Lawrence Lindell Explained

Lawrence Lindell
Birth Date:4 February 1988
Education:
  • Otis College of Art and Design
  • California College of The Arts
Occupation:Cartoonist, author, musician, educator and artist
Notableworks:From Truth With Truth ,
Couldn’t Afford Therapy, So I Made This,
From Black Boy With Love,
The BAYlies

Lawrence Lindell (born February 4, 1988) is an American cartoonist, speaker, and musician. He has written autobiographical comics including From Truth With Truth and Couldn’t Afford Therapy, So I Made This.[1] [2] His work covers mental health issues, blackness, and queerness.[3] He lives in the Bay Area, California.[4] Lindell is open about living with bipolar depression and PTSD; two of the main themes of his work. He has a forthcoming middle-grade graphic novel called Buckle Up due out in August 2024 with Random House Graphic.[5] His 2023 graphic novel Blackward, with Drawn and Quarterly,[6] was shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Graphic Novel[7] and nominated for the 2024 Eisner Awards for Best Publication for Teens.[8]

Early life and education

Lindell is from Compton, California and grew up in various cities in Los Angeles County. [9] He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Otis College of Art and Design, where he majored in illustration and animation. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Comics from California College of the Arts in 2020.[10]

Career

In 2017, he produced the autobiographical comic Couldn’t Afford Therapy, So I Made This[11] and From Black Boy With Love which gained media attention from outlets including Huffington Post,[12] Afropunk,[13] Atlanta Black Star,[14] and NowThis.

In 2018 he published The Section, which is a web comic about blackness.[15] He started the comics archive/collective The BAYlies.[10] [16]

In 2020 Lindell self published his graphic memoir "From Truth With Truth",[1] [17] that deals with how he navigated his mental health issues, parents divorce and healing.[1] His Kickstarter campaign for The BAYlies magazine anthology (a comics magazine that features Bay Area based cartoonists of color and queer cartoonists) was successfully funded.[10] [18] Lindell and cartoonist Breena Nuñez started the small press Laneha House.[10] [16] [19] [20]

In 2021 Lindell's graphic memoir "From Truth With Truth" was nominated for The Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics[21] and the Believer Book Award long list for Graphic Narrative.[22] He signed on to publish his middle-grade Graphic novel "Buckle Up" with Random House Graphic, which is due out in 2024.[5]

In 2022 Lindell and Breena Nuñez started the Kinnard Awards with Laneha House. The award is named in honor of cartoonist Rupert Kinnard.[23] [24]

Music, teaching, and talks

Lindell plays piano and performs live electronic sets.[25] [26] [27] He has been releasing music since 2009, under various aliases and his own name.[28] He started an independent label called Noise Met Sound in 2013, to release his music.[28] [29]

Lindell also teaches, leads zine workshops, hosts comic workshops and gives lectures.[30] [31] [32]

In 2018 he was a special guest at Small Press Expo, where he was on the panel “Writing With Bipolar” alongside Ellen Forney, Keiler Roberts and moderated by Rob Clough.[33] [34]

In 2019, he was the guest of honor for San Francisco Zine Fest.[35] [36] He gave a lecture at Indiana Tech as part of their Tech Talk series.[37] He was also a featured guest at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2019, where he was on the Decolonizing Comics Panel with fellow cartoonists Trinidad Escobar and Breena Nuñez, moderated by Minnie Phan.[38]

Lindell has written comics for The New Yorker[39] [40] Razorcake[41] and The San Francisco Examiner.[42]

Personal life

Lindell lives in California. He is married to fellow cartoonist Breena Nuñez. The two became engaged in 2018 at the East Bay Alternative Zine Fest, which is where they met in 2015 and married in 2020.[32] [43]

Bibliography

Exhibitions

Discography

Filmography

Honors

2024

Excellence in Graphic Literature: Best in Young Adult Graphic Literature (Blackward)[55]

Excellence in Graphic Literature: Book of the Year Finalists (Blackward)[56]

CBC Teacher Favourites / CBC Librarian Favourites (Blackward)[57]

CBC Young Adult Favourites (Blackward)[58]

2023

Kirkus Starred Review (Blackward)[59]

