Rina Ayuyang is an Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist based in Oakland, California. Stories from her self-published mini-comic series “Namby Pamby” were collected in the book Whirlwind Wonderland co-published by Sparkplug Comic Books and Tugboat Press. Her online comic, Beginning’s End was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Short Story. Her A Cartoonist’s Diary contribution on TCJ.com was chosen as a Silver medalist by the Society of Illustrators’ in the 2016 Comic and Cartoon Art Annual.
Rina has self-published comics such as Pet Project and Doodle DAZE, and contributed to various anthologies like Unicorn Mountain #3, Stripburger, and Runner Runner. She has exhibited at the Arlington Art Center, the Cartoon Art Museum, and been a cartoonist-in-residence at the Charles Schulz Museum. She also runs the comics imprint Yam Books, and plays the “nice” co-host on the comics podcast, The Comix Claptrap.
Works:
When the Dust Settles
Outta This Comes the Crazy
Whirlwind Wonderland
Emberley Galaxy
Namby Pamby
pet project
Overwhelming WOT-NOT
Doodle Daze
HAUSES
k.i.t.
Souvenir
Haiku Summer
Monkeywrench
Elevator Stories
The Vellum Laser Printer Experiment
Contributions to:
Interviews/Press:
Robot 6
The Comics Reporter
Inkstuds
David Wasting Paper
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Pittsburgh City Paper
20 Questions for Cartoonists