https://www.alisonbarnwell.com/about daily 0.75 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa942791afe336e47408b8e/1607608578452-WON5TR4ZB2MW2BLDNAVO/Frame+1.png About I’m an artist of waysides and oddballs. As a comics artist, writer, and reporter, I create visual stories that consider the fullness of small subjects, the people within pockets, the enormity of moments. I like to look closely at inner lives, including my own. Originally from Portland, Oregon, I now live in New York City. I’ve worked as a reporter, paralegal, and ivy remover, and I have an M.A. in English from Tulane. I welcome questions and ideas. Please contact me! https://www.alisonbarnwell.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-12-13 https://www.alisonbarnwell.com/reporting daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa942791afe336e47408b8e/1607889780758-NHJU35Y2QFUPN6TWQB3O/Frame+4.png Reporting - Dark Journey, Portland Monthly As a teenager, David Pedersen went to prison after robbing two coffee stands. At 30, he got out—and went on a killing spree. This story examines his history in Oregon’s courts and prisons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa942791afe336e47408b8e/1607901050851-NTCRHX8KS1YCTRF9AQ2G/Frame+6.png Reporting - Doctors, Police See More Abuse of Bath Salts in Oregon; DEA Moves to Outlaw Designer Drug While officials scramble to respond to the new substance, chemists are creating variations “almost daily,” said Zane Horowitz, director of the Oregon Poison Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa942791afe336e47408b8e/1607889849091-7YCT962GWKY3RMPP6S70/Frame+3.png Reporting - ‘Finally Ready’ after 42 years A woman who moved after her mother’s 1971 killing says she’s now seeking answers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa942791afe336e47408b8e/1607889873242-BTY472IMR8B9IJJSJY52/Frame+6.png Reporting - Identity of ‘marine creature’ who bit Seaside surfer this morning not clear A surfer who tangled with something in the waves ended up with an injured leg Tuesday morning, but it’s not clear whether she was the victim of a shark attack. https://www.alisonbarnwell.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2025-06-10 https://www.alisonbarnwell.com/home daily 1.0 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa942791afe336e47408b8e/cbabe921-14b0-49f5-9cb7-a421f96790d2/Alison+Barnwell+%E2%80%93+Self-Portrait.jpg Visual Storytelling - I write and draw stories. My subjects are people, myself, American landscapes of small towns and big systems, the worlds in eyes. My documentation of things in my comics is both an artistic practice and my ongoing conversation with our times. My work has been featured by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper’s, and others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa942791afe336e47408b8e/1607893422090-RMZY5LQ039411LN2TTKI/contact.png Visual Storytelling https://www.alisonbarnwell.com/home/illustrations monthly 0.5 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa942791afe336e47408b8e/1606260031718-X7VP9IOSZHCB4MXBXU25/Barnwell-Website-Outline_Page_04.png Visual Storytelling - Drawings This illustration features [subject name], describe moment of illustration. 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