been a key organizer for the Portland Zine Symposium since 2017, and regularly do workshops on art-making with adults and youth.  

They can be found elsewhere on the internet on instagram, etsy, and  tumblr.

EDUCATION

  • Graduate, 2015, Independent Publishing Resource Center Comics Certificate Program, Portland, OR

  • B.A. in Russian, 2013, Portland State University, Portland, OR

GRANTS

  • 2021 Make|Learn|Build Grant Recipient (through the Regional Arts & Culture Council)

  • 2021 Multnomah County Cultural Coalition (For Portland Zine Symposium 2021)

  • 2019 Multnomah County Cultural Coalition (For Portland Zine Symposium 2019)

  • 2018 Precipice Fund Grant, (for Portland Zine Symposium 2018), Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Art/Precipice Fund/Calligram Foundation

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS

PUBLICATIONS: SOLO WORK

  • The New Yerby (Spring 2023), self-published, 2023

  • The New Yerby (Spring 2022), self-published, 2022

  • Big Cats, self-published, 2021

  • The New Yerby (Spring 2021), self-published, 2021

  • The New Yerby (Spring 2020), self-published, 2020

  • The New Yerby (Summer 2019), self-published, 2019

  • The New Yerby (Spring 2018), self-published, 2018

  • City Mouse, self-published, 2017

  • Marcie is Still Worried, self-published, 2017

  • Sir, is This Love?, self-published, 2016

  • The New Yerby (Fall 2016), self-published, 2016

  • What Marcie Worries About, self-published, 2015

  • Suck it Picasso, 32-page comic, self-published, 2015

PUBLICATIONS: COMICS AND ILLUSTRATION CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Pallor Pink, Dark Legacy, 2023

  • Changing the Narrative, 2022

  • Somnambulist #35: Mardi Gras Wedding, 2021

  • Is It Just Me or Are We Nailing This?: Essays on BoJack Horseman, 2020

  • Somnambulist #33: How to Survive the Portland Winter, Illustrations, 2019

  • Sweaty Palms vol. 2, 2018

  • 1001 Journal, issue 4, 2018

  • DIY Resistance: 36 Ways to Fight Back!, 2018

  • 1001 Journal, issue 3, 2017

  • Vision Quest #5 - #9, 2016 - 2017

  • 1001 Journal, issue 2, 2016

  • Zine Futurisms, a PZS anthology, 2016

  • Comics Editor, 1001 Journal, issue 1, 2015

  • Illustrator, City on a hill: Legends and Tales of Nizhny Novgorod, published by Ooligan press, 2013

  • Cover art, Pathos Literary Magazine, Spring 2011

PUBLICATIONS: SOUND GROUNDS WRECKIN' CREW ANTHOLOGIES, CONTRIBUTOR AND EDITOR

  • Klaus Nomi, 2022

  • Dolly Pardon, 2021

  • Important Dog calendar, 2020

  • Working Kirk, 2019

  • 4 Fragile 4ever, 2019

  • 3 Fragile 3 Furious, 2018

  • Creatures in Orbit, 2017

  • Hometowns,  2017

  • Still Fragile,  2017

  • Movie Night,  2016

  • Important Cats, 2016

  • A Fragile Bundle, 2016

COMICS, ZINE AND ART FESTIVALS

  • Portland Zine Symposium, September 2024

  • Zine Not Dead Fest, Chicago, IL, June 2024

  • Short Run, November 2023

  • Portland Zine Symposium, October 2023

  • CAKE, Chicago,IL, June 2023

  • VanCAF, Vancouver, B.C., May 2023

  • Short Run, November 2022

  • Toronto Comics Art Festival, May 2021 (virtual event)

  • Virtual Canzine, 2020

  • Comix Thing  (a quarterly event held in Portland)

