Sarah Myer (They/Them) is an Eisner-nominated comic creator best known for their award winning graphic memoir "Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story"* and for illustrating the interiors and covers for over 20 issues of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures" monthly comic, short strips in the "TMNT: Battle Nexus" series, and their webcomic "Cheer Up, Michael!".
Their other work includes exclusive cover illustrations for Dynamite and Disney's "Darkwing Duck" and "Justice Ducks" comics, Cover & Interior art for "Recognized: Helen Stephens" (Good Trouble Comics & NYC Department of Education), and cover illustrations for Green Archer Comics' "Buck Rogers vs The Cyber Lords," "Press Guardian" and "Cryptid Hacker Force #1" issues.
Previous work includes a contribution to the Ringo-nominated comic anthology "Votes for Women: The Battle for the 19th Amendment", color work on "TMNT vs Street Fighter", cover illustrations for "TMNT Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen," and more.
Sarah's broad range extends to writing and illustrating nonfiction comics focusing on history, politics, memoir, and how-to instructional narratives.
*Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story (First Second Books) is the 2024 ILA Young Adult NonFiction Winner, was nominated for an Eisner and L.A. Times Book Prize, and has received multiple starred reviews, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and was selected as a Kirkus Best Teen & YA Graphic Literature of 2023.
The graphic memoir also appeared on several Best of 2023 lists, including the New York Public Library’s Top 10 Books for Teens, the School Library Journal Best Graphic Novel of 2023, The Beat’s 34 Best Comics of 2023, and the Boston Globe Best of 2023.
Monstrous is a Booklist 2023 Editors' Choice Graphic Novel, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2023 Blue Ribbon Book, and more.
