Lark Pien

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Lark Pien
LarkPien MOCCA2003.jpg
Pien, photographed at the 2003 Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Art Fair
NationalityAmerican
Area(s) Cartoonist, Colourist
Notable works
Long Tail Kitty,Mr. Elephanter
Awards Friends of Lulu Kim Yale - Best New Talent award, 2004
Harvey Award, 2007
http://www.LarkPien.me

Lark Pien (born c. 1972) is an American cartoonist who has created the minicomics Stories from the Ward, Mr. Boombha, and Long Tail Kitty, the last of which won her the Friends of Lulu Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent in 2004.

Contents

Pien earned her Bachelor of Architecture in 1995 from California Polytechnic State University. She began making comics in 1997.

Bibliography

Picture books

Work as Colorist

Pien is the colorist for the following books:

Anthologies

Minicomics

Magazines

Murals

Web

Exhibitions

Awards

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