Gina Wynbrandt Explained

Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Notable Works:Someone Please Have Sex With Me

Gina Wynbrandt is an American comic book artist and illustrator.

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] 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]

Notes and References

  1. http://chicagoist.com/2016/07/01/interview_with_gina_wynbrandt.php Chicagoist
  2. https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20170331/gina-wynbrandt-salon-del-comic-entrevista-5939390 El Periódico
  3. http://www.smallpressexpo.com/announcing-the-2015-ignatz-award-nominees "Announcing the 2015 Ignatz Nominees"
  4. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-gina-wynbrandt-someone-please-comic-20160621-snap-story.html Review of Someone Please Have Sex With Me'
  5. https://www.comic-barcelona.com/esp/noticias.cfm/id/28079/el-35-salon-comic-barcelona-consolida-cifra-118-000-visitantes.htm "The 35th SALÓN DEL CÓMIC DE BARCELONA counts 118,000 visitors"
  6. http://comicartsbrooklyn.com/cab-2017/ 2017 exhibitor list
  7. http://www.cakechicago.com/2018-expo/2018-exhibitors/ 2018 exhibitor list
  8. https://www.comicsbeat.com/2023-ignatz-awards-nominees/ 2023 Ignatz Awards Nominations
  9. https://www.asme.media/american-society-of-magazine-editors-announces-national-magazine-awards-2024-nominees "American Society of Magazine Editors Announces National Magazine Awards 2024 Nominees"
  10. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-five-comics-artists-best-american-comics-20151210-htmlstory.html Five comics artists to watch from 2015's 'Best American Comics,'
  11. https://mcachicago.org/exhibitions/2021/chicago-comics-1960s-to-now "Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now'"

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