Erika Moen

Erika Moen
Born 1983
Nationality American
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works DAR!
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Erika Moen is an American comic book artist born in 1983 and based in Portland, Oregon.

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Biography

Moen graduated from Pitzer College with a BA in Illustrated Storytelling in 2006.[1] She identifies as queer.[2]

Moen is the creator of the self-published autobiographical on-line comic DAR![3] which has been collected into self-published print volumes.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Moen is a member of Periscope Studio.[7] 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.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ www.erikamoen.com
  2. ^ Draper Carlson, Johanna (August 24, 2009). "Confessions of An Immature Pervert: Erika Moen Overcomes Puritanism". Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/407765-Confessions_of_an_Immature_Pervert_Erika_Moen_Overcomes_Puritanism.php. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 
  3. ^ DAR! A Super Girly Top Secret Diary
  4. ^ Draper Carlson, Johanna (October 6, 2009). "Interview With Erika Moen". Comics Worth Reading. http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/10/06/i-interview-erika-moen/. Retrieved April 17, 2010. 
  5. ^ Vasseur, Richard (October 15, 2009). "Interview With Erika Moen". Jazma Online. http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2009.asp?intID=488. Retrieved April 17, 2010. 
  6. ^ Dyer, Jamaica (December 2004). "Girly Queer Vibrating Comics". Sequential Tart. http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/dec04/emoen.shtml. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 
  7. ^ Stabler, David (July 17, 2010). "Spaces to create: Portland artists make their magic in dusky rooms and McDonald's". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2010/07/spaces_to_create_portland_arti.html. Retrieved July 20, 2010. 
  8. ^ Turnquist, Kristi (March 27, 2010). "Portland celebrates 'Comic Book Month' in April". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/03/portland_celebrates_comic_book.html. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 

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