Jess Fink

Jess Fink is an American comic book creator known for her webcomic turned graphic novel Chester 5000 and graphic novel We Can Fix It, both published by Top Shelf Comics.[1] Her work has appeared in The New York Times and North American Review among other publications. Fink's erotic comic book work has been featured at the Museum of Sex in New York City[2] and on the Oh Joy Sex Toy web comic and book.[3][4] Her work is known for being autobiographical in nature or featuring erotic scenes.[5] For example, she described her work, We Can Fix It as "an autobiographical memoir... with a time machine"[6] and has described her work Chester 5000 as "an erotic, robotic, Victorian romance."[7]

Biography

In high school, Jess Fink began reading comics and then manga.[6] She cites Molly Kiely and Art Spiegelman as influences.[1]

In 2003, Fink received her degree in Illustrating & Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.[2] During her studies, she was taught by Tom Hart, who assisted her with editing We Can Fix It.[1]

She currently lives in New York City[2] and sells jewelry through an online store named Hey Chickadee![7]

Bibliography

Top Shelf Comics
  • Chester 5000 (2011)[8]
  • We Can Fix It (2013)[9]

Image Comics
  • Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence (2010) [10]

Webcomics
  • Chester 5000[11]
  • Kid With Experience[11]
  • We Are Become Pals[11]

Anthologies
  • SPX (2002/2003)[2]
  • Best Erotic Comics (Last Gasp, 2009)[2]
  • Erotic Comics (Abrams, 2009)[2]
  • Popgun (Volume 4, 2010)[2]
  • Smut Peddler (2013)[11]

Awards

References
  1. Chevat, Zoe. "The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!". The Mary Sue. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. "Info/Contact". Jess Fink official website. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  3. Fink, Jess. "Erotic Comics". Oh Joy Sex Toy.
  4. Fink, Jess. Oh Joy Sex Toy Volume 2. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-9823437-9-1.
  5. O'Shea, Tim. "Talking Comics with Jess Fink," Comic Book Resources (Apr 04, 2011 ).
  6. Burdette, C. Anthony. "Interview With Local Creator Jess Fink". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  7. "Hey Chickadee!". Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  8. "Chester 5000". Top Shelf Comics.
  9. "Buy This Book". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 2015-08-04.
  10. "Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence". Comixology.
  11. "Comic Books". Jess Fink official website.
  12. Jasper, Marykate (September 17, 2017). "Queer, Black, and Female Creators Lead the 2017 Ignatz Awards". The Mary Sue.
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