Kris Dresen
is the co-creator of the Xeric-awarded and Eisner nominated comic series Manya, while her critically acclaimed comic strip Max & Lily, about gay best friends, is #29 in a survey of important LGBQT characters. Kris' Ignatz Award nominated (Best Web Comic) Grace, is followed by stream-of-consciousness short work she's in the trees, then serialized graphic novel she said, which can be described as the telling of a relationship in sound bites. The visual poem, Gone, made the Best American Comics:the Notable Comics of 2013 list. Kris' work is included in the Lambda Literary Award-winning No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics
as well as the QU33R anthology. Kris' most recent work is as the illustrator
of JD Glass' graphic novel Punk Like Me arriving in Spring of 2026.
A book designer/art director and illustrator by day, Kris has drawn many
math and science textbooks and 100s of greeting cards, so there's a good
chance she's taught your kids math or wished you a happy birthday.
is the co-creator of the Xeric-awarded and Eisner nominated comic series Manya, while her critically acclaimed comic strip Max & Lily, about gay best friends, is #29 in a survey of important LGBQT characters. Kris' Ignatz Award nominated (Best Web Comic) Grace, is followed by stream-of-consciousness short work she's in the trees, then serialized graphic novel she said, which can be described as the telling of a relationship in sound bites. The visual poem, Gone, made the Best American Comics:the Notable Comics of 2013 list. Kris' work is included in the Lambda Literary Award-winning No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics
as well as the QU33R anthology. Kris' most recent work is as the illustrator
of JD Glass' graphic novel Punk Like Me arriving in Spring of 2026.
A book designer/art director and illustrator by day, Kris has drawn many
math and science textbooks and 100s of greeting cards, so there's a good
chance she's taught your kids math or wished you a happy birthday.
Clients include: Scholastic Books, SourceBooks, National Science Teachers Association, Recycled Paper Greetings, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Institute for Mathematics and Science Education, Sunbird Books, StreetNoise Books.
Institute for Mathematics and Science Education, Sunbird Books, StreetNoise Books.
kris@dresenglass.com