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Canadian-American alternative cartoonist (born 1969)
Molly Maud Kiely (born October 10, 1969)
[1]
[2] is a Canadian-American alternative
cartoonist best known for
erotica .
[3] Her work is published by
Fantagraphics /
Eros Comix and has influenced other artists such as
Jess Fink .
[4]
Kiely was born in
Bracebridge, Ontario , raised in
Kitchener , and attended the
University of Waterloo .
[5] She has liked drawing her whole life,
[5] and discovered comics through
Krazy Kat and
Li'l Abner .
[6] She created her first
minicomic in 1991 at the
San Diego Comic-Con .
[7] She left
Canada for
San Francisco in 1992.
[1]
Her first comic, Communion , was a collaboration with J. Hagey based on a stream-of-consciousness poem about a one-night stand.
[7] It was published by the
Eros Comix imprint of
Fantagraphics in 1992.
[8] In 1993,
Wooley Comics commissioned her to do a comic adaptation of
Marquis de Sade 's novel Philosophy in the Bedroom .
[8]
She describes her work as "clean line style" that has been compared to
Aubrey Beardsley and
Jaime Hernandez .
[5]
The pornographic nature of her work sometimes draws judgement from feminists who see her as helping men exploit women.
[9] 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.
[8]
She had a daughter with her husband in 2007
[7] before being widowed in 2015.
[2] As of 2017, Kiely resides in
Tucson, Arizona with her daughter.
[1]
[2]
Selected bibliography
Communion , 1992 (written by
Jonathan Hagey )
Philosophy in the Bedroom , 1993
[10]
Diary of a Dominatrix , 3 volumes, 1994–1995
[11]
Sass , 1995
[12]
Saucy Little Tart , 5 volumes, 1995–1997
That Kind of Girl , 1999
[13]
Tecopa Jane , 2000
On Your Knees Boy , 2002
[14]
Adaptation of
Murasaki Shikibu 's
The Tale of Genji in the anthology The Graphic Cannon , edited by
Russ Kick
[15]
References
^
a
b
c
Kiely entry , Lambiek's Comiclopedia . Accessed Mar. 6, 2014.
^
a
b
c "
About ", Official website. Retrieved April 14, 2017
^
Spurgeon, Tom (October 25, 2015), "
FFF Results Post #434 -- Dirty Comics ",
Comics Reporter . Retrieved April 13, 2017
^ Chevat, Zoe (25 March 2013).
"The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!" . The Mary Sue . Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
^
a
b
c Vasseur, Richard (June 11, 2007), "
Molly Kiely Artist of Gothic Classics ", Jazma Online. Retrieved April 15, 2017
^ Keller, Katherine, "
She's That Kind of Girl ", Sequential Tart. Retrieved April 15, 2017
^
a
b
c Dowers, Michael, "
Treasury of Mini Comics Volume Two " pp300-301. Retrieved April 15, 2017
^
a
b
c Mayerson, Ginger (February 4, 2006), "
Erotica, Utopia and Judicial Proceedings ", Sequential Tart. Retrieved April 15, 2017
^ Hall, Ed (April 28, 2011), "
Chester 5000 XYV: Pornography and feminism in the graphic novel ", Burnaway. Retrieved April 15, 2017
^
"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 . Retrieved 2019-03-08 .
^ Kiely, Mary (December 1997). Diary of a Dominatrix . Eros Comix; 1st edition.
ISBN
1560972920 .
^ Kirby, Robert (February 26, 2015), "
Treasury of Mini Comics Volume Two ",
The Comic Journal . Retrieved April 15, 2017
^
"9781560973751: That Kind Of Girl - AbeBooks - Molly Kiely: 1560973757" . www.abebooks.com . Retrieved 2019-03-08 .
^
"ON YOUR KNEES BOY by Kiely, Molly: Eros Comix 1st Printing. - Alta-Glamour Inc" . www.abebooks.com . Retrieved 2019-03-08 .
^ 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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