Sam Nakahira

Sam Nakahira (she/they) is a comic artist and illustrator from Los Angeles. She makes comics about overlooked histories, the natural world, dreams, and more—mostly within a framework of Japanese / Japanese American history and mythology. She graduated from Grinnell College and the Center for Cartoon Studies.

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Sam's debut graphic novel, Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape, was published by the Getty and Abrams Books in March 2024. 

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Open for commissions and teaching comics and art workshops/classes! Please send a message with your rate and project to samnakahira@gmail.com 

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