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| Debbie Drechsler | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) Champaign, Illinois, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Daddy's Girl The Summer of Love |
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Debbie Drechsler (born 1953) is an Americanillustrator andcomic book creator. Her semi-autobiographical graphic novel aboutincest,Daddy's Girl (1996), was nominated for anIgnatz Award.
Drechsler was born inChampaign, Illinois, in 1953. She knew early in life that she wanted to make art of some kind. She studied at theRochester Institute of Technology.
In the 1970s, she discovered thefeminist movement as well as alternative comics. She was originally encouraged to draw comics by fellow cartoonistsRichard Sala andMichael Dougan.
In 1992, she got her first piece published byDrawn & Quarterly. Her work later appeared in theKitchen Sink Press anthologyTwisted Sisters, edited byDiane Noomin.
In 1996, her first graphic novel wasDaddy's Girl, published byFantagraphics. It was a semi-autobiographical story dealing with difficult subjects such asrape and incest. It was nominated for anIgnatz Award and also appeared as #81 inThe Comics Journal's "Top 100 Comics list" in February 1999.
In 2002, her new graphic novel wasThe Summer of Love, released byDrawn & Quarterly. Inspired byWimmen's Comix,Peanuts, andMad Magazine,[1] it was also partly based on Drechsler's own experiences dealing with typical teenage emotions such as alienation, confusion, and anger. This book is a collection of issues 1-5 of Nowhere. Drechsler has since largely left comics work to concentrate on commercial art.[1]
Drechsler used to live inupstate New York, but she is currently living inSanta Rosa, California.
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