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Keezy Young

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Keezy Young is a queer, nonbinary comic artist and illustrator based out of Seattle.

Keezy grew up drawing on their mother's walls, sneakily staying up late to read by nightlight, and later, cutting class to go to the library and sketch. Any opportunity to con their teachers into letting them illustrate a book report instead of writing one was taken. Although their art is self-taught, they credit Digimon and Studio Ghibli as important influences.

Today, Keezy writes, draws, and designs their own young adult comics. Their stories are cute, eerie, and sometimes dark, but always hopeful at their core. Their work is character-focused, and they use action, romance, and mystery to explore LGBTQIA characters and themes, since those are the stories Keezy Young is a queer, nonbinary comic artist and illustrator based out of Seattle.

Keezy grew up drawing on their mother's walls, sneakily staying up late to read by nightlight, and later, cutting class to go to the library and sketch. Any opportunity to con their teachers into letting them illustrate a book report instead of writing one was taken. Although their art is self-taught, they credit Digimon and Studio Ghibli as important influences.

Today, Keezy writes, draws, and designs their own young adult comics. Their stories are cute, eerie, and sometimes dark, but always hopeful at their core. Their work is character-focused, and they use action, romance, and mystery to explore LGBTQIA characters and themes, since those are the stories they always looked for growing up, but could rarely find.

Clip Studio Paint is their tool of choice these days, but their roots in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor show in their vivid colors and atmospheres.

Keezy's first graphic novel, Taproot--a story about a ghost and a gardener--debuted in September 2017 with Lion Forge, and has won several awards, including best graphic novel by the Rainbow Book List - GLBTQ Books for Children and Teens 2017, Best of Best Shots 2017 by Newsarama, The Texas Library Association's Maverick Reading List 2018, Best LGBT Graphic Novels of 2017 by The Advocate, and the Florida Authors & Publishers Association award for best cover design (small format).

Meanwhile, Never Heroes is an ongoing, serialized dark adventure webcomic published by Sparkler Monthly. You can also find their work in anthologies such as The Beyond Anthology Volume 2, Bring Down the Sky, and The Dream Cluster. Other credits include several short self-published comics and art books, and they have worked collaboratively on a few projects (including Circadia, written by Jennifer Dugan). Keezy has also worked on covers for a number of IDW and Lion Forge properties, including the Jem series (Hasbro) and Voltron series (Dreamworks).

You can contact them at keezycomics@gmail.com. ...more

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	Taproot 3.90 avg rating — 7,640 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Over the Garden Wall: Soulful Symphonies by Birdie Willis, Keezy Young (Cover Art), Dean Stuart (Colorist) 4.05 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond II: The Queer Post-Apocalyptic & Urban Fantasy Comic Anthology (Beyond: The Queer Comic Anthology, #2) by Sfé R. Monster (Editor), Taneka Stotts (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Genué Revuelta (Contributor) 4.24 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circadia #1 (Circadia, #1) by Jennifer Dugan (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Keezy Young (Illustrator), M.J. Erickson (Colorist) 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Over the Garden Wall: Soulful Symphonies #1 by Birdie Willis, Keezy Young (Cover Art), Rowan MacColl (Artist) 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Heroes: Yellow Hearts 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Over the Garden Wall: Soulful Symphonies #2 by Birdie Willis, Keezy Young (Cover Art), Rowan MacColl (Artist) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Over the Garden Wall: Soulful Symphonies #3 by Birdie Willis, Keezy Young (Cover Art), Rowan MacColl (Artist) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dream Cluster: An Illustrated Anthology by Mirelle Ortega (Editor), Lili Vera (Editor), Addy Rivera (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hello Sunshine really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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