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Jess Fink is an American comic book creator.

Early life and education

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In high school, Jess Fink began reading comics and then manga.[1] She cites Molly Kiely and Art Spiegelman as influences.[2]

In 2003, Fink received her degree in Illustrating & Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.[3] During her studies, she was taught by Tom Hart, who assisted her with editing We Can Fix It.[2]

Career

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

Awards and recognition

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Chester 5000 XYV is part of the Library of Congress's Webcomics Web Archive.[13] [14]

Personal life

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She currently lives in Troy, New York and sells jewelry through an online store named Hey Chickadee![12] She has used Kickstarter to fund projects and has a Patreon.[3]

Bibliography

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Top Shelf Comics

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  • Chester 5000 XYV (2011)[15]
  • We Can Fix It (2013)[16]

Image Comics

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  • Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence (2010) [17]

Webcomics

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  • Chester 5000[18]
  • Kid With Experience[18]
  • We Are Become Pals[18]

Anthologies

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  • SPX (2002/2003)[19]
  • Best Erotic Comics (Last Gasp, 2009)[19]
  • Erotic Comics, Volume 2 (Abrams, 2008)[19]
  • Popgun (Volume 4, 2010)[19]
  • Smut Peddler (2013)[20]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b Burdette, C. Anthony. "Interview With Local Creator Jess Fink". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Chevat, Zoe (25 March 2013). "The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!". The Mary Sue. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. ^ a b King, David (November 16, 2018). "How Victorian Robot Erotica Freed Troy Comic Artist Jess Fink". The Collaborative.
  4. ^ "298.2 Spring Issue 2013".
  5. ^ "296.2 Spring Issue 2011".
  6. ^ "295.3 Summer Issue 2010".
  7. ^ Felger, Emily (June 30, 2012). "Interview with: Jess Fink". comic tools.
  8. ^ Manning, Shaun (February 1, 2011). "The Museum of Sex Sees "Comics Stripped"". CBR.com.
  9. ^ Fink, Jess. "Erotic Comics". Oh Joy Sex Toy.
  10. ^ Fink, Jess (2015). Oh Joy Sex Toy Volume 2. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-9823437-9-1.
  11. ^ O'Shea, Tim. "Talking Comics with Jess Fink," Archived 2015-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Comic Book Resources (Apr 04, 2011 ).
  12. ^ a b "Hey Chickadee!". Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  13. ^ Alexander Lu (2017-06-14). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  14. ^ "Chester 5000 XYV". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  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. ^ a b c "Comic Books". Jess Fink official website.
  19. ^ a b c d "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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