Molly Kiely Explained

Birth Name:Molly Maud Kiely
Birth Place:Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:American
Cartoonist:y
Notable Works:Eros Comix titles

Molly Maud Kiely (born October 10, 1969)[1] is a Canadian-American alternative cartoonist best known for erotica.[2] Her work is published by Fantagraphics/Eros Comix and has influenced other artists such as Jess Fink.[3]

Kiely was born in Bracebridge, Ontario, raised in Kitchener, and attended the University of Waterloo.[4] She has liked drawing her whole life,[4] and discovered comics through Krazy Kat and Li'l Abner.[5] She created her first minicomic in 1991 at the San Diego Comic-Con.[6] She left Canada for San Francisco in 1992.

Her first comic, Communion, was a collaboration with J. Hagey based on a stream-of-consciousness poem about a one-night stand.[6] It was published by the Eros Comix imprint of Fantagraphics in 1992.[7] In 1993, Wooley Comics commissioned her to do a comic adaptation of Marquis de Sade's novel Philosophy in the Bedroom.[7]

She describes her work as "clean line style" that has been compared to Aubrey Beardsley and Jaime Hernandez.[4]

The pornographic nature of her work sometimes draws judgement from feminists who see her as helping men exploit women.[8] Under Subsection 163 of the Canadian Criminal Code, the Canadian Customs and Post Office occasionally confiscated Kiely's work when it was being mailed between her and Eros in 1995.[7]

She had a daughter with her husband in 2007[6] before being widowed in 2015.[9] As of 2017, Kiely resides in Tucson, Arizona with her daughter.[9]

Selected bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kiely_molly.htm Kiely entry
  2. [Tom Spurgeon|Spurgeon, Tom]
  3. Web site: Chevat. Zoe. The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!. The Mary Sue. 25 March 2013 . April 14, 2017.
  4. Vasseur, Richard (June 11, 2007), "Molly Kiely Artist of Gothic Classics", Jazma Online. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  5. Keller, Katherine, "She's That Kind of Girl", Sequential Tart. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  6. Dowers, Michael, "Treasury of Mini Comics Volume Two" pp300-301. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  7. Mayerson, Ginger (February 4, 2006), "Erotica, Utopia and Judicial Proceedings", Sequential Tart. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  8. Hall, Ed (April 28, 2011), "Chester 5000 XYV: Pornography and feminism in the graphic novel", Burnaway. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  9. "About", Official website. Retrieved April 14, 2017
  10. Web site: Marquis de Sade's Philosophy in the Bedroom, Part One by Erick Gilbert & Molly Kiely: Wooley Com Stapled - Gardner's Used Books, Inc.. www.abebooks.com. en. 2019-03-08.
  11. Book: Kiely, Mary. Diary of a Dominatrix. Eros Comix; 1st edition. December 1997. 1560972920.
  12. Kirby, Robert (February 26, 2015), "Treasury of Mini Comics Volume Two", The Comic Journal. Retrieved April 15, 2017
  13. Web site: 9781560973751: That Kind Of Girl - AbeBooks - Molly Kiely: 1560973757. www.abebooks.com. en. 2019-03-08.
  14. Web site: ON YOUR KNEES BOY by Kiely, Molly: Eros Comix 1st Printing. - Alta-Glamour Inc.. www.abebooks.com. en. 2019-03-08.
  15. Armitage, Hugh (September 17, 2013), "5 graphic novels to improve your mind: 'Neurocomic', 'xkcd', more", Digital Spy. Retrieved April 13, 2017

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