Archie Bongiovanni is an American queer and trans cartoonist and illustrator.
Biography Bongiovanni grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska. They grew up reading comics and wanting to be a comic artist. They earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2009. In 2020, they participated in the Tin House Summer Workshop.
Their book The Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns started as a zine called A Cheap And Easy Guide To They/Them Pronouns that was sold for $2–3.
They have created comics for Autostraddle, The New Yorker, The Nib, and Vice.
Bongiovanni lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and teaches at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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Recognition The Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns was on Autostraddle's list of "20 of the Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018".
Bongiovanni was awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board Creative Support Grant in 2020 and a Jerome Foundation grant in 2021.
History Comics: The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights was on the National Council for the Social Studies' 2023 list of Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People.
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