Jess Fink
{{short description|American comic book creator|bot=PearBOT 5}}
Jess Fink is an American comic book creator.
Early life and education
In high school, Jess Fink began reading comics and then manga. She cites Molly Kiely and Art Spiegelman as influences.{{cite web|last=Chevat|first=Zoe|title=The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!|url=https://www.themarysue.com/the-mary-sue-interview-sexy-comics-artist-jess-fink/|website=The Mary Sue|date=25 March 2013 |access-date=April 14, 2017}}
In 2003, Fink received her degree in Illustrating & Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.{{Cite web |last=King |first=David |date=November 16, 2018 |title=How Victorian Robot Erotica Freed Troy Comic Artist Jess Fink |url=https://collaborativemagazine.org/2018/11/16/victorian-robot-erotica-freed-troy-comics-artist-jess-fink/ |website=The Collaborative}} During her studies, she was taught by Tom Hart, who assisted her with editing We Can Fix It.
Career
She created the webcomic turned graphic novel Chester 5000 XYV and graphic novel We Can Fix It, both published by Top Shelf Comics. Her work has appeared in North American Review among other publications.{{Cite web |title=298.2 Spring Issue 2013 |url=https://northamericanreview.org/issue/2982-spring-issue-2013}}{{Cite web |title=296.2 Spring Issue 2011 |url=https://northamericanreview.org/issue/2962-spring-issue-2011}}{{Cite web |title=295.3 Summer Issue 2010 |url=https://northamericanreview.org/issue/2953-summer-issue-2010}} Fink's erotic comic book work has been featured at the Museum of Sex in New York City{{Cite web |last=Felger |first=Emily |date=June 30, 2012 |title=Interview with: Jess Fink |url=http://www.comic-tools.com/2012/06/interview-with-jess-fink.html |website=comic tools}}{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Shaun |date=February 1, 2011 |title=The Museum of Sex Sees "Comics Stripped" |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-museum-of-sex-sees-comics-stripped/ |website=CBR.com}} and on the Oh Joy Sex Toy web comic and book.{{cite web|last1=Fink|first1=Jess|title=Erotic Comics|url=http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/eroticcomics/|website=Oh Joy Sex Toy|date=19 August 2014 }}{{cite book|last1=Fink|first1=Jess|title=Oh Joy Sex Toy Volume 2|year=2015 |isbn=978-0-9823437-9-1|pages=328|publisher=Erika Moen Comics & Illustrations, LLC }} Her is autobiographical in nature and features erotic scenes.O'Shea, Tim. [http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/04/talking-comics-with-tim-jess-fink/ "Talking Comics with Jess Fink,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922090633/http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2011/04/talking-comics-with-tim-jess-fink/ |date=2015-09-22 }} Comic Book Resources (Apr 04, 2011 ). For example, she described her work, We Can Fix It as "an autobiographical memoir... with a time machine"{{cite web|last1=Burdette|first1=C. Anthony|title=Interview With Local Creator Jess Fink|url=http://blog.timesunion.com/comicbooks/interview-with-local-creator-jess-fink/4059/|website=Albany Times Union|date=17 August 2015 |access-date=10 December 2015}} and has described her work Chester 5000 XYV as "an erotic, robotic, Victorian romance."
Awards and recognition
Chester 5000 XYV is part of the Library of Congress's Webcomics Web Archive.{{Cite web |last=Alexander Lu |date=2017-06-14 |title=Syndicated Comics |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/in-the-event-of-a-digital-apocalypse-these-39-webcomics-are-safe/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}} {{Cite web |title=Chester 5000 XYV |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0015623/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}
Personal life
She currently lives in Troy, New York and sells jewelry through an online store named Hey Chickadee!{{cite web|title=Hey Chickadee!|url=http://www.heychickadee.com/collections/jessfink|access-date=10 December 2015}} She has used Kickstarter to fund projects and has a Patreon.
Bibliography
=Top Shelf Comics=
- Chester 5000 XYV (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/chester-5000-xyv/721|website=Top Shelf Comics|title=Chester 5000}}
- We Can Fix It (2013){{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/buy-this-book-jess-finks-we-can-fix-it/ |website=Comics Alliance |title=Buy This Book |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804162707/http://comicsalliance.com/buy-this-book-jess-finks-we-can-fix-it/ |archive-date=2015-08-04 }}
=Image Comics=
- Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence (2010) {{cite web|url=https://www.comixology.com/Adventures-Into-Mindless-Self-Indulgence/digital-comic/11145|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209190732/http://www.comixology.com/Adventures-Into-Mindless-Self-Indulgence/digital-comic/11145|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2014|website=Comixology|title=Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence}}
=Webcomics=
- Chester 5000{{cite web|url=http://jessfink.com/comicsbooks.html|title=Comic Books|website=Jess Fink official website}}
- Kid With Experience
- We Are Become Pals
=Anthologies=
- SPX (2002/2003){{Cite web |title=Jess Fink |url=https://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/jess-fink |website=Top Shelf Productions}}
- Best Erotic Comics (Last Gasp, 2009)
- Erotic Comics, Volume 2 (Abrams, 2008)
- Popgun (Volume 4, 2010)
- Smut Peddler (2013){{Cite web |last=Pahle |first=Rebecca |date=2014-06-10 |title=Smut Peddler 2014 Interview Erika Moen Jess Fink Porn |url=https://www.themarysue.com/smut-peddler-2014-artist-interviews/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en}}
Awards
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.jessfink.com/}}
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Category:American erotic artists
Category:American female comics artists
Category:American webcomic creators
Category:School of Visual Arts alumni
Category:Ignatz Award winners for Outstanding Series
Category:American female comics writers