DIONNE CO is a writer and cartoonist based in Vancouver, B.C., on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

Her work has been published in SAD Mag, SOLRAD Literary Comics Magazine, The Conversation, and Herizons Magazine, where she won the Feminist Comic Contest for her story “The Voice I Must Resist” in 2026. Her work has been supported by the BC Arts Council (Early Career Development grant - Mentorship with Moniker Press in 2026) and the Canada Council for the Arts (Research and Creation grant in 2024).

Dionne is one-half of AC*DC Comics and is a studio member at The James Black Gallery. She graduated with a Master’s of Urban Studies from Simon Fraser University and is an alumni of The Writer’s Studio. She lives in East Van with her partner and two dogs.

What You See in Others. (2026) Pencil, charcoal, black and white ink on Bristol vellum. 14”x17”. Exhibited at Empire of Dirt Artist Residency.

Through the language of comics and sequential storytelling, Dionne’s narrative and illustrative work is rooted in scenes of everyday life, exploring themes like alienation, intimacy, precarity, and the complexity of relationships between humans and the non-human world. Her work is undergirded by an understanding of how personal stories are shaped alongside social, political and historical contexts. The medium of comics is particularly useful for juxtaposing some of the heavier topics of her work, like trauma and grief, with the levity and humour inherent in her style, reflected in her choice of childhood art materials like pencils, ink, pencil crayons and charcoal.

Equal parts writer and illustrator, Dionne’s work also engages with philosophical questions about the hybridity of comics as a medium and the relationship and distinction between words and images.

Dionne has self-published over 30 small-edition zines and books through her small press project, Dialectical Comics. She loves the process of bookbinding and folding zines. You can find her book VOIDUCKS at Lucky’s Comics.

EVENTS 2026

  • November 7: Short Run Comix Festival at the Seattle Design Centre – Seattle, WA.

  • October 10: Filipino Zine Fest at the James Black Gallery, Vancouver, BC

  • October 7: Asian Comics: Evolution of an Art Form exhibit at the Chinese Canadian Museum, Vancouver, BC

  • October 3: Paper Goods Fest at the Russian Hall, Vancouver, BC

  • September 5-6: Prairie Comics Fest at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg, MB - PCF’s 10-year-anniversary exhibit!

  • August 22: Comics-and-Cartoons Workshop at Venue Co-op’s Arts Festival: Everything But the Bagel 2

  • June 12-26: Artist Residency at Empire of Dirt, Creston BC

  • May 15-17: Vancouver Art Book Fair at the Yaletown Roundhouse Arts and Community Centre!

  • April 19:RainCity Comic Con at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver, BC.

  • March 19 and 20: Vancouver West Anarchist Book Fair at the UBC Atrium Nest !

  • February 21: Squamish Zine Fest at the Squamish Public Library

  • February 16: Make and Play! Family Day at the Museum of Vancouver - I will be hosting an all-day and all-ages Zine/Comics Workshop! Free admission.

EVENTS 2025