Teresa Wong (cartoonist)

Teresa Wong is a Chinese-Canadian cartoonist. Wong is a second-generation Canadian.

Career
Wong is the author of the graphic memoir Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression. Dear Scarlet illustrates Wong's experience with postpartum depression after the birth of her first child. A review in The New York Times describes Wong's graphic memoir as a "fresh voice" in cartooning. Several reviews have noted the drawings help mothers cope with postpartum mental health.

Her comics have appeared in The Believer, The New Yorker, and McSweeney's, among other outlets. Some of Wong's comics and writing addresses the tension between motherhood and creating art.

Wong also teaches classes in memoir and comics at Gotham Writers and was the 2021-2022 writer in residence at the University of Calgary. Her comics process and creative practice are described in an article published in 2023 by Krishnan and Jha.

Recognition
Dear Scarlet was a finalist for the Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize and made the CBC Reads 2020 Longlist.

Work

 * Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression, 2019, published by Arsenal Pulp Press
 * This is Not a Feel-Good Movie, 2020, published in The Believer
 * Draw Your Lockdown Life, 2020, published in The Believer
 * Drawing Comics About Movies, 2021, published in The Believer
 * Hold On, Mommy's Just Trying to Finish Reading the Internet, 2021, published in The New Yorker
 * Piano Lessons, 2021, published in The Believer
 * Safety Net, 2022, published in McSweeney's
 * Screaming & Watercolours: I Turned My Toddler's Tantrum Into Art, 2022, published in The Walrus
 * Searching for Proof, 2023, CBC