Ashanti Fortson
Ashanti Fortson is an award-winning cartoonist, comics editor, color designer, and multidisciplinary illustrator. Their work explores the rifts and connections between people, they are deeply interested in textiles, and their love for color is a thread that runs through everything they make. Their short comic Leaf Lace won the 2021 Ignatz Award for Oustanding Comic, and Shades of Fear, the color-focused horror comics anthology they co-edited with Allison O'Toole, won in 2022 for Outstanding Anthology. Ashanti lives in Baltimore with their spouse, their cat Miss Cheese, and at least three pet rats at all times.
Reflections on the ocean and belonging.
The goddess of thread-spun fate falls in love with a mortal woman. The rest is history, until history reaches its end.
Where did you get these beautiful clothes?
Comic essay about architecture and racism in LOTR
What do you do when you can't run away from your biggest mistake?
A girl goes for a skate on a warm summer's night.
Artifacts, flowers, and reflections on legacy