Caroline Cash

Caroline Cash
Born (1996-01-09) January 9, 1996 (age 30)
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
AreaCartoonist
Notable works
PeePee PooPoo
Nancy
AwardsIgnatz Award (2022)
Eisner Award (2024)

Caroline Cash (born January 9, 1996) is an American cartoonist known for her autobiographical comic series PeePee PooPoo, and as the current cartoonist of the syndicated comic strip Nancy in 2026. Her work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, the Chicago Reader, The Nib, and the Museum of Modern Art's online magazine.

Early life and education

Cash was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and raised in Mount Pleasant. She attended the Charleston County School of the Arts before enrolling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where she received a BFA in 2019.

While at SAIC, she began self-publishing comics and participating in small-press and zine festivals.

Career

Cash first gained attention with her early comics, including Girl in the World (2019), published by Silver Sprocket. She is also known for her comic series PeePee PooPoo which received the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic and the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series.

In 2025, Cash wrote and illustrated Adventure Time: The Bubbline College Special for Oni Press.

After she contributed as a guest cartoonist to Nancy in 2024, Cash became the strip's full-time cartoonist on January 1, 2026, succeeding Olivia Jaimes. Cash described the opportunity as "a real dream come true," adding that Nancy had long been her favorite comic strip. Cash has said that her approach to Nancy draws on the "offbeat and absurdist" qualities of Ernie Bushmiller's original strips, while maintaining the modern sensibility introduced by Olivia Jaimes.

Personal life

Cash described herself as gay and her work as "outwardly queer."

Awards

Works

Graphic novels and comics

  • Girl in the World (Silver Sprocket, 2019)
  • PeePee PooPoo, 4 issues (Silver Sprocket, 2023–present)
  • Adventure Time: The Bubbline College Special (Oni Press, 2025)

Comic strips

  • Nancy (2026–present)

References

  1. ↑ "Caroline Cash's I Am a Comic". Museum of Modern Art Magazine. July 18, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Stegelin, Steve (Feb 20, 2026). "Charleston-born cartoonist Cash lands a dream job". Charleston City Paper.
  3. 1 2 Kirby, Megan (Spring 2026). "Caroline Cash Is the Hottest Thing in Comics". School of the Art Institute of Chicago Magazine.
  4. 1 2 Salkowitz, Rob. "'Adventure Time' Gets A New Spin From Award-Winning Cartoonist Caroline Cash". Forbes. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Art Is Political: Aria Baci Interviews Caroline Cash". SOLRAD. Interviewed by Aria Baci. Jan 20, 2026.
  6. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (Sep 15, 2025). "Caroline Cash to take over the Nancy comic strip from Olivia Jaimes". The Beat.
  7. ↑ Bergman, Jason (September 11, 2023). "'I Kind of Have My Next Three Years Fully Planned': An Interview with Caroline Cash". The Comics Journal.
  8. ↑ Simons, Dean (Sep 19, 2022). "Here are the winners from the 2022 IGNATZ Awards". The Beat.
  9. ↑ Oliver, Andy (January 11, 2024). "Broken Frontier Awards 2023: Announcing the Winners – A Glorious Year for Indie and Small Press Picks, and Thought Bubble and TCAF Enter the BF Hall of Fame". Broken Frontier.
  10. ↑ Chamberlain, Henry (August 14, 2024). "PeePee PooPoo #1 Comics Review". Comics Grinder.