Janice Liu

JANICE LIU

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Janice Liu is a kids’ comic artist who has worked with children for 10 years. Her graphic novel with Naomi Cui, Chicken Soup & Goji Berries 中药鸡汤, was a 2020 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award finalist, and a Gene Day Award nominee. Janice’s all-ages comics use fantasy and the supernatural to explore loss, desire, and Chinese diasporic identity. Her comic work about Anti-Asian racism during the Covid-19 pandemic was featured in Comics in Transit 2021.

Janice is the owner at Young Artists’ Place in Burnaby, BC, where she teaches art classes for kids and teens. Janice is available for art & comics workshops, as well as youth mentorships.