Sarah Shaw

A painting depicting Sarah Shaw

Sarah Shaw is a cartoonist, illustrator, and professor. She makes autobiographical, socio-political, and historical comics with a handmade, decorative flair. She also crafts visual essays, zines, and comics poems that capture the everyday. Her visual narratives have been published in The Boston Globe, The Boston Art Review, The Rumpus, Rustica, Pencil Magazine, and more. She lives in Maine and teaches at Maine College of Art & Design.

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Flower Memory

Sarah Shaw  | 
Issue 75.2 Spring 2026

I recall five years ago /

young girl, new license