Katie Fricas

Katie Fricas is a cartoonist and bibliophile in New York City. She makes nonfiction essay comics on art, politics, oddities, and hidden histories for various publications and websites including The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, the Guardian, and Hyperallergic. Her comic series Checked Out, about almost a decade spent working in NYC’s oldest library, appears regularly on the website Spiralbound. Photo courtesy of Steven Menendez.

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