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| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="DVP">{{Cite web |title=Ep 59: Comics |author= |work=Disability Visibility Project |date=7 September 2019 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2019/09/07/ep-59-comics/}}</ref>

'''Ashanti Fortson''' is a cartoonist and illustrator in Baltimore, Maryland.<ref name="Adams">{{Cite web |title=Meet These Brilliant People of Color Changing The Face of Comics |last=Adams |first=Chanelle |work=BGD |date=19 April 2016 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= https://www.bgdblog.org/2016/04/brilliant-people-color-changing-face-comics/}}</ref> They began making comics in their freshman year at college.<ref name="Hawes">{{Cite web |title=Creator Spotlight: Ashanti Fortson |last=Hawes |first=Niki |work=Creator Resource |date=2 July 2019 |access-date=30 April 2020 |url= http://www.creatorresource.com/creator-spotlight-ashanti-fortson/ }}</ref> Their graphic novel debut, ''Cress & Petra'', will be published in 2023.<ref name="Sharp">{{Cite web |title=Fanbase Press - Between the Panels: Cartoonist Ashanti Fortson on Tracing Inuyasha, Figuring Out the Heart of a Story, and How Comics Can Be Like Essays |last1=Sharp |first1=Kevin |work=Fanbase Press |date=July 15, 2020 |access-date=February 22, 2021 |url= http://www.fanbasepress.com/index.php/press/interviews/between-the-panels/item/11081-between-the-panels-cartoonist-ashanti-fortson-on-tracing-inuyasha-figuring-out-the-heart-of-a-story-and-how-comics-can-be-like-essays}}</ref>