Jess Fink is an American

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Early life and education

In high school, Jess Fink began reading comics and then

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. She cites Molly Kiely and

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as influences. In 2003, Fink received her degree in Illustrating & Cartooning from the

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. During her studies, she was taught by Tom Hart, who assisted her with editing ''We Can Fix It''.

Career

She created the

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turned

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''Chester 5000 XYV'' and graphic novel ''We Can Fix It'', both published by Top Shelf Comics. Her work has appeared in

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among other publications. Fink's erotic comic book work has been featured at the

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and on the Oh Joy Sex Toy web comic and book. Her is autobiographical in nature and features erotic scenes. For example, she described her work, ''We Can Fix It'' as "an autobiographical memoir... with a time machine" and has described her work ''Chester 5000 XYV'' as "an erotic, robotic, Victorian romance."

Awards and recognition

''Chester 5000 XYV'' is part of the

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's Webcomics Web Archive.

Personal life

She currently lives in

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and sells jewelry through an online store named Hey Chickadee! She has used

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to fund projects and has a

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Bibliography

Top Shelf Comics

* ''Chester 5000 XYV'' (2011) * ''We Can Fix It'' (2013)

Image Comics

* ''Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence'' (2010)

Webcomics

* ''Chester 5000'' * ''Kid With Experience'' * ''We Are Become Pals''

Anthologies

* ''SPX'' (2002/2003) * Best Erotic Comics (Last Gasp, 2009) * Erotic Comics, Volume 2 (Abrams, 2008) * ''Popgun'' (Volume 4, 2010) * ''Smut Peddler'' (2013)

Awards

* 2017

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a ...

for Outstanding Series - ''Chester 5000''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fink, Jess Living people American erotic artists American female comics artists American webcomic creators School of Visual Arts alumni Ignatz Award winners for Outstanding Series American female comics writers Writers from Troy, New York Year of birth missing (living people)