Cara Gormally is a cartoonist, researcher, and professor. Cara’s narrative nonfiction comics remix autobiographical stories with research about socioscientific issues we face— to make science relateable. Their comics have appeared in the Washington Post, Mutha Magazine, Spiralbound, and other places. Their debut graphic memoir, Everything is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder, is forthcoming in April 2025 from Street Noise Books. A second book of braided comic essays about the emotional inheritance of estrangement, climate change, and puffins is underway.

Cara is the recipient of grants, fellowships, and residencies from the National Science Foundation, Playa Residency Fellowship, American Association of University Women, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Hodson Trust Foundation.

Cara earned a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and is a professor at Gallaudet University, in Washington, D.C. Cara lives in the DC metro area with their partner Andrea and their child.

Illustrated interview about Cara Gormally’s creative process | Spiralbound

Biology professor is drawn to creating comics | Gallaudet Today

More comics | Instagram @cara_gormally

Contact | cara.gormally at gmail.com