Erika Moen
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Erika Moen is an American
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 comic book artist
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 born in 1983 and based in Portland
Portland, Oregon
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, Oregon
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Biography

Moen graduated from Pitzer College
Pitzer College
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 with a BA in Illustrated Storytelling in 2006. She identifies as queer
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Moen is the creator of the self-published autobiographical on-line comic DAR! which has been collected into self-published print volumes. She also has contributed comic work to Best Erotic Comics 2008 (Last Gasp
Last Gasp
Last Gasp is a book and underground comix publisher and distributor based in San Francisco, California.- History :Founded in 1970 by Ron Turner to publish the ecologically-themed comics magazine Slow Death Funnies, followed by the all-female anthology It Ain't Me Babe, Last Gasp soon became a major...

), True Porn Volume 2 (Alternative Comics
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), Flight Volume 1; and Unsafe for All Ages, a collection of erotic short stories by gay and lesbian artists published by Prism Comics
Prism Comics
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 in 2005. 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.

Moen is a member of Periscope Studio
Periscope Studio
Periscope Studio is a Portland, Oregon-based illustration studio, founded in 2002 as Mercury Studio. Members of the studio work both individually and as collaborators on a number of high-profile mainstream and independent comic books...

. She was among the comic book artists featured at the 6th annual Stumptown Comics Art Show
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 in April and May 2010 at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts
Portland Center for the Performing Arts
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External links

  • Erika Moen at Periscope Studio
    Periscope Studio
    Periscope Studio is a Portland, Oregon-based illustration studio, founded in 2002 as Mercury Studio. Members of the studio work both individually and as collaborators on a number of high-profile mainstream and independent comic books...

  • Erika Moen at Prism Comics
    Prism Comics
    Prism Comics is a non-profit organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender creators, stories, characters, and readers in the comics industry....


Interviews

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