Bread Lee 🍞 is a UX Designer 🖥️ by day and a cartoonist 🖍️ by night.
Born and raised in Texas, Bread (like the food) is constantly seeking the way the sun hits the Earth just right. In 2021 they received a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and have taken classes at Parsons/The New School and SAIC. They are based in Seattle and are open to tabling, commissions, contract work, collaborations, and more.
Email: breadlee21[at]gmail[dot]com
Stocked at: Fantagraphics Bookstore
Tabled at: Seattle Zine Fest (2025), Hot off the Press Book Fair (2025), Short Run Comix (2024), Craft Carnival (2018), Kinokuniya Artist Alley (2017), A-Kon (2016, 2017), AnimeFest (2014, 2015, 2016)
Featured in: A Royal Pain (2019), Lilies Anthology Volume 8 (2018), A Lifetime Together (2018), Revelry in the Dark (2018), Lovin' Out Loud (2018), Plus Ultra and Beyond (2018), Stardust in Our Veins (2017), Places Artbook (2015)
Awards: Howard Nemerov Prize in Poetry (2020), Holobaugh Honors Frida Kahlo Creative Arts Award (2018), Rhode Island School of Design Annual Art Award (2017), The Dallas Morning News’ 26th annual High School Journalism Illustrations or Cartoons (Portfolio) Award (2017)
Inspirations: Alison Bechdel, Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh of Johnny Wander, Mike Birbiglia, Choo, Luke Healy, Tess Scilipoti, Millionfish, Meruz, ND Stevenson, JR Doyle, Sara Kipin, Car Seat Headrest, Sachin Teng, Hwei Lim, Kate Beaton, Kathleen Finneran, Joaquín Sorolla, Frank O’Hara, Koyamori, Audre Lorde, Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki, Ngozi Ukazu
Reading: The Jungle, Pachinko, Entangled Life, Braiding Sweetgrass, Unmasking Autism, High School by Tegan and Sara, SAKANA, This is Not Fiction, Barbarous, BFFComic
Watching: Succession, OK KO, Interview with the Vampire, The Bear
