Gina Wynbrandt

Gina Wynbrandt is an American comic book artist and illustrator.

Gina Wynbrandt
Gina Wynbrandt at the 35th Barcelona International Comic Fair in 2017
Born1990 (age 32–33)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
Someone Please Have Sex With Me
www.ginawynbrandt.com

Background

Wynbrandt was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1990. She is a graduate of Walter Payton College Prep and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[1] She is the niece of comic book artist and software designer Mike Saenz.[2]

Career

Wynbrandt was nominated for an Ignatz Award in 2015 for Promising New Talent, based on the work in her minicomic Big Pussy.[3] Her first graphic novel Someone Please Have Sex With Me was published by 2dcloud in 2016.[4]

In 2017, she was a featured guest at the Barcelona International Comic Fair[5] and Comic Arts Brooklyn,[6] and in 2018 she was a featured guest at the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo.[7]

Her work has been featured in Best American Comics,[8] VICE Media, Lumpen, and The Believer.

References
  1. Chicagoist Archived 2018-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, "This Chicago Cartoonist's New Book Is Called 'Someone Please Have Sex With Me'" on July 1, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. El Periódico, "Sexual fantasies with Justin Bieber" (in Spanish) on March 31, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. Small Press Expo, Announcing the 2015 Ignatz Nominees
  4. Los Angeles Times, Review of Someone Please Have Sex With Me
  5. FICOMIC, "The 35th SALÓN DEL CÓMIC DE BARCELONA counts 118,000 visitors" (in Spanish)
  6. Comic Arts Brooklyn, 2017 exhibitor list
  7. Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, 2018 exhibitor list
  8. "Five comics artists to watch from 2015's 'Best American Comics,'" Los Angeles Times

Official website

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