Lee Black's work spans graphic novels, minicomics, creative non-fiction, and memoir. She creates raw, unflinching stories drawn from working-class life, addiction, mental health, and survival.
Her work is stocked at comic shops and independent bookstores across the Bay Area and beyond. Or order a book through her contact form. If you're lucky, you'll find her tabling at a zine fest near you.
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Graphic Novel·Full Color·58 pages
A harm-reduction survival manual and a love letter to staying alive. Rendered in candy-colored, Golden Book style illustrations, the book moves through underground San Francisco, dumpsters, punk shows and hospital beds with dark humor. This is not a redemption story, but does contain a measure of hope.
Written by Lee Black, illustrated by P. Lei
Graphic Memoir·Black and White·28 pages
An autobiographical, graphic memoir about stolen childhood innocence and the decades that follow. Two interconnected stories written by two good friends, tell the story growing up in a small suburban town called Alameda. Prey Pray explores grooming, shame and survival. Some stories aren't about what happened, but instead what happened afterward.
Written by Lee Black, David Stokes, illustrated by P. Lei
Comic·Full Color·12 pages
A tale of working in a go-go bar in New York City during the Gulf War. Funny, dark and true.
Written by Lee Black
Also Available
What is a minicomic? Example: a short-form comics made for trading tables, distros, and hands. Created by photocopying standard sheets of paper and folding into an 8-page booklet. Small format, big feeling stories that fit in a back pocket and stay with you longer than they should. Contact for catalogue. ECT/ETC explores the experience of receiving electroconvulsive therapy to help with bipolar symptoms. Written and illustrated by Lee Black
Photo Book
Home (sehnsucht. a deep, aching longing for a home, past, or sense of belonging that can’t truly be returned to) Photography - Lee Black, Text - I Had Nowhere to Go by Jonas Mekas
About the Author
Writer and graphic novelist based in Oakland, CA. My day job is working as an RN in public health and health writing (portfolio available).
About Lee Black