J. D. Lunt is a graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS). In 2016, he was a cartooning resident at The Atlantic Center for the Arts, with Master Artist Jessica Abel.

While studying Cartooning in Vermont, J.D. co-edited, and contributed to, When I Returned, an NEA-funded comics anthology, published by The Center for Cartoon Studies in collaboration with the White River Junction V. A. Medical Center. He also edited and wrote for a follow-up anthology, A Whole Lifetime of Firsts.

His work has been featured in and profiled on New Hampshire Public Radio, Upworthy, The Boston Globe, and 7 Days Vermont. He’s lectured on comics history and cartooning at CCS, Boston University, and the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW). Since 2020, J.D. Lunt has been the Cartooning Liaison for The Graphic Medicine International Collective. He’s presented at The Collective’s conferences since 2017.

J.D. started creating diary comics and sharing them on Instagram in 2021. In October 2022, he created The Sustainable Diary Cartooning Community, to mentor and support the work of his fellow diary cartoonists. Find out more, and how to join, on our Work With Us page.

To support J.D.’s continuing comics work go to patreon.com/jdlunt.

Click on the titled images below to read selections from some of J.D.’s favorite comics.