Tillie Walden is an American cartoonist who wrote and drew Clementine Lives and the Clementine graphic novel series.
Biography
Walden grew up in New Jersey and was shaped by her childhood move from New Jersey to Austin, Texas. She was a competitive ice skater. Walden is a graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies, where she teaches as a professor.
Walden's debut graphic novel, The End of Summer, was published by Avery Hill in June 2015.
Walden has known she was a lesbian since she was 5. Before she came out, Walden avoided including queer characters in her stories, feeling that she "couldn't draw openly gay characters if [she] was still scared to be openly gay".
Awards
- 2016 Outstanding artist - The End of Summer
- 2016 Promising new talent - I Love This Part
- 2018 Best Reality-Based Work - Spinning
- 2020 Best Graphic Album-New - Are You Listening?
Trivia
- Prior to writing the Clementine series, Tillie hadn't played the games before being asked to write them and when she did, she played them all "really fast".[1]