Lucy Bellwood
Lucy Bellwood (born 1989) is an American cartoonist and illustrator known for her comics about tall ships and impostor syndrome, as well as her transparency about the economics of being a freelance artist.
Lucy Bellwood
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- 1989
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- United States
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- illustrator · cartoonist · comics artist
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Lucy Bellwood (born 1989) is an American cartoonist and illustrator known for her comics about tall ships and impostor syndrome, as well as her transparency about the economics of being a freelance artist.
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Her long-form work includes 100 Demon Dialogues, Baggywrinkles, the illustrations for How to Invent Everything by Ryan North, and the forthcoming Seacritters! (with writer Kate Milford). Other illustrations and shorter comics have been published by Google AI and in BuzzFeed and The Nib. 100 Demon Dialogues began in 2017 as Bellwood's project for a 100-day creative challenge. She posted entries online throughout the process, gaining a following that appreciated the universal nature of her inner critic, which she rendered in the comics as a small demon. Following the project's online success, Bellwood compiled the 100 comics into a book, published in 2018. Bellwood is also known for her transparency in discussing the financial realities of freelancing. She has published specifics of her income and expenses, spoken publicly about being on food stamps while being perceived as a successful artist, written about the effects of artwork going viral online, and discussed precarity and the central role of social media in a freelance artist's life.
Personal life
Personal life
Bellwood is from Ojai, California. She attended Reed College and is a member of the Portland, Oregon studio Helioscope.
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Life and career
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1989
Lucy Bellwood was born on 27 July 1989.
Books as cartoonist
Books as cartoonist
• Baggywrinkles: A Lubber's Guide to Life at Sea (self-published, 2016) • 100 Demon Dialogues (self-published, 2018) • Seacritters (forthcoming), with writer Kate Milford
Books as illustrator
Books as illustrator
• How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler (2018) by Ryan North (Riverhead Books) • Tell the Turning (2021) by Tara K. Shepersky (Bored Wolves) • Serpentine (2023) by Tara K. Shepersky (Bored Wolves)
Select comics and illustrations
• "Secret Life of Gitmo's Women" (2014), co-written with Sarah Mirk • "Flip the Switch" (2014), on floating in a sensory deprivation tank • "Down to the Seas Again" (2014) • "Definitely-Not-Filthy Sailing Terminology" (2015) • "Dance Yourself Clean" (2015), on social dance • "The Ornithology of the American Lesbian" (2015) • "A Week Aboard the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry" (2016) • "Mappin' the Floor: A Scientific High-Seas Adventure" (2017) • "What Does Wonder Woman Actually Represent?" (2017) • "Federated Learning" (2019) for Google AI, co-written with Scott McCloud, on the machine learning technique • "Who's Being Left Out?" (2021), on voter disenfranchisement in Oregon • "The Scale of a Man" in Drawn to the Sea: Maritime Stories From Savannah (2026), in collaboration with the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
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- “Lucy Bellwood”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Deresiewicz, William. The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech. Henry Holt and Co. 77. 28 July 2020. 9781250125521.
- 2.100 Demon Dialogues. Publishers Weekly. 23 April 2018.
- 3.Baggywrinkles: A Lubber's Guide to Life at Sea. Publishers Weekly. 4 July 2016.
- 4.HOW TO INVENT EVERYTHING. Kirkus Reviews. 27 June 2018.
- 5.Streckert, Joe. Ryan North's Long View Perspective in How to Invent Everything Curves Towards Hope For Humanity. Portland Mercury. 9 Oct 2018.
- 6.Rights Report: Week of October 19, 2020. Publishers Weekly. 20 October 2020.
- 7.Federated Learning. Google AI. May 2019.
- 8.Karlan, Sarah. The Ornithology of the American Lesbian. Buzzfeed. 30 April 2015.
- 9.Lucy Bellwood. The Nib. 28 May 2017.
- 10.Blazenhoff, Rusty. Cartoonist Lucy Bellwood captures the ways inner demons sabotage in her latest comic book. Boing Boing. 14 May 2018.
- 11.McMillan, Graeme. '100 Demon Dialogues' Creator on Creativity, Imposter Syndrome and the Need For Empathy. The Hollywood Reporter. 17 July 2018.
- 12.Dieker, Nicole. Talking to Adventure Cartoonist Lucy Bellwood About Income Tracking. The Billfold. 2 May 2017.
- 13.Bellwood, Lucy. The Financial Realities of Going Viral. Lucy Bellwood on Patreon. 22 November 2017.
- 14.Deresiewicz, William. Art has been brutalized by tech's giants. How can it survive?. MIT Technology Review. 23 December 2020.
- 15.Deresiewicz, William. The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech. Henry Holt and Co. 18–19,53,75,77,81–83,114,119,200–201,248,255,319. 28 July 2020. 9781250125521.
- 16.Wilson, Chris T. Bellwood Readies Book For Publication. Ojai Valley News. 26 April 2012.
- 17.Twelve for '12. Reed Magazine. September 2012.
- 18.Lucy Bellwood. Helioscope.
- 19.Serpentine by Tara K. Shepersky & Lucy Bellwood. Bored Wolves.
- 20.Mirk, Sarah. Secret Life of Gitmo's Women. Narratively. 12 February 2014.
- 21.Bellwood, Lucy. Flip the Switch. The Nib. 16 April 2014.
- 22.Bellwood, Lucy. Down to the Seas Again. The Nib. 4 November 2014.
- 23.Bellwood, Lucy. Definitely-Not-Filthy Sailing Terminology. The Nib. 28 February 2015.
- 24.Bellwood, Lucy. Dance Yourself Clean. The Nib. 8 March 2015.
- 25.Bellwood, Lucy. A Week at Sea with OHP. Lucy Bellwood | Medium. 2 December 2016.
- 26.Bellwood, Lucy. Mappin' the Floor. Lucy Bellwood | Medium. 25 January 2017.
- 27.Bellwood, Lucy. What Does Wonder Woman Actually Represent?. The Nib. 28 May 2017.
- 28.Terror, Jude. Google Teams With Lucy Bellwood and Scott McCloud for Comic Explaining Federated Learning. Bleeding Cool. 7 May 2019.
- 29.Bellwood, Lucy. New Comic: Federated Learning for Google. Lucy Bellwood. 8 May 2019.
- 30.Bellwood, Lucy. Who's Being Left Out?. Oregon Humanities. 27 April 2021.
- 31.Bellwood, Lucy. New Comic: The Scale of a Man. Lucy Bellwood. April 29, 2026.
- 32.Alverson, Brigid. Comic Shop Takes a Nautical Turn, Game Shop Quadruples Its Size, Community Rallies Around 98-Year-Old Retailer After Burglary. ICv2. May 22, 2026.
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