Sophie Lucido Johnson is an author and cartoonist who lives in Chicago with chickens, bees, cats, and bread. Read more about her, shop, or check out her portfolio. She is available for freelance work (writing, illustrating, coaching, speaking, designing); you can email her at sophielucidojohnson@gmail.com.

Books

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Dear Sophie, Love Sophie

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Newsletter

New Yorker cartoons

Written with Sammi Skolmoski, who has done a much better job of keeping a record of these with dates and everything, here.

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Read something

Talking to my Fiancé About My New Girlfriend (NYT)
Behold The Magnificent Pigeon (The Chicago Reader)
Love Is Like A Sourdough Starter: It Can Last Forever Or Get Super Smelly And Weird (Bon Appetit)
The Crying Chronicles (Spiralbound)
Charts for Talking to People (The New Yorker)
How To Do 50 Things (Forge)
Sexy Broccoli (Medium)
Lessons From Roosters (Human Parts)
Feet
More, older things
Even more things

Time to post this one again! It’s a yearly tradition. A note that this is really for folks living in the Northern Hemisphere — if that’s not you, save it for six months from now! /// I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a t

Just some lightly seasonal toons for you to giggle through the winter sludge. I write these with @skullmoski, and we post more at @sophieandsammi . Good luck out there! Don’t slip!

This is a very hard time of year; you’re not just imagining it! Here are some bright spots for the nature enthusiasts.

It’s the long weekend where people historically shop! Why not do that with a (very) small business making (primarily) bird art? This weekend, take 10% off your whole order by entering BUTTERFLY10 at checkout. All these items (and more) are on m

Ours in this week’s @newyorkermag ! I had totally forgotten about this one so went back to see when we had sold it, and it was October, 2021. So, more than four years ago! It’s fun to see an old drawing and to think about how art styles c

Another annual repost! I think this is the third time I’ve posted this, and generally the pushback that shows up in the comments is like, “This is really rude behavior. I would be so upset if someone came and behaved this way.” And