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'''Debbie Jenkinson''' is an illustrator and comic artist from Dublin, Ireland, who is active in the small-press comic scene.
She is the creator of a long-form comic, ''Remorse'' a story about a young Dubliner who is trapped in a call center job.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.debbiejenkinson.net/remorse-2/|title=REMORSE – Debbie Jenkinson|website=www.debbiejenkinson.net|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geekireland.com/review-remorse/|title=Comic Book Review: Remorse|date=2016-02-25|website=Geek Ireland|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grovel.org.uk/remorse/|title=Remorse|last=Andy Shaw|date=2016-02-05|website=Grovel|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> It was chosen as runner up on Comicosity's Best of 2015 by Alison Berry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicosity.com/best-of-2015-graphic-novel/|title=Best of 2015: Graphic Novel|date=2015-12-26|website=Comicosity|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
Jenkinson studied animation in the 1990s at Ballyfermot, when she read and was inspired by Art Spiegelman's ''Maus''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Freyne|first=Patrick|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/comic-timing-why-the-irish-times-is-backing-a-new-graphic-short-story-competition-1.3752632|title=Comic timing: Why The Irish Times is backing a new graphic short story competition|date=2019-01-15|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> After working in an animation studio in the United States, she returned to Ireland to pursue her MA at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dublinzinefair.com/2014/08/dublin-zine-fair-participant-interview-7/|title=Dublin Zine Fair Participant Interview #7 {{!}} Dublin Zine Fair|last=|first=|date=2014-08-11|website=The Dublin Zine Fair|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206232206/http://dublinzinefair.com/2014/08/dublin-zine-fair-participant-interview-7/|archive-date=6 February 2020|access-date=2020-02-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She is co-founder of The Comics Lab, a quarterly meet-up of artists in Ireland.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/ireland-s-first-graphic-short-story-prize-the-runner-up-1.3846919|title=Ireland's first Graphic Short Story Prize: The runner-up|last=|first=|date=2019-04-06|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> She is a member of the artists collective Stray Lines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublininquirer.com/2016/10/12/dublin-s-comics-artists-are-taking-to-the-stage|title=Dublin's Comics Artists Are Taking to the Stage|last=Thomas|first=Cónal|date=2016-10-12|website=Dublin Inquirer|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> She also helped launch the first Graphic Short Prize which is run through ''The Irish Times'' with fellow artist Sarah Bowie.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geekireland.com/review-remorse/|title=Comic Book Review: Remorse|date=2016-02-25|website=Geek Ireland|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref>
Jenkinson speaks about the "magical triangulation" that occurs in comics, between the image, the text, and the reader.<ref name=":0" /> "I think our brains take in pictorial information in a different way...a more natural way. There's something really immersive about reading a comic, that's different from reading prose...It's like looking at the world through someone else's eyes."<ref name=":0" />
Jenkinson is a member of Illustrators Ireland, a non-profit professional organization which advocates on behalf of illustrators in the country.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/irish-spanish-latin-american-festival-a-bridge-between-english-and-spanish-1.4051435|title=Irish Spanish Latin American Festival: a bridge between English and Spanish|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
== Selected works ==
* ''Heirloom'' * ''War Chest'' * ''The Yellow Planet'' * ''Remorse''
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.aftering.com/when-comics-take-on-death-dying-and-grief/ Interview with Debbie Jenkison about death and comics and the "hospice comic" genre, 8 December 2018]
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