) is an American comic book creator

Comic book creator

A comic book creator is someone who creates a comic book or graphic novel.The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S...

, known for work published by Tokyopop

Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...

 and Vertigo Comics.

Career

Cloonan created minicomics and was part of the Meathaus

Meathaus

Meathaus is a comics anthology created by the Meathaus Collective. The Meathaus Collective is a group of artists who attended New York City's School of Visual Arts in or around 2000...

 collective before collaborating with Brian Wood on Channel Zero: Jennie One in 2003. Since then, her profile (and workload) has steadily risen; her best-known work to date has been the twelve-issue comics series Demo

Demo (comics)

Demo is a twelve-issue limited series of comic books by writer Brian Wood and artist Becky Cloonan, published from 2003–2004 by AiT/Planet Lar. Each issue is an isolated story, but they all revolve around the lives of young people...

(2004), also with Wood. Wizard

Wizard (magazine)

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named Demo its 2004 "Indie of the Year." The series was also nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2005, for Best Limited Series and Best Single Issue (for #7, "One Shot, Don't Miss").

Cloonan's first solo graphic novel, East Coast Rising

East Coast Rising

East Coast Rising is an American comic book published as original graphic novels by Tokyopop and written and drawn by Becky Cloonan. Done in the style of manga, the comic follows the adventures of punk rock pirates on the East Coast of the United States, in a world where New Jersey has become...

 Volume 1, was released by Tokyopop

Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...

 in 2006. East Coast Rising: Volume 1 marked Cloonan's third Eisner Award nomination in 2007, this time for Best New Series. She also collaborated with writer Steven T. Seagle

Steven T. Seagle

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 on the Vertigo Comics series American Virgin

American Virgin (comics)

American Virgin was an American comic book series published by Vertigo Comics and written by Steven T. Seagle and illustrated by Becky Cloonan. The series launched on a monthly schedule in March 2006 and was canceled two years later...

, which was cancelled with the 23rd issue.
She is also doing art for the six part upcoming series "True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys" being co-written by Gerard Way

Gerard Way

Gerard Arthur Way is an American musician and comic book writer who has served as lead vocalist and co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance since its formation in 2001...

 and Shaun Simon

Shaun Simon

Shaun Simon is an American comics writer. He is currently writing The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys with Gerard Way for Dark Horse Comics.- Biography :...

.

She has also created artwork for the band Leftover Crack

Leftöver Crack

Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska and hardcore punk, they classify themselves as "crack-rocksteady". The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and...

 and hip-hop group CunninLynguists

Cunninlynguists

CunninLynguists are a hip hop trio from Lexington, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia. The group currently consists of Deacon the Villain, Kno, and Natti...

.

Covers only

• NYC Mech: beta LOVE #4 (Image
  Image Comics
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  , 2005)
• The Pirates of Coney Island
  The Pirates of Coney Island
  The Pirates of Coney Island is an eight-issue comic book published by Image Comics, first released in October 2006. It is written by Rick Spears and penciled and inked by Vasilis Lolos...
  
  #1-6 (Image, 2006–2007)

External links

• Becky Cloonan's blog
• Becky Cloonan at DeviantArt
  DeviantArt
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• Becky Cloonan's poster design work