Tara Seibel

Tara Seibel
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Born Tara Murphy
February 4, 1973 (1973-02-04) (age 39)
Cleveland, Ohio
Nationality American
Area(s) Artist, Cartoonist, Illustrator, Designer
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Tara Seibel (born February 4, 1973) is an American alternative cartoonist, graphic designer and illustrator from Cleveland. Best known for her collaborations with underground comix book writer Harvey Pekar. Their work has been published in Chicago Newcity, Funny Times, The Austin Chronicle, Cleveland Scene, Heeb Magazine, SMITH Magazine, Mineshaft Magazine, Juxtapoz and the Jewish Review of Books. Other independent work has been published in Cleveland Free Times, US Catholic, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

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Early life

Tara Seibel was born Tara Murphy in Cleveland, Ohio to Lauren Geiseler and Robert Murphy. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts after majoring in Applied Media Arts at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Career

Seibel began her artistic career in Chicago illustrating covers for restaurant menus and food packaging. Later she was hired as a line designer and illustrator for American Greetings where she designed and illustrated patterns for gift products and greeting cards. After she left American Greetings she became a freelance editorial cartoonist. This led her to a collaboration with cartoonist Harvey Pekar.[1][2][3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Dave Itzkoff (September 1, 2010). "The Unfinished Tale of an Unlikely Hero". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/arts/design/05pekar.html?hp. Retrieved 2010-09-02. "Among the illustrators Mr. Pekar began working with in his final years was Tara Seibel, a Cleveland graphic artist. Ms. Seibel, 37, can still recall the exact date — March 20, 2008 — of the panel discussion at a local college at which they struck up their partnership. ..." 
  3. ^ Dave Itzkoff (July 23, 2010). "The Upbeat Final Days and Busy Future of Harvey Pekar". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/books/24pekar.html. Retrieved 2010-09-02. "'He just seemed so happy and so upbeat,' said Ms. Seibel, who worked with Mr. Pekar on comics that appeared in Newcity.com, The Cleveland Free Times, The Austin Chronicle and The Jewish Review of Books. 'I'm not kidding.'" 
  4. ^ Arlene Fine (August 20, 2010). "Artist keeps spirit of Pekar's work alive". The Cleveland Jewish News. http://clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2010/08/24/news/local/doc4c6d911f288f5602355180.txt. Retrieved 2010-08-20. "Cleveland cartoonist and graphic novelist Tara Seibel is paying tribute to her mentor, the late Harvey Pekar, Cleveland’s underground author best known for creating the autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor.” Seibel, who has a fine arts background and had worked at American Greetings, began illustrating Pekar’s work over two years ago. “Harvey was drawn to my avant-garde style,” she says. The two quickly became friends and met regularly during the week. Seibel shared a cup of coffee and conversation with Pekar at a Lee Road café the day before his death on July 12.“When I learned that Harvey had passed away, I was absolutely devastated,” she says. “He was my cult-classic professional hero"...." 
  5. ^ Carolyn Kellogg (July 11, 2009). "Celebrating humanity, the surprise Impac Dublin winner and more literary news". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/06/celebrating-humanity-the-surprise-impac-dublin-winner-and-more-literary-news.html. "'Tara Seibel's "The Vestibule" is the 29th in the series."" 

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