2021

The Believer Book Awards: Editors’ Long Lists- Graphic Narrative Finalist (From Truth With Truth)[60]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indie View: From Truth With Truth is ultimately empowering . John . Seven . February 5, 2020 . .
  2. Web site: This Man Couldn't Afford Therapy, So He Made This . .
  3. Web site: Artist faces mental health through comic art. Whitney. Papalii.
  4. Web site: Lawrence Lindell . . Fall 2019 .
  5. Web site: Lawrence Lindell Sells Middle-Grade Graphic Novel, Buckle up . . 16 May 2021 .
  6. Web site: Slugfest: Have a very ‘Criminal’ Christmas . JK Parkin . Smash Pages . November 4, 2022 .
  7. Web site: Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards . . 2024-03-27 . 2024-04-05 .
  8. https://www.slj.com/story/2024-Eisner-Award-Nominations-Announced
  9. https://www.natbrut.com/lawrence-lindell
  10. Web site: "I Feel Anthologies Are a Gateway into the Past and Our History as Comic Creators" - Lawrence Lindell Talks about 'The BAYlies' Featuring the Work of 22 Bay Area Cartoonists of Color and Queer Creators . . 5 October 2020 .
  11. Web site: Lawrence Lindell Couldn’t Afford Therapy So He Wrote This Comic . February 7, 2018 . .
  12. Web site: New Children's Book Teaches Black Boys To Treat Black Girls With Respect . Zahara . Hill . April 3, 2017 . .
  13. News: Empowering picture book promotes self-love for black boys. June 20, 2017 . .
  14. Web site: Children's Book From Black Boy with Love Pays Homage to Girls with Darker Skin . Kiersten . Willis . . April 4, 2017 .
  15. Web site: This biting comic series dives into black anxieties, intersectionality, and self-love. March 5, 2018. AFROPUNK.
  16. Web site: Home . thebaylies.com.
  17. Web site: Smash Pages Q&A: Lawrence Lindell. Alex. Dueben. December 17, 2019. SMASH PAGES.
  18. Web site: How 'The BAYlies' Puts Focus on Underrepresented Cartoonists. The Hollywood Reporter. 29 October 2020.
  19. Web site: Home . lanehahouse.com.
  20. Web site: Breena Nuñez on Zines and Feeling Seen as an Afro-Latinx Comic Artist.
  21. Web site: Syndicated Comics. 14 January 2021.
  22. Web site: The Believer Book Awards: Editors' Longlists.
  23. https://www.tcj.com/i-will-stop-the-cavalry-this-weeks-links/
  24. https://www.brokenfrontier.com/kinnard-awards-laneha-house/
  25. Web site: Looking Back to Lawrence Lindell's "Raw Imperfections" | The Deli Magazine. m-la.thedelimagazine.com.
  26. Web site: Lawrence Lindell's final album, release party Friday | The Deli Magazine. m-la.thedelimagazine.com.
  27. Web site: The Cutting Room on 4.25: Experimental music, live visuals, and haircuts | The Deli Magazine. m-la.thedelimagazine.com.
  28. Web site: "Never apologize for being who you are" — The DIY ethos of Lawrence Lindell | The Deli Magazine. m-la.thedelimagazine.com.
  29. Web site: Noise met Sound. Noise met Sound.
  30. Web site: Comics and some important updates!. t.e2ma.net.
  31. Web site: Arts Interview: Print Magic. Maggie. Grimason. alibi.
  32. Web site: We Want the Airwaves: 95: Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell. qtpocart.libsyn.com.
  33. Web site: Comics Grinder. September 14, 2018. Comics Grinder.
  34. Web site: Lawrence Lindell « SPX: The Small Press Expo. 10 June 2018.
  35. Web site: Guest of Honor. San Francisco Zine Fest.
  36. Web site: SF weekend: Desert NightLife at California Academy of Sciences, yoga on the beach, Zine Fest, more. Hoodline. 29 August 2019.
  37. Web site: Indiana Tech's annual Tech Talks series to explore identity Thursday | 963XKE | Fort Wayne's Classic Rock | Fort Wayne, IN. ADAMS. NEWS. October 16, 2019. 963xke.com.
  38. Web site: Syndicated Comics. Heidi. MacDonald. October 11, 2019. The Beat.
  39. Group Meet-Ups Be Like. Lawrence. Lindell. The New Yorker. 17 December 2019.
  40. Feelings Be Hard. Lawrence. Lindell. The New Yorker. 16 February 2020.
  41. https://razorcake.org/webcomic-553-by-lawrence-lindell/
  42. https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/visual-arts/san-francisco-examiner-comix-showcase-5/article_7d5457ca-822c-11ed-80ed-579445eb20df.html
  43. https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/examiner-comix-showcase-of-san-francisco-cartoon-artists/article_23aa48a6-614d-11ed-bf95-33cf64d8881b.html
  44. Web site: House of Black. A Black Comics and Zine Art Exhibition.
  45. Web site: Resplendent: Identity & Visibility in Comics.
  46. Web site: A STORY LIKE MINE.
  47. Web site: Emerging Artist Showcase: Lawrence Lindell.
  48. Web site: The Fine Art of Radical Self-Publishing – Antenna.Works.
  49. Web site: Sister Dana Sez, "So now that we're in a new month since New Year's resolutions, how many of those resolutions have we already broken?!". January 29, 2020.
  50. Web site: OAKLAND―We Are More: Stories by Queer Comic Artists. California Humanities.
  51. Web site: NEW MUSIC: Lawrence Lindell's 'Eclectic Frequencies' is the bold new record experimental electronica has been waiting for. #SoundCheck. March 19, 2014. AFROPUNK.
  52. Web site: AFROPUNK PREMIERE: Stream Experimental Electronica Artist Lawrence Lindell's new album 'Magic Megaphone' #SoundCheck. February 4, 2015. AFROPUNK.
  53. Web site: NEW MUSIC: Stream 'Cinema of Soul,' the Newest From Experimental Producer Lawrence Lindell #SoundCheck. May 12, 2015. AFROPUNK.
  54. Web site: No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics Review – Tribeca 2021. 14 June 2021.
  55. https://popcultureclassroom.org/2024/06/04/excellence-in-graphic-literature-awards-2024/
  56. https://popcultureclassroom.org/2024/06/04/excellence-in-graphic-literature-awards-2024/
  57. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cbcbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Favorites2024_Librarian9-12.pdf
  58. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.cbcbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Favorites2024_YoungAdult.pdf
  59. Blackward . Kirkus Reviews . en.
  60. https://www.thebeliever.net/the-believer-book-award/

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