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Ali Fitzgerald | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 (age 42–43) |
| Notable work | Regular comics in The New Yorker
Hungover Bear (McSweeneys) Underground Artists (McSweeneys) Drawn to Berlin (Fantagraphics) Squeak Chatter Bark (Fantagraphics) |
| Awards | Independent Publisher’s award for best graphic book of 2019 (Drawn to Berlin) |
| Website | https://www.alifitzgerald.com/ |
Ali Fitzgerald (born 1983) is an American comic author, journalist and artist. She is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.[1] In 2018, she published Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe, a graphic non-fiction book about the diverse experiences of exile in Berlin, with Fantagraphics.[2][3] It was listed as one of the best comics of 2018 by Vulture[4] and won the Independent Publisher's Gold award for best graphic book of 2019.[5]
Scholars of memory studies have commented on the ways in which Drawn to Berlin constructs "multidirectional memory spaces"[6] or on how her work on seescapes in the book expands "the political and ethical purview of the normative refugee imaginary."[7]
Biography
[edit]Ali Fitzgerald was born in 1983 in Oakland, California. She studied art and creative writing at Davidson College in North Carolina (2000–2004), where she drew regularly for the college newspaper, The Davidsonian. She attended a residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, before going to University of Texas (2004–2007), where she got an MFA in painting. She moved to Berlin, Germany, in 2009, where she wrote for Art21.[8] In 2020, she attended a comic-artist residency at the Maison des Auteurs in Angoulême, France.[9]
Works
[edit]- "Hungover Bear and Friends," McSweeney's, 2013–2016.[10][11]
- "Bermuda Square," The Cut, 2016–2017.[12]
- "America!" The New Yorker, since 2018.[13]
- Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe, Fantagraphics, 2018.[14]
- Réfugiés à Berlin, Editions Presque-Lune, 2019.[15]
- "The Museum of Purgatory," The New Yorker, December 21, 2020.[16]
- "Vanishing Panels: The secret history of Patricia Highsmith’s career in comics," The New Yorker, December 18, 2023.[17]
- Squeak Chatter Bark. An Eco-Mystery, Fantagraphics, 2025.[18]
- "JJ Sempé, Deity of Whimsy," The New Yorker, December 15, 2025.[19]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ali Fitzgerald". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "Drawn To Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe". Fantagraphics. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ Lehoczky, Etelka (2018-11-07). "Capturing Europe's Refugee Crisis Through Comics". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ Riesman, Abraham (2018-12-07). "The 10 Best Comics of 2018". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "2019 Medalists Cat 1-35". ippyawards.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ Precup, Mihaela (2026-04-24). "Graphic storytelling and the construction of multidirectional memory spaces in Ali Fitzgerald's Drawn to Berlin: comic workshops in refugee shelters and other stories from a New Europe". Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. 0 (0). Routledge: 1–17. doi:10.1080/21504857.2026.2655234. ISSN 2150-4857.
- ↑ Sethi, Arundhati (2025-09-03). "Re-examining the refugee seascape in comics: a plural-relational optics in Ali Fitzgerald's Drawn to Berlin". Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. 16 (5). Routledge: 811–826. doi:10.1080/21504857.2025.2486382. ISSN 2150-4857.
- ↑ Schuddeboom, Bas. "Ali Fitzgerald". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "Horizons, l'exposition des auteurs en résidence – Littératures mode d'emploi" (in Belgian French). Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "Ali Fitzgerald". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "Ali Fitzgerald - McSweeney's Internet Tendency". McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Ali (2016-05-16). "Introducing 'Bermuda Square,' the Cut's New Comic Strip for Women". The Cut. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "Ali Fitzgerald". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "Drawn To Berlin: Comic Workshops In Refugee Shelters And Other Stories From A New Europe". Fantagraphics. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "ALI FITZGERALD". Presque lune. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Ali (2020-12-21). "The Museum of Purgatory". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Ali (2023-12-18). "Patricia Highsmith's Vanishing Panels, by Ali Fitzgerald". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ↑ "Squeak Chatter Bark: An Eco-Mystery". Fantagraphics. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Ali (2025-12-15). "Ali Fitzgerald on J. J. Sempé". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
External links
[edit]- Ali Fitzgerald's website.
- Ali Fitzgerald's page on Lambiek Comiclopedia.
- Interview with Ali Fitzgerald, by Allyson McCabe, The Rumpus, November 5, 2018.
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