about Janice Liu

Janice Liu is a children's comic artist and author in Vancouver, BC. Her graphic novel with Naomi Cui, Chicken Soup & Goji Berries 中药鸡汤, was a 2020 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award finalist, and a Gene Day Award nominee.

Janice is also an art instructor, and has enjoyed teaching children's art for over 10 years. She programs and teaches kids’ art classes at her art school, Young Artists’ Place.

Janice's digital illustrations simulate the look of real ink and watercolour, and combine commercial cartooning with the look of Chinese ink painting. Her past clients as an artist include: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), University of Toronto, and the City of Vancouver.

Contact

Email Janice at:

janice@janiceliu.com

You can also find me on instagram: janiceliuart. Other social media links are listed on my linktree!

For book-related inquiries, you can contact my agent, Dan Lazar at Writers House:

dlazar@writershouse.com

graphic novels

• Chicken Soup & Goji Berries (Cloudscape Comics, 2019) Writer: Naomi Cui, Art: Janice Liu

Anthologies & published comic shorts

• Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids, Issue #85 (2023)
• Comics in Transit: Post-Pandemic Hopes (Public comic art display on Granville Island, 2021)
• Wayward Sisters: An Anthology of Monstrous Women (TO Comix Press, 2018)
• Augur Magazine, Issue 1.3 (2018)
• Living Hyphen, Issue 1: Entrances & Exits (2018)
• Augur Magazine, Preview Issue (2017)

recent Teaching positions

• Young Artists’ Place, Owner-operator & Teaching Artist (aug 2016 - present)
• Place des Arts, Creative Writing Instructor (sep 2018 - dec 2021)

Articles

• Interview with Cold Tea Collective
• Instructor profile at Place des Arts
• How I made "Float" for Augur Magazine
• Comicosity's coverage of Wayward Sisters comic anthology
• Creating "Chicken Soup" with Naomi Cui and Project 40 Collective

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