Lale Westvind

Lale Westvind b.1987 is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily in comics and animation in Pennsylvania, USA. Her work has been published in magazines and anthologies internationally such as Kramers Ergot (USA), Best American Comics (USA), The Lifted Brow (AUS), Strapazin (CHE), Lagon Revue (FR) and the New York Times (USA). She has self-published over a dozen comic books and two anthologies. She is the author of Hax (Breakdown Press, 2015) and Grip (Perfectly Acceptable Press, 2019). A segment of her series Hyperspeed to Nowhere was featured in the 2014 issue of Best American Comics and her self-published comic Hot Dog Beach #2 won an Ignatz Award in 2012. Her animation work has shown internationally at festivals, galleries and the New Museum in New York City. Her music video for Lightning Bolt’s Metal East won an award at Leeds International Film Festival in 2015. Lale Westvind is currently teaching animation and illustration at Parsons School of Design whilst finishing a ne...