Erika Moen
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Erika Moen is an American
comic book artist
born in 1983 and based in Portland
, Oregon
.
with a BA in Illustrated Storytelling in 2006. She identifies as queer
.
Moen is the creator of the self-published autobiographical on-line comic DAR! which has been collected into self-published print volumes. She also has contributed comic work to Best Erotic Comics 2008 (Last Gasp
), True Porn Volume 2 (Alternative Comics
), Flight Volume 1; and Unsafe for All Ages, a collection of erotic short stories by gay and lesbian artists published by Prism Comics
in 2005. In 2004, Moen was profiled as a promising new talent "taking over the comic world with her stories about queer culture, sex, humor and cute girls" by Sequential Tart.
Moen is a member of Periscope Studio
. She was among the comic book artists featured at the 6th annual Stumptown Comics Art Show
in April and May 2010 at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts
.
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comic book artist
Comic Book Artist
Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
born in 1983 and based in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, Oregon
Oregon
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Biography
Moen graduated from Pitzer CollegePitzer College
Pitzer College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont, California, a college town approximately east of downtown Los Angeles. Pitzer College is one of the Claremont Colleges....
with a BA in Illustrated Storytelling in 2006. She identifies as queer
Queer
Queer is an umbrella term for sexual minorities that are not heterosexual, heteronormative, or gender-binary. In the context of Western identity politics the term also acts as a label setting queer-identifying people apart from discourse, ideologies, and lifestyles that typify mainstream LGBT ...
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Moen is the creator of the self-published autobiographical on-line comic DAR! which has been collected into self-published print volumes. She also has contributed comic work to Best Erotic Comics 2008 (Last Gasp
Last Gasp
Last Gasp is a book and underground comix publisher and distributor based in San Francisco, California.- History :Founded in 1970 by Ron Turner to publish the ecologically-themed comics magazine Slow Death Funnies, followed by the all-female anthology It Ain't Me Babe, Last Gasp soon became a major...
), True Porn Volume 2 (Alternative Comics
Alternative Comics (publisher)
Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
), Flight Volume 1; and Unsafe for All Ages, a collection of erotic short stories by gay and lesbian artists published by Prism Comics
Prism Comics
Prism Comics is a non-profit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender creators, stories, characters, and readers in the comics industry....
in 2005. In 2004, Moen was profiled as a promising new talent "taking over the comic world with her stories about queer culture, sex, humor and cute girls" by Sequential Tart.
Moen is a member of Periscope Studio
Periscope Studio
Periscope Studio is a Portland, Oregon-based illustration studio, founded in 2002 as Mercury Studio. Members of the studio work both individually and as collaborators on a number of high-profile mainstream and independent comic books...
. She was among the comic book artists featured at the 6th annual Stumptown Comics Art Show
Art exhibition
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in April and May 2010 at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts
Portland Center for the Performing Arts
The Portland Center for the Performing Arts is an organization within Metro that runs venues for live theatre, concerts, cinema, small conferences, and similar events in Portland, Oregon, United States....
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External links
- Erika Moen at Periscope StudioPeriscope StudioPeriscope Studio is a Portland, Oregon-based illustration studio, founded in 2002 as Mercury Studio. Members of the studio work both individually and as collaborators on a number of high-profile mainstream and independent comic books...
- Erika Moen at Prism ComicsPrism ComicsPrism Comics is a non-profit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender creators, stories, characters, and readers in the comics industry....