Ariel Bordeaux is an American alternative cartoonist, painter, and writer.[1] She is known for the confessional autobiographical minicomics series Deep Girl and the two-person title (with her husband Rick Altergott) Raisin Pie.
| Ariel Bordeaux | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Artist |
Notable works | Deep Girl Raisin Pie |
| Spouse(s) | Rick Altergott |
| https://www.arielbcomics.com/ | |
Life and career
editBordeaux graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in 1991.[1]
Bordeaux self-published five issues of the Deep Girl minicomic during the years 1993 to 1995.[2] (Paper Rocket Minicomics collected all five issues in a book called The Complete Deep Girl in 2013.)
In the mid-1990s, Bordeaux illustrated stories in Dennis Eichhorn's Real Stuff series, published by Fantagraphics. Later in the decade, she also contributed stories to anthologies like Aeon Publications's On Our Butts; Sarah Dyer's Action Girl Comics; Peter Bagge's Hate; Fantagraphics' Dirty Stories, Spicecapades, and Measles; and DC's Bizarro Comics.
Bordeaux and Deep Girl were nominated for the 1997 Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent (part of the Lulu Awards). That same year, Drawn & Quarterly published her romance graphic novel No Love Lost.[3]
Bordeaux served on the 2003 Ignatz Award jury.
In the 2000s, in addition to Raisin Pie, she contributed work to a number of anthologies, including Alternative Comics' zombie anthology Bogus Dead (2002), Friends of Lulu's Broad Appeal (2003), the middle school-stories anthology Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age (Viking Juvenile, 2007), and the Center for Cartoon Studies' The Cartoon Crier (2012).
In 2012, Bordeaux received her MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies.[4] She currently works as a Special Collections Associate at Rhode Island School of Design.[1]
Personal life
editBordeaux is married to fellow cartoonist Rick Altergott.
Bibliography
edit- Deep Girl (5 issues, self-published, Mar. 1993–Summer 1995)
- Ink Geek Comics (one-shot, self-published, Nov. 1993) — with Adrian Tomine
- No Love Lost (Drawn & Quarterly, 1997) ISBN 9781896597089
- Raisin Pie (5 issues, Fantagraphics, Oct. 2002–July 2007) — with Rick Altergott
- Henparty (1 issue, self-published, 2006)
- The Complete Deep Girl (Paper Rocket Minicomics, 2013)
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c Bordeaux entry, LinkedIn. Accessed Sept. 20, 2018.
- ^ Stephenson, Chad. "Deep Girl Makes Leap from Minis," The Comics Journal #179 (Aug. 1995), pp. 22-23.
- ^ Brayshaw, Christopher. "No Love Lost: Ariel Bordeaux," The Comics Journal #195 (Apr. 1997), p. 60.
- ^ "Visiting Artist: ARIEL BORDEAUX," Center for Cartoon Studies website (2013).
Sources consulted
edit- Deep Girl at the Grand Comics Database
- Raisin Pie at the Grand Comics Database
- Sullivan, Darcy. "Ariel Bordeaux," The Comics Journal #205 (June 1998), pp. 77–78.
- "Young Cartoonists Roundtable, Seattle," The Comics Journal #188 (July 1996), pp. 125–134.
External links
edit- Official website
- Nick M. "...ariel bordeaux finds happiness... a comix Q & A," The Subversive Garden (October 15, 2007).
- Bordeaux bio at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
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