about
Janice Liu is a children's comic artist. 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's digital illustrations simulate the look of real ink and watercolour, and combine commercial cartooning with the look of Chinese ink painting.
In 2021, Janice was a participating artist in Comics In Transit, partnering with Cloudscape Comics and the City of Vancouver. Her comic examining anti-Asian racism during Covid-19 was displayed in bus shelters across Metro Vancouver.
Janice also programs and runs kids’ art classes at her art school, Young Artists’ Place.
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
Published graphic novels
- Chicken Soup & Goji Berries (Cloudscape Comics, 2019) Writer: Naomi Cui, Art: Janice Liu
Anthologies & published comic shorts
- 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