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Corinne Mucha

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Corinne Mucha is a Chicago based cartoonist, illustrator, and teaching artist. Her comics work includes the Xeric funded "My Alaskan Summer," the Ignatz award-winning "The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions," and the young adult graphic novel "Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations and Other Nonsense".[1]

Early life and education

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Corinne Mucha was born in 1983 and grew up in southern New Jersey. She graduated with a degree in illustration from Rhode Island School of Design in 2005.[2]

Works

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  • "My Alaskan Summer," 2008, 96 pages, self-published through a Xeric grant
  • "My Every Single Thought," 2009, self-published
  • "Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade Obsessions, Revelations, and Other Nonsense," 2011, 112 pages, published by Zest Books/ Houghton Mifflin
  • "The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions," 2012, published by Retrofit Comics
  • "Get Over It!" 2014, 106 pages, published by Secret Acres, ISBN 978-0988814967
  • "The Girl Who Was Mostly Attracted to Ghosts," published by Secret Acres
  • "It Doesn't Exist," published by Secret Acres
  • "Get Over It!" published by Secret Acres
  • "Fixated," published by Secret Acres

Recognition

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Grants and awards

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  • Ignatz award, "The Monkey in the Basement and Other Delusions," 2012
  • Xeric Foundation grant, "My Alaskan Summer," 2008

Reviews

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References

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  1. ^ "About". Corinne Mucha Illustration. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. ^ "Corinne Mucha". Secret Acres. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2020-03-11.