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

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and raised in Zaragoza, Spain. She graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design 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 '' Gotham Academy'' and ''

Lumberjanes ''Lumberjanes'' is a comic book series created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson and published via the ''Boom Box!'' imprint of Boom! Studios. The story follows a group of girls spending summer at a scout camp, and th ...

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

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for

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, ''

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me ''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'' is a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. It follows Frederica "Freddy" Riley throughout her struggles with her on-again, off-again relationship with the ...

''.

''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me''

The cover of ''

'' 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

* ''

'' ("Steven Universe: Too Cool for School") * '' Gotham Academy'' /''

'' crossover

Web comics

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

Awards

In 2018, Valero-O'Connell was nominated for two

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the comic industry and often referred ...

s, 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 a ...

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 a successor to the Kirby Awards, which wer ...

. 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

External links

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