Arantza Pena Popo is an Ignatz Award Nominated Colombian-born and Atlanta-based artist who explores slice-of-life narratives through her comic artwork. You can find her playing bass in the dark, listening to too much Mitski, and enthusiastically ranting about Damien Hirst.

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She began contributing gags to The New Yorker in August 2020.

She also draws a biweekly comic column called "California Dreamin'" for The Daily Trojan Newspaper.

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CLIENTS

Them.us

Cartoon Network

The New Yorker

Refinery 29

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PUBLICATIONS

The New Yorker

Polyester Zine

Shortbox Comics

The Daily Trojan

The Stranger

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Ignatz Award Nomination for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Mini-Comic 2021

National Winner of the Doodle for Google Contest 2019

Scholastic Art Awards Gold Medal: Comic Art 2017

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EXHIBITIONS

"The World is Looking for You" Solo Exhibition at Junior High Los Angeles  (Feb 2022)

Riso Weekend at Junior High 2021

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ANTHOLOGIES

Do You Think About Me? by Diet Cig

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PRESS/MEDIA APPEARANCES

Solrad Comics (2020)

Roski Mag (2020)

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (2019)

The Today Show (August 2019)

Univision (August 2019)

Telemundo (August 2019)

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