Curls Comic

Carolyn Belefski creates and publishes original comics and illustrations. Carolyn writes and draws the comic strip Curls. She also collaborates with writer Joe Carabeo on the comic books Kid Roxy, Black Magic Tales, and The Legettes.

In 2010, Curls was nominated for the Friends of Lulu Kim Yale Award to recognize women in cartooning. In 2013 and 2014 Carolyn was voted Best Visual Artist runner-up for Washington City Paper’s Best of D.C. awards.

Carolyn became a National Cartoonists Society member in 2012, and is currently serving as a Washington, DC chapter board member. With NCS, she started “Cartoonists Draw Blood” in Washington, DC by connecting with the American Red Cross, gathering local cartoonists, and organizing a blood drive where blood donors receive a sketch from a cartoonist. With the first two blood drives, we’ve helped to save the lives of up to 120 strangers.

Carolyn serves as editor-in-chief of Magic Bullet, Washington, DC’s comics newspaper anthology. She has edited and published issues 6-8 and is currently in production with issue 9, a Western themed issue. Magic Bullet has a print run of 5,000 and can be found at many east coast comic conventions and Washington, DC area venues.

Carolyn works on freelance illustration and design work, as well as art commissions. Email info[at]curls-studio[dot]com with your project need and budget. Past clients include Clorox, The Heritage Foundation, National Geographic, and more.

Beyond her self-motivated work at Curls Studio, Carolyn works professionally as a designer in the Washington, DC region. Carolyn graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA degree in Communication Arts and Design. From 2007-2011, she volunteered her time to the design community through AIGA, the professional association for design, by serving on the AIGA DC Board of Directors.

Carolyn has exhibited at New York Comic Con, Baltimore Comic-Con, Awesome Con, Small Press Expo, Pittsburgh Comic Arts Festival, Philly Alternative Comic Con, and many other comic conventions and art fairs. Please email info[at]curls-studio[dot]com if you would like Curls Studio to be a guest at your comic convention or event.

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CONTACT
info[at]curls-studio[dot]com

Photo by Joe Carabeo, Astray Productions