About Me
Maria Sweeney is a Moldovan-born, Bay Area-based digital illustrator, author and comic artist. Her debut graphic memoir, Brittle Joints, lushly illustrates her lifelong battle for care within the complex and indifferent US healthcare system while finding liberation through chosen family, loving community, and the natural world.
She specializes in quality logo design and creating exclusive identities for businesses, products or services centering accessibility.
Brittle Joints (book) — 2024
- An evocative and heartfelt graphic memoir about the challenges of living with a progressive disability.
- Eisner Awards Nominee 2025 - Best Writer/Artist & Best Painter
- Ringo Awards Nominee 2025 - Multimedia Artist & Best Graphic Novel Street Noise Books Edited by Liz Frances and Jisu Kim
- Featured in Fantagraphics, Publisher Weekly, American Library Association, New York Public Library, Foreword Reviews, Comics Beat
The Scooter Twins (book) — 2024
- Uplifting children’s book that shares the joys and challenges of disabled childhood, and offers many kids who get new wheels the opportunity to find themselves in the pages of a book.
- Groundwood Books, the children’s book arm of House of Anansi Press, written by Dorothy Ellen Palmer, edited by Karen Li
- Featured in the School Library Journal, The Toronto Star
Disability & Self-Care (zine) — 2021
- Educational mini-zine that focuses on different forms of self-care and how it intersects with the disabled community.
- Featured in Carnegie Mellon University’s anthology, How Well?, Distributed by Radiator Comics.
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