Hello! 

I am Yumi Sakugawa and I am a comic book artist and illustrator based in the greater Los Angeles area. I like hot tea, coffee, doppelgangers, interdimensional travel and Indian sweets. I am a regular comic / illustrator online contributor to Sadie Magazine and Wonderhowto. 

I am currently working on a 100-page short story comic anthology. Details TBA. 

I am available for freelance illustration work and commissions.

I also welcome non-creepy hello’s.

E-mail me: yumisakugawa[at]gmail[dot]com 

Twitter: @yumisakugawa

Flickr: yumisakugawa

Follow my tumblr for new comics, drawings, cool news and other inky goodness. Updated weekly! :) 

Tumblr blog: acrosstheyumiverse

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SELF-PUBLISHED  WORKS

Mundane Fortunes For The Next Ten Billion Years And Other Stories (self-published 28-page comic, 2011) 

(the following are distributed by Sparkplug Comic Books. They are rad.) 

Goodbye, Turtle (self-published 24-page comic, 2011)

An Unfilled Circle (self-published 32-page comic, 2010)

There Is No Right Way To Meditate (self-published 32-page comic, 2010)

Milk and Moo (self-published 32-page comic, 2008)

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ANTHOLOGIES, JOURNALS, OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Slake Issue 4 // short comic story contributor (2012)

Indie Ladies Comic Anthology // short comic story contributor (2012) 

Group Poop Anthology, published by Eyeball Burp Press // contributing artist (2010) 

Eyeball Burp Vol. 4 “Twilight Of The Creators”, published by Eyeball Burp Press // cover artist and contributor (2010)

Westwind Literary Magazine // Contributor and cover artist  (Winter / Spring 2008)

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PRESS & MENTIONS

Skylight Books (March #2 best-seller - 2012) 

Skylight Books (Zine Of The Week - 2012)

Lifehacker (2012) 

eleven/11 (interview - 2012)

L.A. Zine Fest (interview - 2012)

Lifehacker (2011)

Tasteologie (2011)

Bitch Media (2011)

Hyphen (interview - 2011)

Sparkplug Comic Books (2010, 2011)

Blackbook (2008)

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CLIENTS

Intent.com 

Jabbakam

Salad Days Film

Sokenbicha

Splashlife.com

Wonderhowto.com

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EDUCATION

BFA Art, University of California, Los Angeles (2007)

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

GAME OVER: Video Game Culture Art Exhibition / GR2, Los Angeles CA (2012) 

Slake “Dirt” Issue Release Party / Atwater Crossing, Los Angeles CA (2012) 

Booklet Library, Tokyo Japan (2012) 

“Common Grounds”  Mission Valley UltraStar Theatres, San Diego CA (2011) 

“Taffy Colored Clouds” Rothik Art Haus, Anaheim CA (2011) 

“The Sharpie Show II” Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2010) 

“Common Grounds”  Mission Valley UltraStar Theatres, San Diego CA (2010) 

“The Traveling Eyeball Show” Neighborhood Grinds, Redondo Beach CA (2010)

“DIY Grad School MFA Showcase Semester One”  Den Gallery, Culver City CA (2010) 

“Attack Of The Megaladon” Neighborhood Grinds, Redondo Beach CA (2010) 

“FLASH: A Night Of Art And Music” Gardena Dance Studio, Gardena CA  (2010) 

“AUTOFREAK: A J-Town Pop-Up Store” Little Tokyo Marketplace, Los Angeles CA (2010) 

“Patchwork”  GR2 Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2010) 

 ”Common Grounds” Artist’s Alley UltraStar Mission Valley, San Diego CA (2009) 

“Suggestion”  GR2 Gallery, Los Angeles CA  (2008)

“Design Festa Vol. 27” Tokyo, Japan (2008)

“This Gallery is Bigger Than All Our Fucking Studios Combined” UCLA Kinross Gallery, Los Angeles CA (2006)

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PRESENTATIONS / READINGS

The 2012 L.A. Zine Fest Comix and Zine Reading / Home Room Los Angeles, CA (2012)