KARL STEVENS
Karl Stevens (b. 1978) is an award-winning graphic novelist and painter. He studied at the Art Institute of Boston (now Lesley University) and the Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA. His work has been exhibited at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY; the Suffolk University Art Gallery, Boston; and the Gallery at Montserrat College of Art, among others. Stevens’ work is included in the collections of the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, Columbus, OH and numerous private collections.
His books include Failure, The Winner, Penny: A Graphic Memoir and Mother Nature (adapted from the screenplay by Jamie Lee Curtis and Russell Goldman). His latest graphic novel, Pepper, was released on October 2026. His comic strips have appeared in the alternative newsweekly the Boston Phoenix (2005–2012), The Village Voice (2016–2017), and The New Yorker magazine (2018–present).
