Lucy Bellwood (born 1989)[1] is an American cartoonist and illustrator known for her comics about tall ships and impostor syndrome, as well as her transparency about the economics of being a freelance artist.
Her long-form work includes 100 Demon Dialogues, Baggywrinkles, the illustrations for How to Invent Everything by Ryan North, and the forthcoming Seacritters!
She posted entries online throughout the process, gaining a following that appreciated the universal nature of her inner critic, which she rendered in the comics as a small demon.
[10][11] Following the project's online success, Bellwood compiled the 100 comics into a book, published in 2018.
She has published specifics of her income and expenses, spoken publicly about being on food stamps while being perceived as a successful artist,[12] written about the effects of artwork going viral online,[13] and discussed precarity and the central role of social media in a freelance artist's life.