Lucy Bellwood Explained

Lucy Bellwood (born 1989)^[1] is an American cartoonist and illustrator known for her comics about tall ships and impostor syndrome, as well as her transparency about the economics of being a freelance artist.

Career

Her long-form work includes 100 Demon Dialogues, Baggywrinkles, the illustrations for How to Invent Everything by Ryan North, and the forthcoming Seacritters! (with writer Kate Milford).^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Other illustrations and shorter comics have been published by Google AI and in Buzzfeed and The Nib.^{[7] [8] [9]}

100 Demon Dialogues began in 2017 as Bellwood's project for a 100-day creative challenge. She posted entries online throughout the process, gaining a following that appreciated the universal nature of her inner critic, which she rendered in the comics as a small demon.^{[10] [11]} Following the project's online success, Bellwood compiled the 100 comics into a book, published in 2018.

Bellwood is also known for her transparency in discussing the financial realities of freelancing. She has published specifics of her income and expenses, spoken publicly about being on food stamps while being perceived as a successful artist,^[12] written about the effects of artwork going viral online,^[13] and discussed precarity and the central role of social media in a freelance artist's life.^{[14] [15]}

Personal life

Bellwood is from Ojai, California.^[16] She attended Reed College^[17] and is a member of the Portland, Oregon studio Helioscope.^[18]

Bibliography

Books as cartoonist

• Baggywrinkles: A Lubber's Guide to Life at Sea (2016)
• 100 Demon Dialogues (2018)
• Seacritters! (2023), with writer Kate Milford

Books as illustrator

• How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler (2018) by Ryan North
• Tell the Turning (2021) by Tara K. Shepersky

Select comics and illustrations

• "Secret Life of Gitmo's Women" (2014),^[19] co-written with Sarah Mirk
• "Flip the Switch" (2014),^[20] on floating in a sensory deprivation tank
• "Down to the Seas Again" (2014)^[21]
• "Definitely-Not-Filthy Sailing Terminology" (2015)^[22]
• "Dance Yourself Clean" (2015),^[23] on social dance
• "The Ornithology of the American Lesbian" (2015)
• "A Week Aboard the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry" (2016)^[24]
• "Mappin' the Floor: A Scientific High-Seas Adventure" (2017)^[25]
• "What Does Wonder Woman Actually Represent?" (2017)^[26]
• "Federated Learning" (2019)^{[27] [28]} for Google AI, co-written with Scott McCloud, on the machine learning technique
• "Who's Being Left Out?" (2021),^[29] on voter disenfranchisement in Oregon

Notes and References

1. Book: Deresiewicz . William . William Deresiewicz . The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech . 28 July 2020 . Henry Holt and Co. . New York . 9781250125521 . 77.
2. Web site: 100 Demon Dialogues . Publishers Weekly . 23 April 2018.
3. Web site: Baggywrinkles: A Lubber's Guide to Life at Sea . Publishers Weekly . 22 January 2023 . 4 July 2016.
4. Web site: HOW TO INVENT EVERYTHING . Kirkus Reviews . 27 February 2023 . 27 June 2018.
5. Web site: Streckert . Joe . Ryan North's Long View Perspective in How to Invent Everything Curves Towards Hope For Humanity . Portland Mercury . 27 February 2023 . 9 Oct 2018.
6. Web site: Rights Report: Week of October 19, 2020 . Publishers Weekly . 22 January 2023 . 20 October 2020 . Susan Van Metre at Walker Books US has acquired, at auction, in a three-book deal, world rights to author Kate Milford (l.) and cartoonist Lucy Bellwood's Seacritters, pitched as Pirates of the Caribbean meets Redwall, about a young badger who joins the crew of a notorious pirate ship as they set out on a new semi-legal career path as privateers. Publication for the first book is slated for 2023; Tina Dubois at ICM Partners represented the author, and Barry Goldblatt at Barry Goldblatt Literary represented the artist..
7. Web site: Lucy Bellwood . Scott McCloud . Scott McCloud . Federated Learning . Google AI . 27 February 2023 . May 2019.
8. Web site: Karlan . Sarah . Probus . Jessica . The Ornithology of the American Lesbian . Buzzfeed . 22 January 2023 . 30 April 2015.
9. Web site: Lucy Bellwood . The Nib . 28 May 2017 . 22 January 2023.
10. Web site: Blazenhoff . Rusty . Cartoonist Lucy Bellwood captures the ways inner demons sabotage in her latest comic book . Boing Boing . 22 January 2023 . 14 May 2018.
11. Web site: McMillan . Graeme . '100 Demon Dialogues' Creator on Creativity, Imposter Syndrome and the Need For Empathy . The Hollywood Reporter . 22 January 2023 . 17 July 2018.
12. Web site: Dieker . Nicole . Talking to Adventure Cartoonist Lucy Bellwood About Income Tracking . The Billfold . 22 January 2023 . 2 May 2017.
13. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . The Financial Realities of Going Viral . Lucy Bellwood on Patreon . 22 January 2023 . 22 November 2017.
14. Web site: Deresiewicz . William . William Deresiewicz . Art has been brutalized by tech's giants. How can it survive? . MIT Technology Review . 23 January 2023 . 23 December 2020.
15. Book: Deresiewicz . William . William Deresiewicz . The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech . 28 July 2020 . Henry Holt and Co. . New York . 9781250125521 . 18-19,53,75,77,81-83,114,119,200-201,248,255,319.
16. Web site: Wilson . Chris T. . Bellwood Readies Book For Publication . Ojai Valley News . 22 January 2023 . 26 April 2012.
17. Web site: Twelve for '12 . Reed Magazine . 22 January 2023 . September 2012.
18. Web site: Lucy Bellwood . Helioscope . 22 January 2023.
19. Web site: Mirk . Sarah . Bellwood . Lucy . Sarah Mirk . Secret Life of Gitmo's Women . Narratively . 22 January 2023 . 12 February 2014.
20. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . Flip the Switch . . 27 February 2023 . 16 April 2014.
21. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . Down to the Seas Again . . 27 February 2023 . 4 November 2014.
22. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . Definitely-Not-Filthy Sailing Terminology . . 27 February 2023 . 28 February 2015.
23. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . Dance Yourself Clean . . 27 February 2023 . 8 March 2015.
24. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . A Week at Sea with OHP . Lucy Bellwood | Medium . 22 January 2023 . 2 December 2016.
25. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . Mappin' the Floor . Lucy Bellwood | Medium . 22 January 2023 . 25 January 2017.
26. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . What Does Wonder Woman Actually Represent? . . 27 February 2023 . 28 May 2017.
27. Web site: Terror . Jude . Google Teams With Lucy Bellwood and Scott McCloud for Comic Explaining Federated Learning . . 27 February 2023 . 7 May 2019.
28. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . New Comic: Federated Learning for Google . Lucy Bellwood . 27 February 2023 . 8 May 2019.
29. Web site: Bellwood . Lucy . Who's Being Left Out? . Oregon Humanities . 27 April 2021.