Draft:Joey Alison Sayers
Joey Alison Sayers | |
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| Website | jsayers |
Joey Alison Sayers is a cartoonist.
Her works include full-length books, comic strips, and minicomics. Her work has also been published in multiple anthologies, including The Best American Nonrequired Reading (2005)[1] and The Best American Comics (2011).[2] Her comic strips have been published on GoComics and The Nib, as well as in Mad. Her comic strip Thingpart has been published in numerous locations, including Portland Mercury, Washington City Paper, and Internazionale.[3] The strip was a finalist for the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Online Comic annually from 2006 to 2009, inclusive.[4][5]
As of 2026, Sayers lives with her wife and children in Oakland, California.[3] Sayers is transgender.[6][7]
Awards and honors
[edit]| Work | Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| Just So You Know #1 | 2009 | Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic | Finalist | |
| Thingpart | 2006 | Ignatz Award for Outstanding Online Comic | Finalist | [4] |
| 2007 | Ignatz Award for Outstanding Online Comic | Finalist | [5] | |
| 2008 | Ignatz Award for Outstanding Online Comic | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Ignatz Award for Outstanding Online Comic | Finalist |
Books
[edit]- Just So You Know #1. Self-published. 2009.
- Just So You Know #2. Self-published. 2010.
- Stupid Dreams. 1984 Printing. 2011.
References
[edit]- ↑ Eggers, Dave, ed. (2005). The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-57047-8.
- ↑ Bechdel, Alison; Abel, Jessica; Madden, Matt, eds. (2011). The Best American Comics 2011. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-547-33362-5.
- 1 2 "About". jsayers.com. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- 1 2 "2006 Ignatz Awards". Hahn Library. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- 1 2 "2007 Ignatz Awards". Hahn Library. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ Hall, Justin (2013-08-03). No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics. Fantagraphics Books. ISBN 978-1-60699-718-5.
- ↑ Clough, Rob (2011-12-19). "Gay Genius". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2026-09-24.