Tanya Dorph-Mankey is an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer, from New York City.  She graduated from SUNY Buffalo in 2014, receiving a Bachelors of Fine Arts with a concentration in Print Media.

Her work is centered around the human experience, specifically the themes of love, queer adulthood, and the history of marginalized peoples. Currently, her work focuses on professional wrestling, but she is branching out into historical narrative and travel writing, all tied together by their queer narratives that center around love and community.

She is currently working on her first graphic novel, Count the Lights.  The story follows pro-wrestler Alan Jacobs as he struggles with toxic relationships, fear of loss, the price of winning, and his desperate desire to find a community who accepts him for who he is.

For work inquiries, please email: [email protected]

EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC APPEARANCES

2025, Moderator for panel “Queer Soap Opera”, Small Press Expo
2025, Panelist, "Read to Filth: Life Readings of Queer Comics", FlameCon
2024, Moderator for panel “Queer Sports”, Small Press Expo
2024, Guest Lecturer, Pace University
2024, Journey Illustrated: A Comic Arts Exhibition, Pace University Art Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Prof. Tommy Nguyen and Anna Zhang
2024, Guest on “Inspired Ink”, podcast
2024, Guest on “Wrestling with Life”, podcast
2023, Panelist on “Depicting Viscerality in Sports & Wrestling”, Small Press Expo, Bethesda, MD

REVIEWS & ARTICLES

2025, "Tanya Dorph-Mankey's Count the Lights #2", High Low Comics, Rob Clough
2024, "Tanya Dorph-Mankey's Count the Lights Preview", High Low Comics, Rob Clough

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & COMMISSIONS

2025, Count the Lights, chapter 2 (self-published)
2025, Copper River, Alaska, drawings from the river (self-published)
2024, Count the Lights, chapter 1 (self-published)
2023, Laces (self-published)
2023, The Atomic Elbow Issue #38 Cover (independent pro-wrestling zine)
2022, Illustration & design of YouTube graphic (for independent pro-wrestler Hallowicked's channel Arcade of Terror)
2022, Vae Victis (self-published)
2022, Quest Friends (self-published)
2022, Chikara: One Month (self-published illustration zine)
2022, Tag Team (self-published)
2022, Spitting Image (self-published)
2022, The Plight of Orange Cassidy (self-published)
2022, Illustration for Merchandise (independent pro-wrestler Nathan Yarymowich)
2021, Illustration for Merchandise (pro-wrestlers the Young Bucks of TBS's All Elite Wrestling)
2021, Illustration for Merchandise (pro-wrestler RJ City, collaboration with Rootless Coffee Company)