Sellin' you wisdom from a plexiglass prism.
I'm Hazel Newlevant, a cartoonist attending SVA.
I've self-published a lot of cool mini-comics, and even a coloring book! You can order them online from my other website, newlevant.com
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
My friends at PSU are having a recital! If you live in the Portland area and like string quartets, choir, chamber ensembles, and cello, the event is free and open to the public. And I did the poster.
If anyone else would like to commission me to do a concert or event poster this summer, get in touch!
New in the Birdcage Bottom Books shop:
Hazel Newlevant’s “Mariposa”
A collaboration with Jesse Reklaw about butterfly collecting and sexual fluidity, in a booklet shaped like a butterfly. Read the tale of Isaac as he pursues the mysterious new terranovis species, while fending off the psychosexual advances of his weird neighbor. Limited edition of 100 with silkscreened covers!
4″ x 4.5″, 40 pages. $8
Stapled. Silkscreened cover with b&w interior.
It’s my mini-comic! Did you know 40 pages is my longest story to date? Get it while you can.
New in the Birdcage Bottom Books shop:
Hazel Newlevant’s “If This Be Sin”
Gladys Bentley was a blues singer, piano player, and drag king who performed bawdy tunes in Harlem nightclubs throughout the 1920s and ’30s. Despite the social obstacles she faced as a black, openly queer woman, her outrageous and energetic act became a mainstay of the Harlem cabaret. In 1952, under the oppressive social conditions of the McCarthy era, Bentley publicly renounced her previous identity and claimed to have found happiness as a feminine housewife.
5.5″ x 7.5″, 16 pages. $3
Stapled. Color cover with color interior.
It’s my book! If you want the printed version of If This Be Sin shipped to you or your store, this is how!
I’m helping Jesse Reklaw on his graphic novel Couch Tag, coming out from Fantagraphics this fall. It’s a dysfunctional family drama, which is just my kind of comic! Left are my pencils based on his thumbnails, and right is the page after he’s gone to town on it.
Children’s album artwork penciled by Jesse Reklaw and inked by me.
Sketches for a poster commission for two of my friends, PSU music students. (Their recital is going to be really good!) Do y’all have a favorite?
Some of the drawings I contributed to Jesse Reklaw’s mixed media sketchbook project, LOVF. The first issue is available from Paper Rocket Minicomics, full color with a silkscreened cover!
Even more users who won If This Be Sin! I’m thrilled that so many people are interested in my comic.
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A frog transforms into a prince! Final project for my pop-up book class.
