Jess Fink

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Jess Fink is an American comic book creator who created the webcomic turned graphic novel Chester 5000 XYV and graphic novel We Can Fix It, both published by Top Shelf Comics. [1] Her work has appeared in North American Review among other publications. [2] [3] [4] Fink's erotic comic book work has been featured at the Museum of Sex in New York City [5] [6] and on the Oh Joy Sex Toy web comic and book. [7] [8] Her is autobiographical in nature and features erotic scenes. [9] For example, she described her work, We Can Fix It as "an autobiographical memoir... with a time machine" [10] and has described her work Chester 5000 XYV as "an erotic, robotic, Victorian romance." [11] Chester 5000 XYV is part of the Library of Congress's Webcomics Web Archive. [12] [13]

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Biography

In high school, Jess Fink began reading comics and then manga. [10] She cites Molly Kiely and Art Spiegelman as influences. [1]

In 2003, Fink received her degree in Illustrating & Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. [14] During her studies, she was taught by Tom Hart, who assisted her with editing We Can Fix It. [1]

She currently lives in Troy, NY and sells jewelry through an online store named Hey Chickadee! [11] She has used Kickstarter to fund projects and has a Patreon. [14]

Bibliography

Top Shelf Comics

Image Comics

Webcomics

Anthologies

Awards

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References

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  2. ↑ "298.2 Spring Issue 2013".
  3. ↑ "296.2 Spring Issue 2011".
  4. ↑ "295.3 Summer Issue 2010".
  5. ↑ Felger, Emily (June 30, 2012). "Interview with: Jess Fink". comic tools.
  6. ↑ Manning, Shaun (February 1, 2011). "The Museum of Sex Sees "Comics Stripped"". CBR.com.
  7. ↑ Fink, Jess. "Erotic Comics". Oh Joy Sex Toy.
  8. ↑ Fink, Jess (2015). Oh Joy Sex Toy Volume 2. p. 328. ISBN   978-0-9823437-9-1.
  9. ↑ O'Shea, Tim. "Talking Comics with Jess Fink," Archived 2015-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Comic Book Resources (Apr 04, 2011 ).
  10. 1 2 Burdette, C. Anthony. "Interview With Local Creator Jess Fink". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Hey Chickadee!" . Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  12. ↑ Alexander Lu (2017-06-14). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  13. ↑ "Chester 5000 XYV". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  14. 1 2 King, David (November 16, 2018). "How Victorian Robot Erotica Freed Troy Comic Artist Jess Fink". The Collaborative.
  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 .
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