Jess Fink

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Jess Fink is an American comic book creator.

Early life and education

In high school, Jess Fink began reading comics and then manga. [1] She cites Molly Kiely and Art Spiegelman as influences. [2]

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In 2003, Fink received her degree in Illustrating & Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. [3] During her studies, she was taught by Tom Hart, who assisted her with editing We Can Fix It. [2]

Career

She created the webcomic turned graphic novel Chester 5000 XYV and graphic novel We Can Fix It, both published by Top Shelf Comics. [2] Her work has appeared in North American Review among other publications. [4] [5] [6] Fink's erotic comic book work has been featured at the Museum of Sex in New York City [7] [8] and on the Oh Joy Sex Toy web comic and book. [9] [10] Her is autobiographical in nature and features erotic scenes. [11] For example, she described her work, We Can Fix It as "an autobiographical memoir... with a time machine" [1] and has described her work Chester 5000 XYV as "an erotic, robotic, Victorian romance." [12]

Awards and recognition

Chester 5000 XYV is part of the Library of Congress's Webcomics Web Archive. [13] [14]

Personal life

She currently lives in Troy, New York and sells jewelry through an online store named Hey Chickadee! [12] She has used Kickstarter to fund projects and has a Patreon. [3]

Bibliography

Top Shelf Comics

Image Comics

Webcomics

Anthologies

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Burdette, C. Anthony (17 August 2015). "Interview With Local Creator Jess Fink". Albany Times Union. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Chevat, Zoe (25 March 2013). "The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!". The Mary Sue. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. 1 2 King, David (November 16, 2018). "How Victorian Robot Erotica Freed Troy Comic Artist Jess Fink". The Collaborative.
  4. ↑ "298.2 Spring Issue 2013".
  5. ↑ "296.2 Spring Issue 2011".
  6. ↑ "295.3 Summer Issue 2010".
  7. ↑ Felger, Emily (June 30, 2012). "Interview with: Jess Fink". comic tools.
  8. ↑ Manning, Shaun (February 1, 2011). "The Museum of Sex Sees "Comics Stripped"". CBR.com.
  9. ↑ Fink, Jess (19 August 2014). "Erotic Comics". Oh Joy Sex Toy.
  10. ↑ Fink, Jess (2015). Oh Joy Sex Toy Volume 2. Erika Moen Comics & Illustrations, LLC. p. 328. ISBN   978-0-9823437-9-1.
  11. ↑ O'Shea, Tim. "Talking Comics with Jess Fink," Archived 2015-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Comic Book Resources (Apr 04, 2011 ).
  12. 1 2 "Hey Chickadee!" . Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Alexander Lu (2017-06-14). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  14. ↑ "Chester 5000 XYV". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  15. ↑ "Chester 5000". Top Shelf Comics.
  16. ↑ "Buy This Book". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 2015-08-04.
  17. ↑ "Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence". Comixology. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014.
  18. 1 2 3 "Comic Books". Jess Fink official website.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Jess Fink". Top Shelf Productions.
  20. ↑ Pahle, Rebecca (2014-06-10). "Smut Peddler 2014 Interview Erika Moen Jess Fink Porn". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  21. ↑ Jasper, Marykate (September 17, 2017). "Queer, Black, and Female Creators Lead the 2017 Ignatz Awards". The Mary Sue .