Chynna Clugston (born August 19, 1975) is an American comic book creator known for her manga-influenced teen comedy series Blue Monday.
Clugston grew up in Fresno, California and attended the Roosevelt School of the Arts. After her freshman year, she moved to Oakhurst, California and attended Yosemite High School. Shortly after graduation, she submitted some of her minicomics to Fantaco, and they ended up signing her to write and draw the vampire...
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Chynna Clugston (born August 19, 1975) is an American comic book creator known for her manga-influenced teen comedy series Blue Monday.
Clugston grew up in Fresno, California and attended the Roosevelt School of the Arts. After her freshman year, she moved to Oakhurst, California and attended Yosemite High School. Shortly after graduation, she submitted some of her minicomics to Fantaco, and they ended up signing her to write and draw the vampire miniseries Bloodletting. Clugston followed Bloodletting with one-pagers and shorts in Sarah Dyer's Action Girl and Dark Horse Presents, eventually following editor Jamie Rich to Oni Press.
Given the go-ahead at Oni, Clugston came up with her manga-influenced ongoing comic book Blue Monday, which debuted in 1999 in Oni Double Feature #11. The series was based in many ways on her experiences while in at Yosemite High. In 2000 Oni published the first Blue Monday miniseries, Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright.
Clugston has been nominated for three...
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