About

Shea Strauss is an illustrator, designer, and writer living in New York City. She specializes in creating and promoting comedic material, having worked in-house at the comedy websites CollegeHumor/Dropout and Cracked. Her experience in parody design has made her a versatile creator who loves to infuse humor into projects when applicable. 

She is available for freelance work at shea@sheastrauss.com. 

Comedy Writing

The New Yorker  comedy ‘Shouts’ section

A Breakup Ceremony in McCarren Park
As read on The New Yorker Radio Hour

An Imagined Date Between Two Straight Men
Co-written with Rebecca Caplan 

Illustrations for The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Written by Susanna Wolff

CollegeHumor, a comedy website
The 10 Commandments of Childhood
How to Design News Graphics
How the World Feels with Social Anxiety
Childhood Board Games Updated for Adulthood
Let’s Break Up! The Activity Book
How Your View of Weddings Change Through Life
Logos Made Literal

The Hard Times, a punk satire news site
Man Has Fun, Hypothetical Debate with Woman Reliving the Most Traumatic Experience of Her Life
Opinion: My Artistic Vision for this Music Video Requires that I Make Out with a Hot Girl 
Songwriting Was My Only Grief Outlet After We Lost Grandma in That Reindeer Accident

Other
Happily Ever After Real Estate Listings
for Widget, a comedy website

Help Me Raise Money for Therapy or I’m Definitely Getting Back Together with My Ex Again
for Jumpkick, a satire of GoFundMe

Should You Catcall Her? Flowchart
for Playboy, for their digital comedy section