Jett Allen is a trans cartoonist and writer living in Los Angeles, California. His comics, visual essays, and illustrations have been published by The New Yorker (online), The LA Times, Jewish Currents, Eater, Mubi’s The Notebook, Into, Spiralbound, Granta, and more.

Jett’s graphic film criticism/memoir series Trans Classic Movies has been nominated for Ignatz awards for Outstanding Online Comic (2023) and Outstanding Series (2022) and shortlisted for the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize.

His work has been supported by the New Jewish Culture Fellowship.

Jett has taught comics workshops for: The Believer, The Sequential Arts Workshop (SAW), Hand Follows Eye, The Center for Cartoon Studies, Williams College and Mt. San Antonio College.

He’s currently working on my first graphic novel, Double Life.

If you’d like to work together, drop me a line here:

Email: jettiallen [at] gmail [dot] com