Natalie Pendergast is a self-taught cartoonist. She has a webcomic on Instagram. She tries to be as honest as possible in her serialized vignettes of motherhood, chronic illness and life experiences. Having started as a Julie Doucet fan artist, she noticed after some years that her diary comics and that fan art seemed to coalesce. She also has a PhD in comics and bande dessinée and works for the government. She is a full-time single mom of two aged five and seven.