Holly Golightly (born September 1, 1964) is a

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and writer. She was formerly known as Fauve and has also worked under the name Holly G!

Biography

Holly Golightly entered the comics industry in the 1990s under the pen name Fauve, doing work for the

Carnal Comics Carnal Comics is an adults-only comic book imprint created in 1992 which has so far been published by three companies: Revolutionary Comics, Re-Visionary Press, and Opus Graphics. Carnal Comics' flagship title is ''Carnal Comics: True Stories Of ...

title True Stories of Adult Film Stars, including three issues on Sarah-Jane Hamilton (one of which sported her first published cover illustration) and stories featuring

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, and Lilli Xene. She names artist

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''. Golightly's list of work ranges from ''Nightmare Theatre'' for

Chaos! Comics Chaos! Comics was a comic book publisher that operated from 1993 until 2002, mostly focusing on horror comics. Their titles included ''Lady Death'', ''Purgatori'', ''Evil Ernie'', ''Chastity'', ''Jade'', '' Bad Kitty'', and ''Lady Demon''. Chaos! ...

to ''

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'' for

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for husband

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's '' Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose'' as well as the model for

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herself. She has frequently been shown on the photo covers dressed as Tarot and as Catress from the ''3 Little Kittens'' comics and is the model for the official Tarot photo calendar. She has expanded into

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/modeling with Balent doing the photography and has her own pin-up calendar. She designed and maintains both of their official websites, and designs many of the T-shirts and apparel that the site offers. Golightly also contributes art for various businesses and people including ''NewWitch'' magazine and

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. Golightly and Balent operate the

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comics publishing company, known for its ''Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose'' comic book. Under this company, Golightly has published ''Fears and Ears: A

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to Orlando'' as well as numerous art books of her own work. Golightly frequently draws one-page stories featuring her cat, Pangur Ban. A collection of these stories was published through Kickstarter in 2015.

Bibliography

Archie Comics

* ''Archie & Friends'' #52–56, 58, 60, 62–63 (2001–2002) * ''

Archie's Holiday Fun Digest ''Archie's Holiday Fun Digest'' was an annual holiday-themed comics collection for Archie Comics, issued as part of the Archie Digest Library. The book revolves around the Christmas season and draws on typical situations of that time of year, fr ...

'' #3 (1999) * '' Archie's Pal Jughead Comics'' #139 (2001) * ''

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'' #99 (one page) (2001) * ''

Betty and Veronica ''Betty and Veronica'' (also known as ''Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica'') was an ongoing comic book series published by Archie Comics focusing on "best friends and worst enemies" Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge. Betty first appeared in ''Pep Co ...

'' #130, 134, 159 (1998–2001) * ''

Cheryl Blossom Cheryl Marjorie Blossom is a fictional character of the Archie Comics universe. She is a wealthy teenage girl, the privileged daughter of a businessman. The live action version of Cheryl is portrayed by Madelaine Petsch in '' Riverdale''. Histor ...

'' #21, 30, 33, 37 (1999–2001) * ''

Jughead's Double Digest ''Jughead's Double Digest'' is an American comic digest magazine published by Archie Comics. It began as a companion publication to the '' Jughead'' 32-page comic book and ''Jughead With Archie Digest'' magazine. Publication history The Double D ...

'' #57 (1999) * ''

'' #32–33, 35–37 (2002) * ''

Sabrina the Teenage Witch ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional character, fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo ...

'' #38–58 (2003–2004)

Blackout Comics

* ''Bad Girls of Blackout Annual'' #1 (1995)

Brainstorm Comics

* ''Bethany the Vampfire'' #0 (1997) * ''Vamperotica'' #8, ''Annual'' #1 (1995) * ''Vampfire'' #1 (1996) * ''Vampfire Tour Book'' #1 (1997)

BroadSword Comics

* ''3 Little Kittens: Purrr-fect Weapons'' #1–3 (2002) * ''School Bites'' (2004) * ''Prince Pangur Ban the Fluffy: Mother of Fluffins the Collected Series'' (2015) * '' Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose'' #1–122 (colorist and letterer) (2000–present) * ''VampFire'' #3 (2001)

Chaos! Comics

* ''Nightmare Theater'' #1–4 (1997)

London Night Studios

* '' Razor: Swimsuit Special'' #1 (1995)

Sirius Entertainment

* ''

Poison Elves ''Poison Elves'' is a black-and-white comic book by the late artist/writer Drew Hayes, concerning the life and times of an elf named Lusiphur. Origins and influences Drew Hayes' work was influenced by ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Elfquest'', and ' ...

'' #2 (1996)

References

External links

About Holly G!
at Broadsword Comics *
''Holly G!'s School Bites & More even manga!''
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