Madeline Zuluaga

Madeline Zuluaga (born 1993) is an American illustrator/storyteller. She is currently based in New York City.

Education

She attended the School of Visual Arts and graduated with a BFA in illustration in 2016.

Career

Much of Zuluaga's work revolves around watercolor, capybaras, and vegetables. She was inspired by her own mother’s immigration story and the New York City immigrant community to create her comic Capybara Ferry. The story discusses the emigration of a turnip girl and turnip family. Her goal is to bring people happiness through her work. Zuluaga is a featured illustrator in Chapter 7 of the book When the Rules Aren’t Right: 7 Time Travel Tales of Activism. She is listed in the Cartoonists of Color Database.

Personal life

Zuluaga is named after Madeline from the children’s books of the same name by Ludwig Bemelmans at the request of her sister. It wasn't until the end of her college career that Zuluaga came to the realization that she wanted to be a storyteller.

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Comics

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Publications