Dmitri Jackson
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Dmitri Jackson is a graphic novelist, freelance illustrator, and photographer. He also serves as instructional technologist for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.
Jackson's work has been featured in Riverfront Times, The Believer, and American Illustration 40. He also manages Frotoon Press, a DIY publisher of personal comic narratives exploring music, politics, culture, and identity. Notable works include John Henry: Steel-Driving Man and the long-running webcomic Blackwax Boulevard. He is the recipient of the 2019 First Prize for Graphic Narrative from the North Street Book Prize, as well as the winner of the 2019 National Indie Excellence Award for Comics and Graphic Novels. His creative inspirations include Ben Passmore, Ralph Bakshi, Hunter S. Thompson, Spike Lee, Thelonius Monk, and The Simpsons.
Website: http://www.dmitrijackson.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frotoonpress
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frotoonpress/
Winning Entry: Blackwax Boulevard
Contest Won: North Street Book Prize 2019, First Prize
Winning Entry: Blackwax Boulevard Is Listening
Contest Won: North Street Book Prize 2023, First Prize