  • Ink & Drink (live drawing event, multiple times), Portland, OR

  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland, OR, July 2019

  • LA Zinefest, Los Angeles, CA, May 2019

  • Cozy Zines: A fall pop-up sale, November 2018

  • Euzine fest, Eugene, OR, November 2018

  • CANZINE, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 2018

  • Short Run, Seattle, WA, November 2018

  • Olympia Zine fest, Olympia, WA, October 2018

  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland, OR, July 2018

  • Spring for Zines, Seattle, WA, April 2018

  • Euzine fest, Eugene, OR, November 2017

  • Canzine, Vancouver B.C., November 2017 

  • Short Run Seattle, Seattle, WA, November 2017 

  • Olympia Zine Fest, Olympia, WA, October 2017 

  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland, OR, July 2017 

  • Crafty Wonderland, Portland, OR, December 2016 

  • Euzine fest, Eugene, OR, November 2016 

  • Short Run, Seattle, WA, November 2016

  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland, OR, July 2016

  • New Orleans Comics and Zine Fest, New Orleans, LA, 2015

  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland, OR, July 2015

  • Bellingham Comics Arts Festival, Bellingham, WA, 2015

  • LA Zine Fest, Los Angeles, CA, 2015

  • New Orleans Comics and Zine Fest, New Orleans, LA 2014

  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland, OR,  2014

  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland, OR,  2013

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

COMICS PERFORMANCES

ORGANIZING

  • Organizer, Comics Club (A monthly comics reading series) July 2022 - present

  • Organizer, Portland Zine Symposium 2017-present

  • Organizer, Portland Comic Book Month 2019

PRESS

TEACHING

  • Guest Lectured single sessions of classes at Portland State University, Pacific Northwest College of Art, and Oregon College of Art and Craft

  • Virtual series: Mark Making & Comics Appreciation (May 2021)

  • Sock Darning Party at Grover’s Curiosity shop (Winter 2022-2023)

  • Virtual art classes through the pandemic: Being Kind to Your Art (July 2020), Pandemic Art Class (July 2020), Shrinky Dinks (January 2021), Watercolor Exploration (February 2021)

  • 2019 Field of View Mentor with Public Annex

  • Teaching a week-long comics class to middle schoolers at the IPRC, August 2019

  • Diary Comics with Outlet PDX, May 2019

  • Facilitated a class on art and repetition with Public Annex, April 2019

  • Portland Children's Museum's leading drop-in activities around comics, watercolor painting, and observational drawing with children (primarily children under six) and their caregivers (weekly, October 2015 - November 2018)

  • Taught two classes for Miss Anthology for 2018, Character Development and Coloring

  • Facilitated a Zine Workshop at Siren Nation Festival 2017

  • Led a shrinky dink workshop at Olympia Zine Fest 2017

  • Led several zine workshops with teens at SMYRC in Portland, OR (2017-2018)

  • Facilitated a one-day class with Miss Anthology on Character Development in 2017

  • Facilitating workshops around making zines, button making and shrinky dinks with the Portland Zine Symposium

  • Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) teaching one-time workshops on InDesign, Book Production and Zines 101. Led two sessions of their Kids Comics class series.

  • Completed a three-month internship helping with English Classes to students age 16-19 in Nizhny Novgorod Russia

  • Sun School Program With a team of other teachers helped teach a music class after-school to Kindergartners and First Graders

DESIGN WORK

  • Poster Design for Risk/Reward event, 2024

  • Poster design for the Community Cycling Center, 2019

  • Logo for Olympia Zine Fest, 2017

  • Design work for Portland's Russian sister city association, the Portland-Khabarovsk Sister City Association, 2016

  • Independent Publishing Resource Center, Window displays, illustrations, book production, 2014-2016

  • Cinema 21, Poster Design and installation piece design for Kickstarter, 2015

  • Museum of Contemporary Craft, Card Design for volunteer corps, 2013

  • Rocket 3, Album art, 2014

  • Private Clients: Pet portraits, Wedding announcements, custom jewelry, portraits, book design and production