Johnson, Svetlana (b. 1987, Riga) is a Latvian-American cartoonist and printmaker based in Seattle. She emigrated to the United States in 1998, studied illustration and printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, 2009), and apprenticed in letterpress at a neighborhood studio. Her work blends maritime folklore, urban noir, and speculative science, rendered in bold chiaroscuro, risograph textures, and scratchboard detail. She has exhibited at independent comics festivals across the Pacific Northwest and the UK and has taught community comics workshops since 2016.
