Lucy Sullivan
She’s best known for her acclaimed debut graphic novel BARKING, based on her own experience of a mental health crisis. A new edition launched in 2024 with Avery Hill Publishing, and is part the Required Reading List for UCLA’s Art & Trauma Collegiate.
Alongside her own comics and zines, Lucy has created a variety of commissions for Dark Horse, Image Tiny Onion for titles including Hey, Amateur!, The Department Of Truth:Wild Fictions and Black Hammer, as well as the short comic Betwixt, Between commissioned by Jeff Lemire.
She is the artist on short comics including IND-XED, Metallic Dynamite, YOSHIN10 and Razorblades.
Recently Lucy created all the onscreen artwork for Benedict Cumberbatch’s character, Dad, in The Thing with Feathers, directed by Dylan Southern, based on the acclaimed novella by Max Porter. The film was premiered at the Sundance Festival earlier this year and goes on wider release in October 2025..
Her new Folk-Horror series SHELTER is currently in development, with support from Arts Council England. The first story, "Early Doors", is out now - and was winner of Broken Frontier’s “Best New Periodical Series” Award 2022. It was followed by the research zine, HAGBOUND, self-published in 2023. The second long-form story, "Mothers Ruin", is currently in development and scheduled for publication in 2026 (TBA).
Lucy Sullivan Online
Web: lucysullivanuk.com
Literary Film Rep: James Spackman at The BKS
