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About

JJ McLuckie is a Chicago-based illustrator, cartoonist, muralist, and handpoke tattoo artist. They primarily self-publish queer body-horror comics and zines based on observing biological patterns, destigmatizing gender/sexuality, and visually communicating emotion. Vibrant paintings are often portraits of the enjoyment of melancholy and vulnerability; these form the nucleus of which the varying mediums used revolve around. Color theory, design, and stylistic collage are always at the forefront of concepts and therefore are constantly shifting depending on what their most recent research happens to be.

Purchasing

For any inquiries on purchasing any originals, prints, stickers,  comics, or anything else, please contact me via email at mclujohn(at)gmail.com

Currently I have work for sale at these Chicago locations

  • Armadillo's Pillow, 6753 N Sheridan Road

  • Bric-A-Brac Records, 3156 W Diversey Ave

  • JJMcLuckie.com/comics

  • Quimby's Bookstore, 1854 W North Ave

  • ShopColumbia, 619 South Wabash Ave

  • Uncharted Books, 5140 N Clark St

These other locations

publications

  • Comics, Comix, Comic (Diagrams of Life, Sexuality, and Health), 2019, One year of nonverbal diary comics revolving around documenting the world, queerness, and mental health, 5.5”x5.5”, Self-Published

  • Follicle, 2019, Contemplative body-horror comic about a hypothetical terminal illness, 5.5”x5.5”, Self-Published, Performed at Zine Not Dead 11

  • I am Thinking; Therefore I exist, 2018, Included in Pallor Pink Vol 5 published by Yewon Kwon

  • CAKE Anthology 2018, 2018, Editor for Chicago Alternative Comic Expo's 2018 Anthology, 8.5"x11", Published in collaboration with CAKE

  • GROW, 2018, Plant-oriented diagrams/comics with each successive page growing by 4 panels. , 8.5"x11", Self-published

  • Mobius, 2018, Comic on the topic of endlessness and isolation formatted as a mobius strip, 4"x15", Self-published for Linework Comic Anthology 8

  • Life-Defining Moments, 2017, Memories of the mundane are dissected to realize that they play more of a role in shaping personality than seemingly major moments, 7.5"x5.5", Self-published

  • Wormhole, 2017, Short comic/bookmark about swirling between rigid and liquid forms, 2"x7", Self-published

  • Business Box, 2017, Four independently drawn surreal panels are combined on each page to create an abstract narrative, 4.25"x5.5", Self-published

  • Cute and Nice, 2017, A comic in the form of a passed note about some dudes, 5.5"x8.5", Self-published

  • Exquisite Corpse: A Collaboration of Friendship, 2017,  Mix and match book in collaboration with Olivia Olsen and Maggie O'Brien, 8.5"x11", Self-Published

  • Hollinndagain, 2017, A comic reimagining of Animal Collective's 2002 album, 11"x14", Self-published

  • Linework Comic Anthology Vol 7, 2017,  Anthology under the direction of Ivan Brunetti, 10.5"x14", Editor

  • Chaos Theory, 2017, Collection of b/w one page comics, 8.5"x11", Self-published

  • Hi There, 2017, Typography based mini comic, 4.25"x5.5", Self-published

  • Linework Comic Anthology Vol 6, 2016,  Anthology under the direction of Ivan Brunetti, 8"x10", Contributor

  • Bus Stop, 2016, Stream of consciousness semi-wordless mini comic, 5.5"x8.5", Self-published

  • Bees?, 2015, Collection of illustrations, 5"x5", Contributor 

  • The Kitchen Katastrophe, 2007, Children's mystery picture book with talking food, 6"x8", Illustrator

Exhibitions

Clients and Experiences