Comic Illustrator · Toronto / Online

Allie Strauss

Visual storyteller working in neon, ink, and emerging tools. Building cyberpunk worlds, indie heroines, and the quiet violence in between.

Featured cyberpunk portrait by Allie Strauss
FEATURED // NIGHT CITY HEROINE // 2026
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03 / About

An artist between analog and signal.

Portrait of Allie Strauss

I make comics about women who survive futures they were never meant to inherit.

I'm an independent comic illustrator working between sci-fi cyberpunk, indie superhero, and experimental short-form sequential art. My work moves at the velocity of neon hitting wet pavement — visceral, kinetic, and built from a careful study of light, anatomy, and the soft moments that hide inside loud ones.

I've drawn for indie anthologies, zines, and my own ongoing series for years. My visual language pulls from late-90s shōjo, French ligne claire, mecha design tradition, and the bruised colour palettes of vapor-soaked nightlife. I live between my studio and my sketchbook.

◆ A note on process — transparency

I use AI as a tool in my creation pipeline — for ideation, base composition, and rapid iteration on cyberpunk visual concepts. Every piece is then heavily post-processed by hand: redrawn elements, custom inking, hand-tuned colour grading, anatomy correction, and detail work. I keep consistency across panels, characters, and story arcs. The goal is a level of finish that meets or exceeds traditional illustration. AI is the under-drawing. The comic is mine.

Specialty
Cyberpunk · Indie · Action
Availability
Selective commissions, 2026
04 / Get in touch

Let's build something luminous.

Currently taking selective commissions for cyberpunk, indie, and action work. Reach out through the platforms below.