Polly is a cartoonist, writer, and artist based in Santa Cruz, California.

Her work has been featured in The American Poetry Review, The Rumpus, The Rebis, and The New Yorker online. She also shares cartoons and comics on her semi-regular Substack, the Poop Scoop.

Want to work together? Send your query to pollylouadams@gmail.com

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First time in print! Thank you @american_poetry_review for helping me feel incredibly cool, @canyoncoffee for the cappuccinos, and @rodeomexgrill for the chilaquiles 💛🍳
Reposting from the Poop Scoop because I *did* kinda draw it in the new grid shape 💅📲🥒🍌🍎🥤
Help I gave myself permission to cut up a bunch of vintage playboys and now I can’t stop ✂️❤️💃🔪
I was gonna write a whole comic about our birthdays, but it ended up being a 7 panel brag about a great massage I got last Wednesday
Hello! If you want to see more comics and cartoons from me on a more regular basis, you can! All you have to do is subscribe to my free Substack, the Poop Scoop, and I’ll send you a few funny little emails every month. Including round ups of re
Time to pull the plug on 2024 . . . I submitted this cartoon back in April, got a promising response (written rejection) and then resubmitted it too many times hoping an editor would change their mind. They didn’t. But I still like it. Enough
I just… love my son. Sue me. 📸’s sponsored by @rajivgolla ‘s new hobby
@the_rumpus published my biker babe comic today 🥲 thanks Colleen! Scroll through for a little treat from the motorcycle wives I stride to ride with 😘