Cole Pauls is a Champagne and Aishihik Citizen and Tahltan comic artist, illustrator & printmaker hailing from Haines Junction (Yukon Territory) with a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University.In 2017, Pauls won Broken Pencil Magazine's Best Comic and Best Zine of the Year Award for Dakwkda Warriors II. In 2020, Dakwkda Warriors won Best Work in an Indigenous Language from the Indigenous Voices Awards and was nominated for the Doug Wright Award categories, The Egghead & The Nipper.
"""Pauls infuses a healthy dose of cheerleading for language practice and preservation, encouraging Indigenous readers to speak their traditional languages even if they’re unsure or uncomfortable."" —Jessica Baldanzi, Commons Comics"