• Hi. I'm Alexander Laird. I make comics, videos and put together live shows.
  

  • Currently living in Brooklyn, NY. From Toronto, ON originally.
    

    • I graduated from York University, in Toronto, ON in May of 2016, majoring in film production, and minoring in history.

• I have had my work featured with platforms and publications such as Patreon, the New Yorker, the New York Times, Vice, Pitchfork, Eternal Family, Stereogum, The FADER, okayplayer, FORGE Art Magazine, NoBudge, SLUG, not to mention numerous album covers and gig posters.

  • I have been nominated for the Doug Wright Awards once in May 2018 and then nominated twice June 2022. Most recently nominated for an Ignatz Award in August 2022.

• I run FROG FARM, a new risograph publisher that hosts gatherings, that includes live shows with comic readings, video screenings and comedy, as well as seasonal comic arts fairs. More info at frogfarm.online

  • I was the Summer 2019 Artist-in-Residence at the RisoLAB, part of the MFA Visual Narrative program at SVA in New York, NY.

Stores where my comics are stocked:

• Printed Matter (New York)

• McNally Jackson (New York)

• Desert Island (Brooklyn)

• the Beguiling (Toronto)

• Toutoune Gallery (Toronto)

• Gosh! Comics (London)

• Quintal Atelier (Paris)

• Oven Universe (Saporro, Japan)

• Secret Room (Portland)

• Floating World (Portland)

• Secret Headquarters (LA)

• Verbatim Books (San Diego)

• Silver Sprocket (San Francisco)

• Howling Pages (Chicago)

• Partners and Sons (Philadelphia)

• Fantom Comics (DC)

• People’s Books (Takoma Park, MD)

• Atomic Comics (Baltimore)

• Gutter Pop (Buffalo, NY)

• Peel Gallery (Carrboro, NC)

• Fantasy Club (Winnipeg, MB)

• Alienated Majesty (Austin, TX)

• Vault of Midnight (Ann Arbor)

• Wigshop Webshop (online)

• Stranger’s Fanzine (online)

• Domino Books (online)

Comic festival:

• New York Art Book Fair (NYABF)

• East Village Zine Fair

• Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)

  • Wowwee Zonk Browsery, Zineland Terrace

• Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB)

• Small Press Expo (SPX)

• Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)

• Cartoon Crossroads (CXC)

• Zine Not Dead Fest

• Comic Arts Los Angeles (CALA)

• Philly Comics Expo (PCX)

• Big Milk Expo (BMX)

• MoCCA Arts Fest

• Zine Dream

• Sounds About Riso

• Pictobeach Bazaar

• Zig Zag Art Book Fair

• East London Comic Art Festival (ELCAF)

• If you are interested in freelance or future project collaboration,

  1. email me at: mail@alaird.com

• instagram: alexanderlaird

• twitter: @alexander_laird