Marlo Meekins

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Marlo Meekins is an American cartoonist, comedian, caricaturist, model and actress. [1] She is best known for her work on Vine. [2] [3]

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Biography

Meekins was born in Collingswood, New Jersey. [1] In 2003, she earned a bachelor's degree in Illustration from Moore College of Art and Design. [4] She also attended the Rhode Island School of Design. [2]

Meekins' work came to notice when she started a blog in 2005 and was featured in Zoo Weekly Australia [5] and Attack of the Show! , who praised her " Ren & Stimpy -style illustrations." [6] She won the Silver Nosey Award for Caricaturist of the Year at the 2009 International Society of Caricature Artists convention. [7] [2]

Meekins' Vine videos often feature crude humor and satire and make use of animation, costumes, props, fake blood, special effects, and her dogs. [8] [2] They earned her a place on Comedy Central's first online comedy festival in 2013, [8] where The New York Times praised her "crisp ideas and unexpected visual flourishes". [8] Later that year, Meekins was commissioned by Wendy's to make and share a Vine in her typical style. [1] [9]

She is married to Over the Garden Wall art director and double Emmy winner, Nick Cross. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Goldberg, Adam (September 12, 2013). "Marlo Meekins Is a Vine Superstar, but It's Not Her Only Canvas". Huffington Post . Archived from the original on September 13, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lewis, Amanda (September 23, 2013). "Marlo Meekins: From Visual Artist to Vine Star". Arts. LA Weekly . Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ Frank, Sarah (March 7, 2013). "More Than Just Cats: 14 Clever Six-Second Vine Movies". Vulture.com . Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Alumnae News & Exhibitions—2000s". Moore College of Art and Design . Archived from the original on July 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "The World's Hottest Bloggers". Zoo Weekly . July 13, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Hot Poledancers and Brainy Babes". Attack of the Show. August 29, 2008.
  7. ↑ "2009 ISCA Convention Award Winners". International Society of Caricature Artists . November 11, 2009. Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 Zinoman, Jason (May 1, 2013). "The Digital Stage for Six-Second Zingers". The New York Times . Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ For the video posted by Wendy's, see Meekins, Marlo (September 5, 2013). "Life Advice". Vine . For Meekins' follow-up video, see Meekins, Marlo (September 9, 2013). "Always Share". Vine .
  10. ↑ Meekins, Marlo [@marlomeekins] (August 16, 2012). "follow my nice husband @ncrossanimation He worked on Ren&Stimpy, Yo Gabba and tons of others, he animated this http://vimeo.com/47545779 #ff" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016– via Twitter.


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