Watercolor illustration of a Mimi Pond with glasses and curly hair submerged in water, with only the head visible and concentric ripples around.

About mimi

Mimi Pond has been a cartoonist and writer for over 40 years.

She produced five humor books in the 1980s, including “The Valley Girls’ Guide to Life.” She wrote the first episode of “the Simpsons,” “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire.”

Her 2014 graphic novel, “Over Easy,” published by Drawn & Quarterly, was on the New York Times Best Seller List and won a PEN Award. The second volume of this story, “The Customer is Always Wrong,” was published in 2017.

Watercolor illustration of a corgi dog wearing a white shirt and a blue cap, with a red slice of meat on its side.
A woman with gray hair, red glasses, wearing a pink bra and blue jeans, looks angry and scolds a young boy. The woman says, "Yes it is!" "I'm not coming home!" and "Tell your father there's a casserole in the-" The young boy, wearing a blue hat, look
A colorful comic strip titled 'Chronicles of an Aging Hipster' by Mimi Pond featuring a crowd at a public forum, a man addressing a building, a woman wearing vintage clothing, and community members sharing their stories and opinions.
A watercolor illustration of a tea cup with the text 'MITFORD SISTERS' on it, featuring five women with their names written below: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. Steam rising from the tea cup depicts nicknames and amusing descript
A humorous cartoon illustration of a dog sitting in front of a laptop, growling with clenched teeth. Two humans in the background are talking, with one woman reading a newspaper and the other man in a green shirt. Speech bubbles show the woman saying
A woman with glasses and purple hair looking at a pink, ornate throne with gold accents. A sign next to the throne reads 'Throne $259'. The woman is wearing a red shirt and has her hands on her hips. The words 'The chairs weren't the same...' are wri
A comic illustrating a woman at a café counter ordering a coffee, receiving a cup with a printed humorous message about coffee flavors, and then drawing in her sketchbook with a fountain pen, accompanied by handwritten narration.
A comic strip titled 'Giving Notice' by Mimi Pond, illustrating a story about a woman who was harassed, chased, and caught by police, reflecting on societal issues and memories from the mid-20th century, with colorful drawings and dialogue.
Colorful illustration of a corgi dog standing on a yellow and orange spiked background, with handwritten text above and below. The text above asks, 'Who on earth could possibly judge a corgi???' and the text below says, 'Are they not truly nature's m
Comic strip of four men in a kitchen, singing and joking around, with some writing about doing everything but washing dishes.
A comic strip from 'Celebrity, LA CULTURE' by Mimi Pond, featuring various characters in Los Angeles discussing celebrity sightings, with scenes of a car ride, a girl spotting a celebrity, and a humorous ending about mistaken identity.
A cartoon hamster with a hamster's head and a human-like body, standing on brown floor, holding its hands together, with a speech bubble saying "Hamsters are just funny."

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Book cover illustration titled "Do Admit! The Mitford Sisters and Me" by Mimi Pond, with portraits of Nancy, Unity, Pam, Jessica, Diana, and Deborah, and Mimi Pond lying on the bookshelf at the bottom. The top features two women on the roof.

Her graphic biography of Britain’s storied Mitford Sisters, entitled “Do Admit! The Mitford Sisters and Me,”  will  be published in September 2025 by Drawn & Quarterly in North America and by Jonathan Cape in Britain in October 2025.