{{short description|American comic book creator|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Jess Fink''' is an American comic book creator.
==Early life and education== In high school, Jess Fink began reading comics and then manga.<ref name=Albany /> She cites Molly Kiely and Art Spiegelman as influences.<ref name=MarySue>{{cite web|last=Chevat|first=Zoe|title=The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!|url=https://www.themarysue.com/the-mary-sue-interview-sexy-comics-artist-jess-fink/|website=The Mary Sue|date=25 March 2013 |access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref>
In 2003, Fink received her degree in Illustrating & Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=King |first=David |date=November 16, 2018 |title=How Victorian Robot Erotica Freed Troy Comic Artist Jess Fink |url=https://collaborativemagazine.org/2018/11/16/victorian-robot-erotica-freed-troy-comics-artist-jess-fink/ |website=The Collaborative}}</ref> During her studies, she was taught by Tom Hart, who assisted her with editing ''We Can Fix It''.<ref name=MarySue />
==Career== She created the webcomic turned graphic novel ''Chester 5000 XYV'' and graphic novel ''We Can Fix It'', both published by Top Shelf Comics.<ref name=MarySue /> Her work has appeared in North American Review among other publications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=298.2 Spring Issue 2013 |url=https://northamericanreview.org/issue/2982-spring-issue-2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=296.2 Spring Issue 2011 |url=https://northamericanreview.org/issue/2962-spring-issue-2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=295.3 Summer Issue 2010 |url=https://northamericanreview.org/issue/2953-summer-issue-2010}}</ref> Fink's erotic comic book work has been featured at the Museum of Sex in New York City<ref>{{Cite web |last=Felger |first=Emily |date=June 30, 2012 |title=Interview with: Jess Fink |url=http://www.comic-tools.com/2012/06/interview-with-jess-fink.html |website=comic tools}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Manning |first=Shaun |date=February 1, 2011 |title=The Museum of Sex Sees "Comics Stripped" |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-museum-of-sex-sees-comics-stripped/ |website=CBR.com}}</ref> and on the Oh Joy Sex Toy web comic and book.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fink|first1=Jess|title=Erotic Comics|url=http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/eroticcomics/|website=Oh Joy Sex Toy|date=19 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Fink|first1=Jess|title=Oh Joy Sex Toy Volume 2|year=2015 |isbn=978-0-9823437-9-1|pages=328|publisher=Erika Moen Comics & Illustrations, LLC }}</ref> Her is autobiographical in nature and features erotic scenes.<ref>O'Shea, Tim. [https://www.cbr.com/talking-comics-with-tim-jess-fink/ "Talking Comics with Jess Fink,"] ''Comic Book Resources'' (Apr 04, 2011 ).</ref> For example, she described her work, ''We Can Fix It'' as "an autobiographical memoir... with a time machine"<ref name=Albany>{{cite web|last1=Burdette|first1=C. Anthony|title=Interview With Local Creator Jess Fink|url=http://blog.timesunion.com/comicbooks/interview-with-local-creator-jess-fink/4059/|website=Albany Times Union|date=17 August 2015|access-date=10 December 2015|archive-date=10 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210222706/http://blog.timesunion.com/comicbooks/interview-with-local-creator-jess-fink/4059/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has described her work ''Chester 5000 XYV'' as "an erotic, robotic, Victorian romance."<ref name=Chickadee />
==Awards and recognition== ''Chester 5000 XYV'' is part of the Library of Congress's Webcomics Web Archive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander Lu |date=2017-06-14 |title=Syndicated Comics |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/in-the-event-of-a-digital-apocalypse-these-39-webcomics-are-safe/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chester 5000 XYV |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0015623/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>
==Personal life== She currently lives in Troy, New York and sells jewelry through an online store named Hey Chickadee!<ref name=Chickadee>{{cite web|title=Hey Chickadee!|url=http://www.heychickadee.com/collections/jessfink|access-date=10 December 2015}}</ref> She has used Kickstarter to fund projects and has a Patreon.<ref name=":1" />
==Bibliography==
===Top Shelf Comics=== * ''Chester 5000 XYV'' (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/chester-5000-xyv/721|website=Top Shelf Comics|title=Chester 5000}}</ref> * ''We Can Fix It'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comicsalliance.com/buy-this-book-jess-finks-we-can-fix-it/ |website=Comics Alliance |title=Buy This Book |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804162707/http://comicsalliance.com/buy-this-book-jess-finks-we-can-fix-it/ |archive-date=2015-08-04 }}</ref>
===Image Comics=== * ''Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comixology.com/Adventures-Into-Mindless-Self-Indulgence/digital-comic/11145|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209190732/http://www.comixology.com/Adventures-Into-Mindless-Self-Indulgence/digital-comic/11145|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 9, 2014|website=Comixology|title=Adventures Into Mindless Self Indulgence}}</ref>
===Webcomics=== * ''Chester 5000''<ref name=JFCB>{{cite web|url=http://jessfink.com/comicsbooks.html|title=Comic Books|website=Jess Fink official website}}</ref> * ''Kid With Experience''<ref name=JFCB /> * ''We Are Become Pals''<ref name=JFCB />
===Anthologies=== * ''SPX'' (2002/2003)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jess Fink |url=https://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/jess-fink |website=Top Shelf Productions}}</ref> * Best Erotic Comics (Last Gasp, 2009)<ref name=":0" /> * Erotic Comics, Volume 2 (Abrams, 2008)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Popgun'' (Volume 4, 2010)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Smut Peddler'' (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pahle |first=Rebecca |date=2014-06-10 |title=Smut Peddler 2014 Interview Erika Moen Jess Fink Porn |url=https://www.themarysue.com/smut-peddler-2014-artist-interviews/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en}}</ref>
==Awards== * 2017 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Series - ''Chester 5000''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jasper|first1=Marykate|title=Queer, Black, and Female Creators Lead the 2017 Ignatz Awards|url=https://www.themarysue.com/2017-ignatz-award-winners/|website=The Mary Sue|date=September 17, 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== <!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> * {{official|https://www.jessfink.com/}}
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