Lawrence Lindell

Lawrence Lindell (born February 4, 1988) https://www.amazon.com/Lawrence-Lindell/e/B083H7MHH2?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000 is an American cartoonist, educator, and musician. He is known for his autobiographic comics which include From Truth With Truth and Couldn’t Afford Therapy, So I Made This. His work covers mental health issues, blackness, and queerness. He lives in the Bay Area, California (U.S. state)| California.
== Career ==
Lindell received a B.F.A. degree from Otis College of Art and Design, where he majored in illustration and animation. He will complete his M.F.A from California College of the Arts in 2020.
In 2017, he produced the autobiographical comic Couldn’t Afford Therapy, So I Made This and “From Black Boy With Love” which was featured on a number of media outlets, including Huffington Post, Afropunk, Atlanta Black Star, and NowThis.
In 2018 he published The Section, which is a web comic about blackness.
In 2020 he self published his Graphic novel|graphic memoir "From Truth With Truth". https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083H4D974/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Specifically, the memoir deals with how Lindell navigated his mental health issues, parents divorce and healing.
== Other work ==
Lindell has been releasing music since 2009, under various aliases and his own name.
He started an independent label called Noise Met Sound in 2013, to release his music.
Lindell also teaches, leads zine workshops, hosts comic workshops and gives lectures.
In 2018 he was a special guest at Small Press Expo, where he was on the panel “Writing With Bipolar” alongside of Ellen Forney, Keiler Roberts and moderated by Rob Clough.
In 2019, he was the guest of honor for San Francisco Zine Fest. He gave a lecture at Indiana Tech as part of their Tech Talk series. He was also a featured guest at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2019, where he was on the Decolonizing Comics Panel with fellow cartoonists Trinidad Escobar and Breena Nuñez, moderated by Minnie Phan.
Lindell also creates comics for The New Yorker.
==Personal life==
Lindell lives in California. He is engaged to fellow cartoonist Breena Nuñez. The two became engaged in 2018 at the East Bay Alternative Zine Fest, which is where they met in 2015.
He plays piano and performs live electronic sets.
Lindell is very open about living with Bipolar Depression and PTSD. These are two of the main themes of his work.
== Bibliography ==
* From Black Boy With Love, Self Published (2017).
* Couldn't Afford Therapy So I Made This, Self Published (2017).
* From Truth With Truth, Self Published (2020). 
== Exhibitions ==
* Queer Comics Saves Lives, Solo Art Exhibition (2020).
* We are more: Stories by Queer Artist, Group Art Exhibition (2019).
== Film Scores ==
Year	Title 	Director 	Notes / Accolades
2016	When Noise Met Sound: Apocalyptica	Raymond Metoyer	First film scoreFilm released in 2016
== Discography ==
* A Nomad Story (2014)
* Eclectic Frequencies (2014)
* Magic Megaphone (2015)
* Cinema of Soul(2015)
* Lawrence Lindell (2015)
* Raw Imperfections (2016)
* Life of Color (2017)
* Afrospacetable (2019)
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Lawrence Lindell on twitter
* Lawrence Lindell on instagram
* Lawrence Lindell on linkedin
Category:American comics writers
Category:Living people
Category:1988 births
Category:Otis College of Art and Design alumni
Category:Artists from California
Category:Alternative cartoonists
Category:People with bipolar disorder
Category:Educators from California
Category:LGBT artists from the United States
Category:LGBT comics creators
Category:Bisexual artists
Category:Bisexual men