Sequoia Bostick & Amalia DeGirolamo, Co-Founders, Vagabond Comics| CWRU Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

Sequoia Bostick

Co-Founder

Vagabond Comics

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sequoia-bostick-02386268/

Sequoia Bostick is an Illustrator, Comic creator, and Designer living in Cleveland Ohio. After earning her BFA in Illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2014, she pursued a career as a resident teaching artist where she works with local youth to growth their visual art skills all while growing her own artistic practice as a Freelancer. Her work often features Bright colors, Dream-like figures, cute, playful, characters and stories that are fun for the whole family.  She works with both traditional and digital media in her work and has been getting into some animation work as well. She is a project oriented artist and loves working with others on large assignments.Sequoia’s work has been featured in Cleveland Scene Magazine, Vagabond Comics, Ideastream, The CAN Journal, And the Plain Dealer.  You can also find her work in Cleveland Botanical Gardens, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and Maelstrom Collaborative Arts. (Center for Arts-Inspired Learning)

Website: https://www.sequoiabostickart.com/

Amalia DeGirolamo

Co-Founder

Vagabond Comics

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amalia-degirolamo-98474269/

Amalia DeGirolamo is a Cleveland-based illustrator, designer, and comic book artist. She currently works full time as a product designer with experience creating for everything from apparel to hydration, with a penchant for patterns and playful characters in particular.

She is also an active presence in the Cleveland comics community, and is the co-creator and editor of the all-ages anthology Vagabond Comics. Her own work has been featured in Ladies Night Anthology, One Page Stinkers, and Cleveland Scene.

Website: https://amaliadeg.com/