Gina Wynbrandt is an American comic book artist and illustrator.
| Gina Wynbrandt | |
|---|---|
 Gina Wynbrandt at the 35th Barcelona International Comic Fair in 2017 | |
| Born | 1990 (age 33–34) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Someone Please Have Sex With Me |
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Background
editWynbrandt 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
editWynbrandt 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] In 2023, she was nominated for her second Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic for her comic You're the Center of Attention.[8] In 2024, her comic Goonight Phone for The Verge was nominated for an American Society of Magazine Editors National Magazine Award.[9]
Her work has been printed in Best American Comics[10] VICE Media, Lumpen, and The Believer, and shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.[11]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ El Periódico, "Sexual fantasies with Justin Bieber" (in Spanish) on March 31, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ "Announcing the 2015 Ignatz Nominees", Small Press Expo
- ^ Review of Someone Please Have Sex With Me', Los Angeles Times
- ^ "The 35th SALÓN DEL CÓMIC DE BARCELONA counts 118,000 visitors", FICOMIC (in Spanish)
- ^ 2017 exhibitor list, Comics Art Brooklyn
- ^ 2018 exhibitor list, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
- ^ 2023 Ignatz Awards Nominations, Comics Beat
- ^ "American Society of Magazine Editors Announces National Magazine Awards 2024 Nominees" ASME Media
- ^ Five comics artists to watch from 2015's 'Best American Comics,' Los Angeles Times
- ^ "Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now'" Museum of Contemporary Art