Annie Thesia (they/she/he) (b. 1999) is a queer femme cartoonist and alternative comix maker living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations known as Vancouver, though they’ve lived all over including Los Angeles, Victoria and Ottawa.
In 2019 they received a diploma in animation and concept art from Vancouver Film School, and completed a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2026. They’ve exhibited in various shows since 2016, including in underground galleries and the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, and hold various awards in multiple arts fields. In the past they’ve worked in marketing, film, and independent animation. Sometimes they do music marketing materials, and are a vinyl DJ.
They take a fascination with the intersections of queer identity, rock n’ roll, and horror. The more guts the better. Most of their practice is digital, but often preliminaries, thumbnailing, or early drafting are done in charcoal, ink pen or mechanical pencil on paper. Sometimes they paint with ink or draw in dip pen. This website mostly highlights their tougher or sleazier work, which is what they really love doing.
Creatives they admire include Dennis Cooper, REX, Rimbaud, Steve Albini, Poppy Z. Brite, Russ Meyer, Pasolini, R. Crumb, Shintaro Kago, Eric Stanton, Gregg Araki, Derf, M. Gira, Kristin Hayter, Jhonn Balance, Alan Vega, Scott B and Beth B, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Ron Athey, Kathy Acker, Andres Serrano, Takashi Miike, Robert Williams, and Diamanda Galas. They grew up on 00s manga, the original Walking Dead series, and Tintin. You might not see a lot of poodles here but they are the poodle person, trust.