Ashley Holt is an American illustrator and writer from the South Carolina wilderness, currently living in Wuppertal, Germany. The chronicles of his tortured interior life, The Symptoms, can be enjoyed online on the noble and majestic Substack platform at thesymptoms.substack.com, and his lush illustrations may be merrily gawked upon via ashleyholt.com. He lives in the shadow of his blazingly brilliant wife, Heike, for whom he washes the dishes. He still retains his Perry White Slurpee cup.