About the Creator

I’m DT Washington — an illustrator, writer, and lifelong storyteller.

Bella Grey is a comic strip, but it’s also something more personal. It’s a way for me to share what’s unfolding — not just on the page, but in my life as a human being navigating time, attention, and responsibility.

I’m increasingly aware that time is limited. That awareness isn’t morbid — it’s clarifying. It reminds me that I don’t get to live on autopilot. I have to show up for my life deliberately, fully, and honestly. Every part of it. Even the difficult parts.

This strip is part of that practice.

I believe creativity isn’t about escaping reality — it’s about meeting it. Paying attention. Concentrating on what’s directly in front of you and doing it with care. Not as a performance, not as a brand, but as an adult — as a human — trying to live awake.

Bella Grey exists because I love investigative storytelling, noir, and comic strips that trust the reader. But it also exists because telling this story keeps me honest. It reminds me to return — again and again — to the work, the craft, and the moment I’m in.

This site is where that work lives.

Thanks for being here.