Erika Moen | |
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![]() Moen in 2013 | |
Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker |
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https://www.erikamoen.com |
Erika Moen is an American comic book artist, known for her autobiographical comic DAR, the sex educational webcomic Oh Joy, Sex Toy, and the graphic novel Let's Talk About It .
Moen graduated from Pitzer College with a BA in Illustrated Storytelling in 2006. [1] She identifies as queer. [2] She and her husband, fellow artist Matthew Nolan, have been married since October 2008. [3]
Moen is the creator of the self-published autobiographical online comic DAR! [4] which has been collected into self-published print volumes. [5] She also has contributed comic work to Best Erotic Comics 2008 (Last Gasp), True Porn Volume 2 (Alternative Comics), Flight Volume 1 ; and Unsafe for All Ages, a collection of erotic short stories by gay and lesbian artists published by Prism Comics in 2005. [6] In 2004, Moen was profiled as a promising new talent "taking over the comic world with her stories about queer culture, sex, humor and cute girls" by Sequential Tart. [7]
In 2011, she began collaborating with Marvel Comics writer Jeff Parker on Bucko , a murder mystery/farce webcomic set in Portland. The story concluded in 2012, and was published in a collected volume by Dark Horse Comics. [8]
Moen is a member of Periscope Studio. [9] She was among the comic book artists featured at the 6th annual Stumptown Comics Art Show in April and May 2010 at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. [10]
Since April 2013, Moen has been working full-time on her webcomics project Oh Joy, Sex Toy, which centers around "reviews of everything that relates to sex, sexuality and the sex industry". [11] The series, which updates with a new review every Tuesday, has garnered a great deal of positive attention, including a reference in Dan Savage's advice column Savage Love. [12] Strips have also been syndicated on several websites including Bitch Media [13] and Fleshbot. [14]
Moen and Nolan wrote and illustrated the 2021 graphic novel Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human . [15]
In addition to her comic work, Moen worked as Production Assistant in the Storyboard Department on Henry Selick's 2009 film Coraline . [6]