BEN PASSMORE is the author of the ongoing comic book series Daygloayhole, as well as the Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning comic collection Your Black Friend. He also wrote and illustrated Sports Is Hell, collaborated with Ezra Claytan Daniels on BTTM FDRS, and has contributed to The Nib and The New York Times. Black Arms to Hold You Up was named a New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2025 and a NY Public Library Best Book of 2025. He lives in Philadelphia.