Megan Kelso

Following a brief stint at art school, Megan Kelso completed her B.A. at The Evergreen State College in 1991 where she studied history. Inspired by the explosion of zines, bands, and DIY art projects in Olympia, she started her “Girlhero” mini comic which ran for six issues. She was the first woman to receive funding from the Xeric Foundation for self publishing. In 2007, she was invited by The New York Times Magazine to serialize her “Watergate Sue” comic as part of the weekly comics feature. In 2019 she was selected for a public art commission for the Climate Pledge Arena project in Seattle Center. The piece, “Crow Commute,” was installed in 2021. Over her career, Kelso has published four books of comics with Seattle comics publisher Fantagraphics and received three Ignatz awards for her work. Her most recent book was published in 2022. She is a longtime volunteer and board member for the annual Short Run comics festival.