Howdy! My name is Bailey Culver. I’m a storyteller with a soft spot for misfits.
I create comics for people who started watching Adult Swim way too early and think every little thing will lead to the end of the world. On one hand, I focus on comedic young adult stories that revolve around identity and community influenced by youth counter-culture. On the other, I love creating Gothics about forgotten rural landscapes inspired by my upbringing in north central Pennsylvania. I’m also interested in adapting classic works from authors that inspire me such as Dante Alighieri, Angela Carter, Edgar Allen Poe, and Shirley Jackson.
My favorite illustration subjects are bugs, cowboys, 60s mod, and punks. But I honestly love everything strange and retro. My fibers practice consists of soft sculpture, latch hook rugs, and doll making.
When I’m not working, you can find me building my next cosplay, playing point-and-click adventure games, causing chaos in Dungeons and Dragons, and hunting for 80s new wave records at my local flea market.
And when I'm not doing those things, I'm also writing blogs, making YouTube videos, and posting on feeds as the Content Manager of Kids Comics Unite.
Find me on Instagram and Bluesky @quiltbucket, contact me at bculverart@gmail.com, and read my ongoing comic, Enter The Mothbaby, exclusively on my newsletter, The Cattle Call.
DREAM PROJECTS
"Chaotic" coming of age stories in a similar tone to FLCL
Graphic Novel adaptions of long forgotten Gothics
A "Degrassi" interpretation of Nancy Drew
Historic graphic novels that sink their teeth into the politics of youth counter-cultures
PUBLISHED WORK • CREDITED PROJECTS
I Went to a Party Once • Splintermouth Anthology Issue #3 • Comic • Upcoming October 2025
Wagnificent: New Dog In The Den • Roaring Brook Press • Comic Flatter • July 2025
Hickory Stag • Self-published • Graphic Novel • November 2024
Wagnificent: The Adventures of Thunder and Sage • Roaring Brook Press • Comic Flatter • July 2024
Enter the Mothbaby • Self-published • Webcomic • 2023-Present
EDUCATION
Syracuse University • BFA • Illustration • School of Visual and Performing Arts
AWARDS • RECOGNITION
Pitchfest Top 50 Gallery • Kids Comics Unite • 2025 • Pitch scored within the top 50 submissions (Randy Needs 1000 Good Deeds)
Crowdfundr Staff Pick • Crowdfundr • 2024 • Graphic Novel campaign showcased on website's main page (Hickory Stag)
Pitchfest Honorable Mention • Kids Comics Unite • 2022 • Awarded to highest scoring manuscript only graphic novel pitch (Randy Needs 1000 Good Deeds)
Marion Behr Award • Syracuse University • 2021 • Gifted to a deserving printmaking senior
June Thomson Reigner Endowment Scholarship • Syracuse University • 2021 • Awards annual scholarship(s) to one or two most deserving senior(s) in fine arts painting or illustration
Get In Touch.
I look forward to talking with you!