Ali Fitzgerald is a regular contributor and comic columnist for the The New Yorker. She also writes articles and comics for other magazines and newspapers.
Ali's acclaimed first graphic nonfiction book, Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe was published in late 2018 with Fantagraphics.
In 2025, Squeak, Chatter, Bark, an all-ages eco-mystery, came out with Fantagraphics.
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Learn more in her bio and discover some of her work below.
“Lovers of nature and sci-fi will adore the anthropomorphic characters, the idea of transforming environmental hazards into something good and the amazing creativity from the world and bio domes that Fitzgerald has crafted in this stunning graphic novel.” — Broken Frontier
"Fitzgerald, a frequent New Yorker cartoonist, fills the pages of this book with lush brush strokes and an appreciation for nature. ... It all adds up to a fun journey that may generate some conversation without being too heavy-handed." — The Revelator
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“One of the finest pieces of comics nonfiction I’ve read in years.” — New York Magazine: Vulture
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“Beautiful, sensitive, illuminating, and at times quite funny. ... every page is a gem.” — LA Review of Books
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“It’s quite an extraordinary book—a thoughtful and deeply empathetic examination of displacement and hope, focusing on the situation of immigrants in Berlin, past and present.” — The Rumpus
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Winner of the Independent Publisher’s award for best graphic book of 2019.
Named one of the best comics of 2018 by New York Magazine
Newspapers and Magazines
 Vanishing PanelsA comic about Patricia Highsmith's comic writing (The New Yorker, 2023) |  IconoclasticA comic about designer Susan Kare, for the MoMA exhibition "Never Alone: Video Games and Other Interactive Design" |  America!A comic column in The New Yorker, since 2018 |
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 Comics about literatureIn the New York Times |  The Museum of PurgatoryA comic about lost souls and feeling stuck (The New Yorker, 2020) |  The Dad ArchiveA piece about archiving loss (The New Yorker, 2020) |
 Arts writingAs a columnist and correspondent in Berlin for Art21 |  Bermuda SquareWeekly comic in New York Magazine - The Cut |
Graphic Books
 Squeak Chatter Bark, An Eco-Mystery (an all-ages graphic novel, Fantagraphics, 2025) |  A Graphic Novella about a family from Kiel in the 1930s (in German, 2022) |  Drawn to Berlin. Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories in a New Europe (Fantagraphics 2018) |
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 Drawn to Berlin's translation into French (Editions Presque Lune 2019) |  Legendary comic bookshop Desert Island published a zine with beloved Hungover Bear comics (2023) |