Jenna Cha
American comic book writer and artist
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Jenna Cha is an American comic book writer and artist best known for her work on horror comics Black Stars Above and the ongoing series The Sickness.
| Jenna Cha | |
|---|---|
Cha at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2026 | |
| Born | California, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Writer, artist |
Notable works | Black Stars Above, The Sickness |
| https://www.thejennachashow.com/ | |
Early and personal life
Cha grew up emulating silly cartoon strips like Calvin and Hobbes and Garfield before being "accidentally, unwittingly and unwarrantedly" introduced to horror comics in middle school.[1] She graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2017 with a BFA in Comic Art. While there, she interned with American comic artist Paul Fricke,[2] who created 'Trollords' and 'Terror Tots' for Caliber Comics.[3]
She is married to comic writer Lonnie Nadler, the co-creator of Black Stars Above.[1]
Career
Debut
Cha made her comic book debut with the release of Black Stars Above through Vault Comics[4] in 2019-2020. It was longlisted for a Bram Stoker Award.[5]
After getting Black Stars Above greenlit on a written pitch alone, Lonnie Nadler needed an artist. He frequently scrolled through social media for new comic book artists, and stumbled across Cha's social media on Twitter from a #VisibleWoman post.[1] He reached out to Vault editor-in-chief Adrian Wassel, who responded that he was just about to email him about Cha, recommending her for the job.[1]
Current work
Cha has worked as a cover artist with independent comic book publishers like Dark Horse Comics, Oni Press and Image Comics.[citation needed]
In June 2023, Cha and Nadler began releasing The Sickness with Uncivilized Books.[6] Cha's work on The Sickness has been called a "tour de force" of art with "impeccably researched and perfectly-realized" set pieces,[7] with her artwork being called "grim, unsettling, and disturbing in all the right way(s)".[8]
Bibliography
Source[9]
Writer/Artist
- "Evening Coffee", Viscere #1: Body Horror
Interior art
- The Sickness #1-Present, Uncivilized Books
- "True Weird: Grande Peur", Blue Book #3, Dark Horse Comics
- "She's Got It", Razorblades: The Horror Magazine #1
- Black Stars Above, 2019-2020 Vault Comics
Covers only
- Dead by Daylight: The Hillbilly #2, Cover F Virgin Variant, Titan Comics
- Dead by Daylight: The Hillbilly #2, Cover B Variant, Titan Comics
- Mind MGMT: New & Improved #1, Cover C Blind Bag Variant, Oni Press
- Little Nightmares: Descent to Nowhere #2, Cover B Variant, Titan Comics
- Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #4, Cover B Variant, Oni Press
- Be Not Afraid #2, Cover D 1:20 Virgin Variant, Boom! Studios
- The Goddamn Tragedy #1, Cover D Variant, Oni Press
- You'll Do Bad Things #1, Cover C 1:10 Variant, Image Comics
- When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee #4, Cover D 1:15 Virgin Variant, Boom! Studios
- Séance in the Asylum #4, Cover B Variant Dark Horse Comics
- Into the Unbeing #3, Cover B Variant, Dark Horse Comics
- Operation Sunshine: Already Dead #4, Cover C Variant, Dark Horse Comics
- The Deviant #3, Cover C 1:25 Variant, Image Comics
- Dwellings #1, Cover C Variant, Oni Press
- W0rldtr33 #15, Cover C 1:15 Cha Variant Image Comics
- What's the Furthest Place From Here? #2, Cover C 1:15 Variant Image Comics
- ThoughtScape Comics #1
- The Department of Truth #19, Cover B 1:25 Variant Image Comics