Victor Kerlow was born, raised and educated in Manhattan and continues to live there, drawing full-time. He has worked with a diverse range of clients including The New Yorker, The New York Times, MTV, IFC Films, The History Channel, Random House, The Believer, Bloomberg, J Walter Thompson, Creative Time, The National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, and many more. His comics have been included in Fantagraphics' Mome, Vice and The Best American Comics 2012. He also draws the weekly illustrations for The Metro Diary column in The New York Times.