Molly Kiely

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Molly Kiely
BornMolly Maud Kiely
October 10, 1969 (1969-10-10) (age 53)
Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
NationalityAmerican
Area(s) Cartoonist
Notable works
 Eros Comix titles
MollyKiely.com

Molly Maud Kiely (born October 10, 1969) [1] [2] is a Canadian-American alternative cartoonist best known for erotica. [3] Her work is published by Fantagraphics/Eros Comix and has influenced other artists such as Jess Fink. [4]

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Kiely was born in Bracebridge, Ontario, raised in Kitchener, and attended the University of Waterloo. [5] She has liked drawing her whole life, [5] and discovered comics through Krazy Kat and Li'l Abner . [6] She created her first minicomic in 1991 at the San Diego Comic-Con. [7] She left Canada for San Francisco in 1992. [1]

Her first comic, Communion, was a collaboration with J. Hagey based on a stream-of-consciousness poem about a one-night stand. [7] It was published by the Eros Comix imprint of Fantagraphics in 1992. [8] In 1993, Wooley Comics commissioned her to do a comic adaptation of Marquis de Sade's novel Philosophy in the Bedroom. [8]

She describes her work as "clean line style" that has been compared to Aubrey Beardsley and Jaime Hernandez. [5]

The pornographic nature of her work sometimes draws judgement from feminists who see her as helping men exploit women. [9] Under Subsection 163 of the Canadian Criminal Code, the Canadian Customs and Post Office occasionally confiscated Kiely's work when it was being mailed between her and Eros in 1995. [8]

She had a daughter with her husband in 2007 [7] before being widowed in 2015. [2] As of 2017, Kiely resides in Tucson, Arizona with her daughter. [1] [2]

Selected bibliography

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  2. 1 2 3 "About", Official website. Retrieved April 14, 2017
  3. ↑ Spurgeon, Tom (October 25, 2015), "FFF Results Post #434 -- Dirty Comics", Comics Reporter. Retrieved April 13, 2017
  4. ↑ Chevat, Zoe (25 March 2013). "The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!". The Mary Sue. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Vasseur, Richard (June 11, 2007), "Molly Kiely Artist of Gothic Classics", Jazma Online. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  6. ↑ Keller, Katherine, "She's That Kind of Girl", Sequential Tart. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  7. 1 2 3 Dowers, Michael, "Treasury of Mini Comics Volume Two" pp300-301. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  8. 1 2 3 Mayerson, Ginger (February 4, 2006), "Erotica, Utopia and Judicial Proceedings", Sequential Tart. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  9. ↑ Hall, Ed (April 28, 2011), "Chester 5000 XYV: Pornography and feminism in the graphic novel", Burnaway. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  10. ↑ "Marquis de Sade's Philosophy in the Bedroom, Part One by Erick Gilbert & Molly Kiely: Wooley Com Stapled - Gardner's Used Books, Inc". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  11. ↑ Kiely, Mary (December 1997). Diary of a Dominatrix. Eros Comix; 1st edition. ISBN   1560972920.
  12. ↑ Kirby, Robert (February 26, 2015), "Treasury of Mini Comics Volume Two", The Comic Journal. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  13. ↑ "9781560973751: That Kind Of Girl - AbeBooks - Molly Kiely: 1560973757". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  14. ↑ "ON YOUR KNEES BOY by Kiely, Molly: Eros Comix 1st Printing. - Alta-Glamour Inc". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  15. ↑ Armitage, Hugh (September 17, 2013), "5 graphic novels to improve your mind: 'Neurocomic', 'xkcd', more", Digital Spy. Retrieved April 13, 2017
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