Veronica Johnson, Carol (2015)

Veronica Johnson is an illustrator from Montclair, New Jersey, who has turned her love of the small-town Americana aesthetic and pulp detective novels into a lucrative illustration career. Works in primarily digital mediums to provide a glimpse of the past using tools of the present, very much inspired by golden-age comic book artists such as Matt Baker, Reed Crandall, and Alexander Raymond, and various mid-century designs and advertisements. As a transgender woman, she has done several projects involving LGBTQ history and wants her work to be a reflection of the past rooted in a modern perspective. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Montclair State University in 2019 and has worked with several independent fashion brands, advertising agencies, musicians, and social media influencers.