I lived in Montreal from 2011-2014. Moved Fall 2014 to Vermont for a Fellowship at a Cartooning MFA program. Stayed for 4 years and taught. Now I'm back in California.

I'm a cartoonist and printmaker. I make lots of autobiographical work, sometimes it's poetic or vague and other times it's political and specific. http://www.sophieyanow.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It makes taking trips feel more like an adventure.

Interests

I teach comics making!

I draw comics, nonfiction, fiction and memoir.

I play lots of boardgames and roleplaying (D&D-like) games.

I like riding my bike and skateboarding.

I play the drums, bass, and banjo.

• comics
• board games
• drawing
• drums
• cycling
• skateboarding
• animation
• roleplaying games

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Only Yesterday, The Battle of Algiers, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Ghost World, La Chinoise

Music: Joanna Newsom, Windhand, OM, Sleep, Jens Lekman, Mount Eerie, Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy, Karen Dalton, Cat Power, The Knife, Bjork

Books: Inferno: A Poets Novel & The Importance of Being Iceland (Eileen Myles), Love and Rockets (Los Bros Hernandez), Just Kids (Patti Smith), A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K Leguin), Susceptible (Genevieve Castree), Lucky (Gabrielle Bell)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rode my bike from Victoria, BC to San Francisco, CA in the Summer of 2015 (about 1700km in 3 weeks).

Teach, Learn, Share

Bike Repair.

Drawing and comics.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Japan, United States

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