Sandy Jimenez

Sandy Jimenez is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor of Dominican descent from the South Bronx, currently teaching Foundation Drawing and Storyboarding Concepts at City-Tech and comic book creation at BMCC's Music & Art Department. As a 2025 graduate of the CUNY Graduate Center's MA program in Biography and Memoir, he co-founded The CCPG (CUNY Comix Programming Group) to advance comics education across CUNY institutions.

His creative work explores complex moral narratives through comics, most notably in the Marley Davidson: Bronx Exorcist series that began in World War 3 Illustrated magazine in 1991, making him the first Dominican-American comic book artist to write and illustrate his own stories in print. His decades of work will be archived at Columbia University in 2025.

Jimenez's research interests center on graphic memoir, visual narrative pedagogy, and the intersection of comics with biography and cultural identity. His scholarly work examines how comics can transcend simplistic storytelling to address complex social issues, challenging what he calls 'two-dimensional thinking' in mainstream comics.

His academic publications and creative output demonstrate consistent engagement with comics as both art form and educational tool, with recent work including his MA capstone on teaching nonfiction visual narrative and contributions to the 'Historietas: Latinx Comix as Alternative Histories' exhibition.

• Leon Levy Master's Scholarship
• Dean's Merit Scholarship
• Dean's University Fellowship
• Mina Rees Open Knowledge Fellowship

Jimenez actively mentors emerging artists through CCPG events including Draw Jams, Zine Jams, and author talks, while maintaining his own creative practice that bridges academic inquiry and artistic production. His community work extends to Word Up Books, the community bookshop he helped establish in 2011, creating spaces where academic and community creative practices intersect.