Moa Romanova

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Moa Romanova
BornMoa Johanna Strinnholm
(1992-05-09) May 9, 1992 (age 32)
Bollstabruk, Kramfors Municipality, Sweden
Area(s) Graphic novelist, cartoonist, artist, illustrator
Notable works
Goblin Girl
Awards Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material (2021)
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Moa Romanova Strinnholm, formerly Moa Johanna Strinnholm, born April 9, 1992, in Bollstabruk, Kramfors Municipality, Sweden, is a Swedish cartoonist, artist and illustrator. She made her debut with the autobiographical graphic novel Goblin Girl (Alltid fucka upp), which has been published in several languages. In 2020, she received the Svenska Tecknares ("Swedish illustrators") Kolla! award in the Narrative category for her debut novel and in 2021 she was awarded the Eisner Award for the American edition of the book.

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Biography

Moa Romanova grew up in Bollstabruk outside Kramfors and played handball as a youngster, but in her mid-teens her interest in drawing took over. She moved to Stockholm to attend Designgymnasiet (The Design High School) in Nacka, but after just one semester she switched to the aesthetic program at Härnösand High School. In the fall of 2011 she had her first exhibition, a solo show at Konsthallen in Härnösand. [1]

Art school, oil paintings and blog

In the fall of 2012, she enrolled at Göteborgs konstskola (the Gothenburg School of Art) where she studied classical painting but dropped out after two semesters. She remained in Gothenburg where she painted oil paintings, freelanced as an illustrator and blogged about art, fashion and feminism under the name Monkinodraw. The pen name Moa Romanova was created the same year she moved to Gothenburg when she changed one of her first names to Romanova. She is not related to the Russian Tsarist Romanov family. [2]

Comic Art School and Goblin Girl

In 2016, she was accepted at The Comic Art School in Malmö and made her debut two years later with the autobiographical graphic novel Goblin Girl (Alltid fucka upp). The book depicts a period of crisis in Romanova's life. It deals with panic attacks, friendships and artistic dreams, as well as her relationship with a famous media man who offers to be her patron. The graphic novel was published by Kartago förlag with Nina Hemmingsson as publisher.

It was well received and appreciated for "sharp precision, wonderful character drawings" and "well-developed, intricate imagery, shifting effortlessly from graphic pastel minimalism to bright 80s colors." The book has been published in several languages under different names, including Paniikkiprinsessa in Finland, Fucker hele tiden op in Denmark, Identikid in Germany, and as Goblin Girl by the American comics publisher Fantagraphics. [3]

In 2020, she received the Svenska Tecknares ("Swedish illustrators") Kolla! award in the Narrative category for her debut novel. [4] In 2021, she was also awarded the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material. [5] She was also nominated for the 2020 John Leonard Prize for Literature, awarded by the National Book Critics Circle for the best debut novel published in the United States. [6]

The Fanzine On tour

Romanova's friends artist Sarah Klang and musician Åsa Söderquist, from the band Shitkid, often appear as characters in her comics. She has also made music videos and album covers for them. In 2020, she released the fanzine On tour, about when she joined Shitkid's tour through Europe. Along with the fanzine, a collection of prints and merch was also launched in collaboration with the fashion store Aplace. [7]

The graphical novel På Glid

In the spring of 2022, she released her second graphic novel På glid (Off the Rails), which deals with friendship, addiction, and a desire for security. Like On tour, the novel takes place during a tour with the punk duo Shitkid, this time in the United States. Life on tour quickly becomes destructive with alcohol, sex and drugs. [8]

The novel was well received, especially in terms of aesthetics. "It is alternately mangalike, eighties-scented and psychedelic, both grotesque and very aesthetically pleasing." wrote, for example, the reviewer in Dagens Nyheter . [9]

Romanova had originally intended to follow up her debut novel with an adventure novel set along the High Coast. She described it as "Nancy Drew on Ketamine."

Romanova lives in Stockholm with her boyfriend Sebastian Murphy, lead singer of the band Viagra Boys.

Works

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References

  1. ↑ "Jag är både feministisk och politisk, men min konst försöker jag hålla neutral". Örnsköldsviks Allehanda (in Swedish). 3 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Hej Monkinodraw!". Djungeltrumman (in Swedish). June 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Serietecknaren Moa Romanova är stolt över sin succédebut: Jag vill krossa känslan av ensamhet när man mår dåligt". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). February 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Moa Romanova – årets mottagare av Kolla! i kategorin Berättande". Föreningen Svenska Tecknare (in Swedish). November 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Past Recipients 2020 to Present". San Diego Comic Convention. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  6. ↑ "John Leonard Nominations Leonard Prize 2020: Goblin Girl". National Book Critics Circle. November 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Moa Romanova x Aplace release 200916". Aplace. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  8. ↑ "REVIEW På glid (Off the Rails)". Aplace. May 8, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Bakfylla, stel trekant och bubbelgumsfärger". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). November 23, 2020.
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