Pia Guerra

“And it's not just getting the anger out of my head (and sleeping very well having done so, thank you very much) but letting others know that they're not alone in feeling this way, that their anger matters and that things can change for the better if we remind ourselves there's more of us than all those who accept this normalized cruelty. I used what I had, my ability to draw, as a tool to speak up. I didn't plan to, I just figured out how. Anyone can do the same, just figure out what your tools are and get loud. And if you can piss off a few bullies in the process, even better.”

“I didn't start out wanting to be an editorial cartoonist. I loved drawing from the moment I learned how to make a crayon work. I'd tell picture stories with my mom years before I learned how to read. When I was 10, a visiting cousin left an X-Men comic on the coffee table and I was instantly hooked, and it wasn't long before I was drawing my own superhero adventures. It just seemed like a natural path for me. I would be a comic book artist someday and I'd be pretty happy.”