Marlon Rajan (m. james rajan) is a storyteller working in Fiction and visual art living in Jersey City, NJ.
They have an interdisciplinary body of work that includes bookbinding, coding, and illustration.
They are currently pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing from Columbia University.
Current Projects
The Jersey Rebel/Editor in Chief
The Columbia Journal/Online Fiction Editor
Scatterbrain Magazine/Content Creator
dixon place/Marketing Associate
MARMALADE/Freelance Graphic Designer + Teaching Artist
chiliconcos/Crafter + Instructor
Project Archive
2025
Jersey Art Book Fair/Zinester + Teaching Artist
Marymount Manhattan/Guest Lecturer
Miracle Garden Market/Zinester
Sunnyday Market/Zinester + Teaching Artist
Otakon/Teaching Artist
AnimeNYC/Teaching Artist
2024
Jersey Art Book Fair/Zinester + Teaching Artist
Miracle Garden Market/Zinester
Devil In My Heart/Programmer + Writer
Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase/Zinester
Otakon/Teaching Artist
AnimeNJ++/Teaching Artist
Castle Point Anime Convention/Teaching Artist
Connecticon/Teaching Artist
2023
MoMA/Open Art Space Teaching Artist
MoMA/In the Making Instructor
Trans Art Bazaar/Zinester + Apparel
Deep Space JC/Zinester + Apparel
Zinefest NYC/Zinester
Rainbow Book Fair/Zinester
Wakka Wakka Productions/Design Assistant
MAGFest/Apparel
Connecticon/Teaching Artist
8-Ball Community/Zinester
2022>
Jersey Artist and Makers Market/Apparel
Metrocon/Apparel
Otakon/Teaching Artist
Metacon/Apparel