About the Artist
“American-born, Paris raised cartoonist Calyn Pickens Rich feels like our little art sister the way we keeping stanning her here at AFROPUNK. Pickens Rich is the creator of the world of ‘Dill Comics’, all stemming from its title character Dill. Dill Comics has grown and expanded, branching off into different Dill’s while also including ‘Pwatt Institute Comic’, inspired by her time as Pratt Institute student. We first featured Pickens Rich in 2014 where she introduced herself to us a “young Paris-dwelling-afro-wearing-temporary-tattoo-sporting full-time artist, part-time mad scientist and occasional technical captain.” Since then, she’s only gotten cooler and the cartoonist has unveiled more characters and grown the world’s in which they reside.”
Awards
Pratt Institute Award in Academic Excellence for Innovation, Creativity and Originality, 2020
Pratt Institute Circle Award, 2020
Pratt Institute President’s List, 2019.
