The Star Wars community over the last couple decades has taken the galaxy to ever greater heights. Chief amidst the strongest of the Force have been the artists. Our mission for SWAM is to highlight these artisans and bring their works to light. Well, few need to be reminded of today’s artist: Katie Cook. Katie made her name making the rounds at cons and online with her adorable and smart renditions of characters from all over fandom. She broke into the big leagues by giving Star Wars fans a new way to look at their favorite characters. She even makes it available to kids learning their ABC’s! Anyone who’s met Katie at conventions is met with a warm and wry sense of humor. It shows in all her work, which has become a hot property for Star Wars publications and is now a hit web series ironically called Nothing Special (how hip is it? hint: my teenagers have been reading it for over a year and can’t stop talking about it). Katie makes Star Wars approachable for a whole new segment of fans and reminds us just how relatable our favorite characters can be. We love her work and we love how many have discovered her.
Katie Cook is a comic artist and writer that hails from the mitten state (as in Michigan, not that she is in the state of being a mitten). She is the creator of the comic Nothing Special on Webtoon and Gronk: A Monster’s Story. She spent several years writing IDW’s My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Katie is the illustrator of several Star Wars children’s books and has also done extensive work for Marvel, Disney, Fraggle Rock, and so much more! Her mother thinks she is funny. Her Star Wars credits include art for the Clone Wars online comic, illustrations for ABC-3PO, OBI-123, Search Your Feelings and Creatures Big and Small.
- What drew you to illustrating Star Wars as a subject
“I’ve loved Star Wars since I was a kid! Even if I wan’t getting paid to do it I’d still be drawing porgs.”
Links to Katie’s panorama of work:
- www.katiecandraw.com
- https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/nothing-special/list?title_no=1188
- twitter @katiecandraw
- instagram @katiecandraw
- facebook @katiecandraw.fan
- books available on amazon or any bookstore
Many thanks to our partners at Jedi News, Fantha Tracks, Rebel Scum, Force.Net, and Bantha Bricks for supporting SWAM 2020 and sharing our posts. What a great way to share the magic of the art community! Check them out and see just how big the galaxy really is!
