Rina Piccolo
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Rina Piccolo is a Canadian
cartoonist, best known for her comic strip
Tina's Groove
, distributed by King Features Syndicate
since 2002. She has been a professional cartoonist for more than two decades and recently gained recognition as an author of short stories.
Born and raised in Toronto, Piccolo began her career in 1989 when her first cartoon submission was accepted by Now magazine. "That early acceptance gave me a false sense of how hard the next years were going to be. It was followed by trillions of rejections," she recalled.
. Tina's Groove is published in such newspapers as the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Arizona Republic and the Toronto Star, and it is also available through King Features' DailyINK email service.
In May 2010, Piccolo started an online comic strip, Velia, Dear, published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Piccolo has stepped in as a guest cartoonist on Hilary Price's Rhymes with Orange
twice, as she discussed in 2010 with Michael Cavna of Comic Riffs:
and The New Yorker
. In 2006, Andrews McMeel
published Tina’s Groove: A Cartoon Collection. Her other cartoon collections are Stand Back, I Think I’m Gonna Laugh (Laugh Lines, 1994), Kicking The Habit: Cartoons about the Catholic Church (Laugh Lines, 1996) and Rina’s Big Book of Sex Cartoons (Laugh Lines, 1997).
She lives in Queens with her husband, Brendan Burford, and their canary, Olive.
People of Canada
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cartoonist, best known for her comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Tina's Groove
Tina's Groove
Tina's Groove is a comic strip by Rina Piccolo which has been distributed by King Features Syndicate since 2002.-Characters and story:Single, attractive and self-aware, Tina works as a waitress at Pepper's Restaurant. Tina's best friend is matchmaker Suzanne...
, distributed by King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate, a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5000 newspapers worldwide...
since 2002. She has been a professional cartoonist for more than two decades and recently gained recognition as an author of short stories.
Born and raised in Toronto, Piccolo began her career in 1989 when her first cartoon submission was accepted by Now magazine. "That early acceptance gave me a false sense of how hard the next years were going to be. It was followed by trillions of rejections," she recalled.
Comic strips
The magazine Comic Relief published her cartoons during the early 1990s. Since 2000 she has held the position as the “Wednesday chick” on King Features’ daily panel Six ChixSix Chix
Six Chix is a collaborative comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate since it debuted in January 2000.The series is drawn by six female cartoonists who rotate the drawing duties through the week based on a fixed schedule:...
. Tina's Groove is published in such newspapers as the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Arizona Republic and the Toronto Star, and it is also available through King Features' DailyINK email service.
In May 2010, Piccolo started an online comic strip, Velia, Dear, published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Piccolo has stepped in as a guest cartoonist on Hilary Price's Rhymes with Orange
Rhymes With Orange
Rhymes with Orange is an American comic strip written and drawn by Hilary B. Price and distributed by King Features Syndicate. The strip was first syndicated in 1995....
twice, as she discussed in 2010 with Michael Cavna of Comic Riffs:
- I don't know if I'm a better gag writer than I was eight years ago, but I've certainly written and drawn more gags since then, so I can say I've practiced my socks off, and know this stuff better than I ever have. And yes, I also know Hilary's slant on things, her voice as a gag writer, from reading her stuff all these years. She's grown as a cartoonist, too! So when I say that my first RWO stint wasn't "up to snuff", it's simply my neurotic self talking. You might say I had stagefright back then, and maybe now that I seem to be more aware of my work—and certainly more practiced—the stagefright is no longer an issue. I've gained some degree of confidence.
Cartoon collections
She has also created drawings for books, cartoon anthologies, greeting cards and magazines, including ParadeParade (magazine)
Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 500 newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by Advance Publications. The most widely read magazine in the U.S., Parade has a circulation of 32.2 million and a readership of nearly 70...
and The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
. In 2006, Andrews McMeel
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC is a company which publishes books, calendars, and related toys...
published Tina’s Groove: A Cartoon Collection. Her other cartoon collections are Stand Back, I Think I’m Gonna Laugh (Laugh Lines, 1994), Kicking The Habit: Cartoons about the Catholic Church (Laugh Lines, 1996) and Rina’s Big Book of Sex Cartoons (Laugh Lines, 1997).
She lives in Queens with her husband, Brendan Burford, and their canary, Olive.