Marlo Meekins is an American cartoonist, comedian, caricaturist, model and actress. She is best known for her work on

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Biography

Meekins was born in

Collingswood, New Jersey Collingswood is a borough in Camden County, New Jersey, located east of Center City Philadelphia. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the borough's population was 13,926,Moore College of Art and Design Moore College of Art & Design is a private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its undergraduate programs are available only for female students, but its other educational programs, including graduate programs, are co-educational. Histo ...

. She also attended the

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. Meekins' work came to notice when she started a blog in 2005 and was featured in

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Australia and ''

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'', who praised her "''

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''-style illustrations." She won the Silver Nosey Award for Caricaturist of the Year at the 2009

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convention. Meekins' Vine videos often feature crude humor and satire and make use of animation, costumes, props, fake blood, special effects, and her dogs. They earned her a place on

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's first online comedy festival in 2013, where ''

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'' praised her "crisp ideas and unexpected visual flourishes". Later that year, Meekins was commissioned by

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to make and share a Vine in her typical style.For the video posted by Wendy's, see For Meekins' follow-up video, see She is married to Over the Garden Wall art director and double Emmy winner, Nick Cross.

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