Julia Wertz is a cartoonist, urban explorer, and amateur historian. Her graphic novels include: The Fart Party vol 1and vol 2 (collected in Museum of Mistakes); Drinking at the Movies; The Infinite Wait & Other Stories; Tenements, Towers, & Trash; (recipient of the Brendan Gill Prize), and Impossible People, A Completely Average Recovery Story. She does monthly non-fiction comics for the New Yorker. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, the Believer, the Best American Comics, and other publications. Her photography of abandoned places has appeared in a handful of newspapers. She is a repeated MacDowell residency fellow, but was rejected from Yaddo.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she spent a decade in New York City before settling in Sonoma County, CA, with her partner Oliver (yup, the Oliver from Fart Party) and their son Felix. She’s currently working on the graphic novel Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here) to be released in April 2026.

Readings and other tour date info can be seen here

You can read some comics at Museum of Mistakes, and see research and photos of abandoned places on Adventure Bible School.

Contact info: juliajwertz (at)gmail(dot)com

Agent: Michelle Brower at mbrower (at) trellisliterary (dot) com