Rosemary Valero-O'Connell is an American illustrator and cartoonist. She is known for her work with

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and

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Early life

Rosemary Valero-O'Connell was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in

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. She graduated from the

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with a BFA in Comic Art in 2016. Valero began a working relationship with First Second Comics after her editor purchased a copy of a 22-page minicomic she had written over a summer from the Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art's festival.

Career

On June 15, 2015, the cover art was revealed for the first graphic novel edition of ''

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'', which Valero-O'Connell illustrated. The comic was released in December of that same year under the title "Steven Universe: Too Cool for School". In 2016, Valero worked with DC Comics and BOOM! Studios on a crossover comic issue of ''

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'' and ''

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'' as primary illustrator''.'' In 2016, it was announced that she had begun illustrating a graphic novel with

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for First Second, '' Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me''.

''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me''

The cover of '' Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'' was revealed September 24, 2018. The graphic novel was released May 7, 2019.

Bibliography

Graphic novels

* ''What is Left'' (2017) * ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'' (2019) * ''Don't Go Without Me'' (2020)

Comic series

* ''

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'' crossover

Web comics

* ''If Only Once, If Only For A Little While''

Awards

In 2018, Valero-O'Connell was nominated for two Eisner Awards, Best Coloring and Best Single Issue / One-Shot, for her comic ''What is Left''. In 2019 ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me'' won the

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping ...

for Outstanding Graphic Novel as well as the Best Children's or Young Adult Book Award from the

Harvey Awards The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be the successor to the Kirby Awards that we ...

. In 2020, Valero-O'Connell won an Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker for her work on ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me'', which also won an Eisner Award in the Best Publication for Teens category. Valero-O'Connell won the 2020 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Artist.

Works

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