Johansson, John (b. 1984) is a Swedish-American writer and illustrator known for blending grounded human drama with speculative, weather-driven worlds. Raised in Malmö and later relocating to Portland, Oregon, he studied sequential art at Konstfack before apprenticing as a storyboard artist for regional animation studios. His breakout indie series Drift Diagram earned him a Nordic Comics Prize nomination in 2019, followed by the maritime sci-fi novella Rust Eden (2021). Outside of comics, Johansson has worked seasonally with coastal survey crews in the Pacific Northwest, a job that informs his meticulous depictions of shoreline infrastructure and storm systems. He teaches workshops on visual storytelling and lives with his partner and an elderly cattle dog named Haze.
