Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where four artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings! Our esteemed cartoon critters are Cameron Glavin, Anna Bongiovanni, Megan Prazenica and Yao Xiao. Today’s cartoon is by Yao!
Yao Xiao is a China-born illustrator based in New York City. Yao Xiao creates artwork depicting a poetic visual world where complex concepts and human emotions are examined, amplified, and given physical form. Her work has helped people all over the globe connect at unique moments, from the celebration of the 20 Year Anniversary of the SXSW Interactive Festival, to the grand release of pop singer Katy Perry's single 'Dark Horse.' She has created deeply emotional and beautiful graphics for editorial print publications, pop music record covers, concert posters and book covers. Yao Xiao's serialized comic Baopu currently runs monthly on Autostraddle. It is an original comic exploring the nuances in searching for identities, connections and friendships through the fictional life of a young, queer emigrant. Baopu stands for 'holding simplicity,' a Taoist ideal of wishing to return to a simpler state. Find her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Etsy or her website.
Yao has written 135 articles for us.
Beautiful
So beautiful… Thank you.
This is lovely. The colors are lovely. Everything is lovely.
I love your comics so much. Do you sell prints?
i love this.
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I love this too. I love the rhythm of your drawings and your words. Your work’s always beautiful – thanks for sharing it.
I know a few people that make me feel like this in winter. Thank you for this. :)
this is so beautiful and reminds me of a girl I fell in love with during a very dark winter
I’ve felt this but in past tense just as the comic implies. There’s so much sadness in reminiscing about happier times. I think it’s because I wish those happier times were the present.