Born: 1990, United States
Died: NA
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
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Ngozi Ukazu is the creator of “Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey” (First Second), an online graphic novel whose printing campaign remains the most funded web comics Kickstarter ever, having raised almost $400,000 by May 2019. Ukazu graduated from Yale University in 2013 with a degree in computing and the arts, and received a master’s from the Savannah College of Art and Design in sequential art in 2015. Her graphic novel focuses on Eric Bittle, former Georgia junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire and amateur pastry chef who is starting his freshman year playing hockey at the prestigious Samwell University in Samwell, Massachusetts.