Erika Moen (born 1983) is an

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comic book artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

, known for her autobiographical comic ''DAR'', and the educational/ erotic comic ''Oh Joy, Sex Toy''.

Biography

Moen was born in 1983 and based in

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

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. She graduated from

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with a BA in Illustrated Storytelling in 2006. She identifies as

queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' came to be used pejoratively against those with same-sex desires or relationships in the late 19th century. Beginning in the lat ...

. She and her husband, fellow artist Matthew Nolan, have been married since October 2008. Moen is the creator of the self-published autobiographical online comic ''DAR!'' which has been collected into self-published print volumes. She also has contributed comic work to ''Best Erotic Comics'' 2008 (

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), ''True Porn Volume 2'' (

Alternative Comics Alternative comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to mainstream superhero comics which ...

), '' Flight Volume 1''; and ''Unsafe for All Ages'', a collection of erotic short stories by gay and lesbian artists published by

Prism Comics Prism Comics is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) creators, stories, characters, and readers in the comics industry. It does this through informational booths and prog ...

in 2005. In 2004, Moen was profiled as a promising new talent "taking over the comic world with her stories about queer culture, sex, humor and cute girls" by Sequential Tart. In 2011, she began collaborating with

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

writer Jeff Parker on '' Bucko'', a murder mystery/farce webcomic set in Portland. The story concluded in 2012, and was published in a collected volume by

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

. Moen is a member of

Periscope Studio Helioscope is a comics and illustration studio based in Portland, Oregon. Members of the studio work both individually and as collaborators on a number of high-profile mainstream and independent comic books. These include '' Superman'', '' Batman' ...

. She was among the comic book artists featured at the 6th annual Stumptown Comics

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in April and May 2010 at the

Portland Center for the Performing Arts Portland's Centers for the Arts (stylized as Portland'5 Centers for the Arts), formerly known as the Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA), is an organization within Metro that runs venues for live theatre, concerts, cinema, small confer ...

. Since April 2013, Moen has been working full-time on her current webcomics project ''Oh Joy, Sex Toy'', which centers around "reviews of everything that relates to sex, sexuality and the sex industry". The series, which updates with a new review every Tuesday, has garnered a great deal of positive attention, including a reference in

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's advice column

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. Strips have also been syndicated on several websites including

Bitch Media ''Bitch'' was an independent, quarterly alternative magazine published in Portland, Oregon. Its tagline described it as a "feminist response to pop culture", and it was described in 2008 by ''Columbia Journalism Review'' as "a respected journal o ...

and

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. In addition to her comic work, Erika worked as Production Assistant in the Storyboard Department on

Henry Selick Charles Henry Selick Jr. (; born November 30, 1952) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, production designer, and animator who is best known for directing the stop-motion animation films ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ...

's 3D Stop Motion Film ''

Coraline ''Coraline'' () is a dark fantasy horror children's novella by British author Neil Gaiman. Gaiman started writing ''Coraline'' in 1990, and it was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and HarperCollins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best ...

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