Cartoonist & Educator

TEACHING

Sarah Maloney

They/Them

sarahmaloneyart@gmail.com

maloneydoodles.com


Education

M.F.A in Comics from California College of the Arts, 2022

B.A. with honors in Spanish from Western Washington University, 2013

B.A. with honors in English Literature from Western Washington University, 2013


Teaching Experience


Instructor - California College of the Arts, 2025

Course: Atelier Comics

Workshop - S.A,W. Friday Night Workshops, 2025

Workshop: Nature Comics

Instructor - California College of the Arts, 2025

Course: YASP Comics

Workshop - Professor Goat Presents, 2024

Workshop: Abstract Comics

Instructor - Sequential Artist Workshop, 2024

Course: Nature Comics

Workshop - Professor Goat Presents, 2024

Workshop: Zine Making for Cartoonists

Instructor - California College of the Arts, 2024

Course: Pre College Comics

Teacher - Sequential Artist Workshop, 2024

Class: Teen Summer Comic Camp

Adjunct Professor - Portland State University, 2024

Course: Writing Comics

Instructor – Sequential Artist Workshop, 2023

Course: Writing For Comics

Instructor – Sequential Artist Workshop, 2023

Course: Intro to Comics

Instructor – Sequential Artist Workshop, 2023

Course: DIY Publishing

Workshop - S.A.W. Friday Night Workshops, 2023

Workshop: Creating Place

Workshop - S.A.W. Friday Night Workshops, 2022

Workshop: Zine Making

Workshop - S.A.W. Friday Night Workshops, 2022

Workshop: Abstract Comics

Teaching Assistant - California College of the Arts, 2022

Course: Race & Comics

Risograph Studio Monitor - California College of the Arts, 2021-2022

Workshop: Intro to Risograph Printing

Instructor - Push/Pull, 2021

Course: Brainstorming Comics

Instructor - Push/Pull, 2021

Course: Intro to Zine Making

Teaching Assistant - IES Aguadulce, 2016-2017

Class: Highschool

Professor - Instituto de Lenguas Modernas, 2016

Class: English

Teacher - English Learning Bay, 2014-2015

Class: Kindergarten

Public Speaking Appearances

Workshop - Zine Making for Cartoonist, South San Francisco Public Library 2025

Reading - ‘Octopolis’ Release Party, Silver Sprocket 2025

Panelist - Power of Print in the Age of Misinformation Panel, SFZF 2024

Moderator - Nature in Comics Panel, VANCAF 2024

Workshop - Mini Comic Madness, PiP @ San Francisco Public Library 2024

Artist Talk - Hot Sprocket Press Release Party, Silver Sprocket 2023

Artist Talk & Workshop - Gleeson Library Zine Workshop, University of San Francisco 2022

Reading - Graduate Comic Reading, California College of the Arts 2022

Selected Publications

“The Queer Ecology of Pigeons” Crucial Comix (Spring 2025)

“Your Ripples” The Rumpus (Spring 2024)

“Ride At Your Own Risk” Hot Sprocket Press (Fall 2023)

“How To Draw Butts” Scarff Comics Newspaper (Spring 2023)

“The Artist’s Mind” SF Examiner (Winter 2022)

“Stolen” The Rumpus (Spring 2022)

“no body, every body” Mundane Fantasy (2021)

“We Are Nature” Collective Conscience (2021)

“Bonobos Are Queer” Frontera Magazine (2020)

“Headless Lunch” The Stranger (Summer 2019)


Selected Self Published Comics

“Queer Ecology: Pigeons” (Minicomic) 2024

“Queer Ecology: Earthworms” (Minicomic) 2024

“Queer Ecology: Kobudai Fish” (Minicomic) 2024

“The World Ends With A Poot!” (Minicomic) 2022

“Duders & Friends” (Minicomic) 2022

“Cosmic Fern” (Minicomic) 2021

“Brain Mush” (Minicomic) 2021

“The Vulture Snails of Planet X” (Minicomic) 2019

“Love Is Like Falling In A Black Hole” (Minicomic) 2019

“We Watches Us” (Minicomic) 2018

“We All Fall Down” (Graphic Novel) 2017

Art Galleries and Exhibitions

Fold! (Spring 2025), Stop-Gap Projects, Columbia MO

Hello, 2025 Art Show (Winter 2025), Sour Cherry

Climate Emergency Reading Room & Community Altar (Spring 2024), Seattle Art Book Fair

Mini Art Show (Winter 2024), Silver Sprocket

Artgasm Castro (Winter 2024) Artgasm Gallery

Friends & Frames (2024) Silver Sprocket Shop, San Francisco

Summer Art Show (Summer 2022), Sour Cherry Comics, San Francisco

LAZF Digital Art Show (Spring 2020), LA Zine Fest, Los Angeles

Deep Affection: Multimedia Anti Valentine’s Day Art Show (Winter 2020), Artspace Hiawatha,  Seattle

13th Annual Mini Art Exhibit (Winter 2019), Ghost Gallery, Seattle

Lavender Rights Project Artists Showcase (Winter 2019), The Hillman City Collaboratory, Seattle

Leather & Lace (Spring 2019), Cat Castle,  Portland

Art Up! (Spring 2019), Seattle Recreative, Seattle

Seattle Erotic Art Festival (Spring 2019), Seattle Center, Seattle 

Comic & Capture (Spring 2019), Stretch & Staple, Seattle

Scream for Queer Art (Winter 2019), Capitol Hill Art Walk

Free Fou Fou (Summer 2018), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 

Slanted (Summer 2018), De Liceiras 18, Porto

Reviews & Articles

Broken Frontier (Review) - Queer Ecology: Pigeons (2024)

PBS Independent Lens (Article) - Pride in Our Art (2024)

Razorcake Magazine (Review) - Ride At Your Own Risk (2023)

Razorcake Magazine (Review) - The World Ends With A Poot! (2022)

Broken Pencil Magazine (Review) - Cosmic Fern (2021)

Broken Pencil Magazine (Review)- The World Ends With A Poot! (2022)

Electric Squeak (Review & Interview)- The World Ends With A Poot! (2022)

Residencies & Workshops

Tin House Graphic Narrative Summer Workshop 2019

De Liceiras 18 Residency 2018

BetOnest Residency 2018

The Westfjords Residency 2018

Academic Honors

All-College Honors (CCA)

Diversity Scholarship (CCA)

Nominated for Outstanding Senior (WWU)

Cum Laude (WWU)