Sina Grace (born August 3, 1986) is an American comics writer, artist,

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ist, and social media personality. He is known for writing and drawing for various publishers, including

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, and

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, including ''Iceman'' (2017–2018; 2018–2019), ''Web of Spider-Bitch'' (TBA), ''Go-Go Power Rangers'', and ''Self-Obsessed'' (both 2019–present).

Early life

Sina Grace was born August 3, 1986 in

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, growing up in

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. Sina decided on a career in

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s in elementary school, when he would copy

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stories and draw them himself on printer paper. Grace extended his passion for comic books throughout high school, interning for

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after school prior to enrolling at the

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, majoring in Creative Writing.

Career

After graduating from

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, Grace illustrated Among The Ghosts for Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Amber Benson, and soon after became Editorial Director, and the very first employee, for Robert Kirkman's Skybound Comics. While at Skybound, Grace worked on titles such as The Walking Dead and Invincible, while simultaneously providing artwork for the Image Comics series Lil’ Depressed Boy with S. Steven Struble. Upon his departure from Skybound, Grace embarked on a journey of self-discovery, writing and doing artwork for the one-off releases Not My Bag (2012) and Self-Obsessed (2014), both published and released via

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. Grace also released the video game send-up series Burn The Orphanage with Daniel Freedman, as well with Image Comics. During this time Grace would also produce a web-series based on his work in Self-Obsessed, along with providing artwork for musician and actress

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. Grace would culminate his series of memoirs with Nothing Lasts Forever in 2017, published once again by Image Comics. In 2017 Grace was hired by

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to write the first series for long-running character Iceman who had recently come out. Despite the series being cancelled after 11 issues in March 2018, sales and fan support were so overwhelming that the series returned for another run culminating in a reboot and another 5 series arc ending in January 2019. After his run with Marvel had ended, Grace posted an essay outlining his experiences working for Marvel on his personal

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account. Among the topics within the essay, Grace has stated that he felt a lack of support for

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content and its creators, as well as turning a blind eye when the creator was attacked online for his work celebrating a major queer storyline. Grace is currently working on several titles, including writing ''Jughead's Time Police'' for

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'' for

, and writing his own original series ''Ghosted'' in

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for BOOM! Comics, and the upcoming ''Web of Spider-Bitch'' for Marvel Comics.

Bibliography

Skybound Comics * ''The Walking Dead'' #79–102 (2010–2012), editor * ''Invincible'' #70–92 (2010–2012), editor * ''Super Dinosaur'' #1–10 (2010–2012), editor * ''Witch Doctor'' #1–6 (2010–2012), editor * ''Guarding The Globe'' #1–6 (2010–2012), editor * ''Thief of Thieves'' #1–9 (2010–2012), editor Image Comics * ''Li’l Depressed Boy'' #1-21 (2011–Current), artist * ''Not My Bag'' One-Shot (2012), writer and artist * ''Burn The Orphanage'' (2013–2014), co-writer and artist * ''Self Obsessed'' (2014), writer and artist * ''Penny Dora and the Wishing Box'' #1-5 (2015), artist * ''Nothing Lasts Forever'' (2017), writer and artist Marvel Comics * ''All New X-Men Annual'' (2015), writer * ''Secret Wars Journal'' #4 (2015), writer * ''Iceman'' #1–11 (2017–2018), writer * ''The Merry X-Men Holiday Special'' (2018), writer * ''Infinity Wars: Infinity Warps'' #2 (2018), writer * ''Iceman'' (2018) #1–5 (2018–2019), writer * ''Web of Spider-Bitch'' (TBA), writer BOOM! Comics * ''Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers'' 25th Anniversary Special (2018) writer, artist * ''Go-Go Power Rangers'' #21–Current (2019–Current), co-writer * ''Ghosted in L.A.'' #1–Current (2019–Current), writer IDW * ''Jem and the Holograms IDW 20/20'' One-Shot (2019), writer * ''Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions'' #4 (2018), writer

References

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