hello!

i'm a toronto-based cartoonist and illustrator.

if you're interested in contacting me regarding commissions, freelance work, or press,

i can be reached at: ewcomics [at] gmail [dot] com.

comics

• 2018 - our wretched town hall (retrofit comics)
• 2017 - condo heartbreak disco (koyama press)
• 2017 - how does it feel in my arms? (czap books/grindstone comics)
• 2016 - babybel wax bodysuit (retrofit comics)
• 2014 - the collected hungry bottom comics (colour code)
• 2014 - hungry bottom comics 3 (self-published)
• 2013 - 2 fags 2 furious (self-published)
• 2012 - hungry bottom comics (self-published)

guest spots

• 2018 - phile magazine no2, "bathhouse at the end of the world" 6pgs
• 2015 - what's your sign, girl? (ninth art press), "scorpio descends" 4pgs
• 2015 - shirtlifter #5 (drawn, out press), "skinlifter" 3pgs
• 2015 - velour: the drag magazine #1 (house of velour), "body without organs" 3pgs
• 2014 - qu33r (northwest press), "sissy that walk" 4pgs

clients

now magazine / dancemakers centre for creation / lift & co / fucked up / west end phoenix / environmental defence / art gallery of ontario / xpace cultural centre / joe fresh / the drake hotel / xtra! magazine / fab magazine / the alliance for south asian aids prevention / leo burnett / much music / sharpie

press

• "eric kostiuk williams on fighting gentrification and finding joy in comics" interview - lambda literary (july 17, 2017)
• "all hail the superqueerdo: eric kostiuk williams' comic sheroes fight back against condo-fication" - broken pencil (june 11, 2017)
• "a shared universe, with the camera slowly panning outwards" - an interview with eric kostiuk williams - the comics journal (may 5, 2017)
• "introducing...eric kostiuk williams" interview - loverboy magazine (january 23, 2017)
• "the literal word" - PEN American (december 15, 2016)
• "how do i make comics?" - toronto public library (october 24, 2016)
• "comic book roundup: the collected hungry bottom comics" - the chicago tribune (july 4, 2014)
• "hungry bottom comics, volumes 1 and 2" review - lambda literary (august 14, 2013)

recognition

• 2018 - doug wright spotlight award nomination for condo heartbreak disco
• 2018 - recipient of the prism comics queer press grant for our wretched town hall
• 2018 - recipient of the ontario arts council's writer's reserve grant
• 2018 - lambda literary award nomination in "best lgbt graphic novel" for condo heartbreak disco
• 2017 - eisner award nomination in "best single issue/one-shot" for babybel wax bodysuit
• 2016 - recipient of the ontario arts council's writer's reserve grant
• 2015 - best american comics, notable books listing for hungry bottom comics 3
• 2014 - best american comics, notable books listing for 2 fags 2 furious
• 2013 - best american comics, notable books listing for hungry bottom comics
• 2013 - expozine award nomination in "best english comic" for hungry bottom comics
• 2013 - doug wright spotlight award nomination for hungry bottom comics