Debbie Jenkinson
NationalityIrish
Area(s)artist, illustrator
Notable works
Remorse
CollaboratorsSarah Bowie
http://www.debbiejenkinson.net/

Debbie Jenkinson is an illustrator and comic artist from Dublin, Ireland, who is active in the small-press comic scene.

She is the creator of a long-form comic, Remorse a story about a young Dubliner who is trapped in a call center job.[1][2][3] It was chosen as runner up on Comicosity's Best of 2015 by Alison Berry.[4]

Jenkinson studied animation in the 1990s at Ballyfermot, when she read and was inspired by Art Spiegelman's Maus.[5] After working in an animation studio in the United States, she returned to Ireland to pursue her MA at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD).[6]

She is co-founder of The Comics Lab, a quarterly meet-up of artists in Ireland.[7] She is a member of the artists collective Stray Lines.[8] She also helped launch the first Graphic Short Prize which is run through The Irish Times with fellow artist Sarah Bowie.[5][9]

Jenkinson speaks about the "magical triangulation" that occurs in comics, between the image, the text, and the reader.[5] "I think our brains take in pictorial information in a different way...a more natural way. There's something really immersive about reading a comic, that's different from reading prose...It's like looking at the world through someone else's eyes."[5]

Jenkinson is a member of Illustrators Ireland, a non-profit professional organization which advocates on behalf of illustrators in the country.[10]

Selected works

  • Heirloom
  • War Chest
  • The Yellow Planet
  • Remorse

References

  1. ↑ "REMORSE – Debbie Jenkinson". www.debbiejenkinson.net. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Comic Book Review: Remorse". Geek Ireland. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Andy Shaw (5 February 2016). "Remorse". Grovel. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Best of 2015: Graphic Novel". Comicosity. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Freyne, Patrick (15 January 2019). "Comic timing: Why The Irish Times is backing a new graphic short story competition". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Dublin Zine Fair Participant Interview #7 | Dublin Zine Fair". The Dublin Zine Fair. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Ireland's first Graphic Short Story Prize: The runner-up". The Irish Times. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  8. ↑ Thomas, Cónal (12 October 2016). "Dublin's Comics Artists Are Taking to the Stage". Dublin Inquirer. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Comic Book Review: Remorse". Geek Ireland. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Irish Spanish Latin American Festival: a bridge between English and Spanish". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.