Alec Longstreth has been self-publishing his minicomic Phase 7 since 2002. In 2005, it won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic. Alec also won the Ignatz Award for Oustanding Debut in 2007, the same year that he graduated from Pratt Institute’s AOS illustration program with highest honors. Alec’s gag cartoons have been featured in Nickelodeon Magazine and National Geographic Kids, and he has illustrated promotional items for Weezer and Harry and the Potters. Alec also colored Aaron Renier’s graphic novel The Unsinkable Walker Bean for First Second Books. In 2008, Alec moved to Vermont for a fellowship at The Center for Cartoon Studies, where he has been a member of the faculty ever since. Alec is currently working on his first graphic novel, Basewood.
