Zoe Thorogood

Zoe Thorogood is a British comic book author and artist. She is the author of The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott and It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, as well as a run of Hack/Slash through 2022-to-2023, in which series creator Tim Seeley resumed writing. In addition to her work on independent comics, she also co-created the character of Spider-UK (Zarina Zahari) together with Ramzee for Marvel Comics She studied video game art at De Montfort University in Leicester, which led her to an internship in 2017 creating design concepts at Splash Damage. She continued her studies at Teesside University between 2018 and 2019.

Her first graphic novel, The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott, was published in 2020. While she has suffered from sight problems since the age of 3, in 2017 she learned that her retina was slowly being detached, and that she could eventually go blind. Although inspired by her personal story, the character of Billie Scott is not an incarnation of Thorogood, as she would later explain in her second graphic novel.

Thorogood's second graphic novel, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, was published in 2022 through Image. It's Lonely... is an autobiography, focusing on Zoe's life through the last six months of 2021. It was not originally intended for publication; it was written during a depressive period. Finally, she decided to share a few illustrations on the Internet. She received messages from readers who identified with her work and her experience and felt that her work deserved to become a full-fledged book.

Her next comic was Hack/Slash: Back to School, set in the universe created by Tim Seeley. She is also the writer of the comic Life Is Strange: Forget-Me-Not, adapted from the video game Life Is Strange: True Colors, with art by Claudia Leonard and Andrea Izzo, published by Titan Comics.

In 2026, it was announced that Thorogood's next project would be Vampire on Aisle Six. The series, made in collaboration with her partner Joe Whiteford, revolves around a vampire named Luka who becomes trapped in a grocery store after getting kicked out of the apartment of his girlfriend, Nikki. It was also revealed that the series will be released with an accompanying EP, with music by Whiteford and Thorogood.

Works As writer and artist The impending blindness of Billie Scott, Avery Hill Publishing, 2020 It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, Image Comics, 2022 Creepshow Vol.2 #3 (OF 5), Image Comics, 2023 Hack Slash: Back To School, Image Comics, 2023–2024 "Harley Quinn and the Seven Sidekicks" in Harley Quinn: Black+White+Redder #4, DC Comics, 2023 "For James" in Ice Cream Man #43, Image Comics, 2025

Writing Life Is Strange: Forget-Me-Not (art by Claudia Leonardi, colours by Andrea Izzo), Titan Comics, 2023–2024

Art Poppy's Inferno (written by Poppy and Ryan Cady, art by Amilcar Pinna & Zoe Thorogood), Z2 Comics, 2020 HAHA #2 (written by W. Maxwell Prince), Image Comics, 2021 Rain (adapted by David M. Booher from a novella by Joe Hill), Image Comics, 2022 "The Hunt" in DC Pride 2022 #1 (written by Dani Fernandez), DC Comics, 2023

Cover art Eve #5 Variant Cover (written by Victor Lavalle, art by Jo Mi-Gyeong), Boom! Studios

Overwatch: Tracer-London Calling #3 Variant Cover (written by Mariko Tamaki, art by Babs Tarr), Dark Horse Comics, 2021

Crowded #11 Cover B (written by Christopher Sebela, art by Triona Farrell, Ro Stein & Ted Brandt), Image Comics, 2020 The Department Of Truth #9 (written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds), Image Comics, 2021 Home Sick Pilots #7 Cover B (written by Dan Watters, art by Caspar Wijngaard), Image Comics, 2021 Ice Cream Man #25 Cover B (written by W. Maxwell Prince, art by Chris O'Halloran & Martín Morazzo), Image Comics, 2021 What's The Furthest Place From Here? Cover B (written by Matthew Rosenberg, art by Tyler Boss), Image Comics, 2023 Lilith #1 (written by Corin Howell, art by Corin Howell, Warnia Sahadewa, Jim Campbell & Tim Daniel), Vault Comics, 2024

Others

Created the character Spider-UK (Zarina Zahari) together with Ramzee, first appearance in Edge of Spider-Verse Vol. 2 #1, Marvel Comics, 2022

Awards Nominated for 2023 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist for It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth Nominated for 2023 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir for It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth Nominated for 2023 Eisner Award for Best Adaptation From Another Medium for Rain Nominated for 2023 Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist for Rain Nominated for 2023 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist for Rain Awarded the 2023 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award.