Ariel Schrag
| Ariel Schrag | |
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 Ariel Schrag at the WeHo Book Fair 2010 |
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| Born | December 29, 1979 Berkeley, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
| Notable works | Definition, Awkward, Potential |
| Official website | |
Ariel Schrag (b. December 29, 1979, in Berkeley, California) is an American cartoonist and television writer who achieved critical recognition at an unusually early age for her autobiographical comics.
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[edit] Biography
While attending high school in Berkeley, California, Schrag self-published her first comic series, Awkward, depicting events from her freshman year, originally selling copies to friends and family.[1] Slave Labor Graphics subsequently reprinted Awkward as a graphic novel, followed by three more books based on her next three years of school: Definition, Potential, and Likewise. The books were republished by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster in 2008 and 2009. The books tell stories of family life, going to concerts, experimenting with drugs, high school crushes, and coming out as a bisexual and later as a lesbian.[2]
Schrag was nominated for the 1998 Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent (administered by the Friends of Lulu).
Killer Films is producing a movie adaptation of Potential; Schrag has written the screenplay.[1]
Schrag graduated from Berkeley High School in 1998. She graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in English in 2003,[1] and has continued to work as a cartoonist.
The documentary Confession: A Film About Ariel Schrag was released in 2004. It explores the then-23-year-old Schrag's world in which she "negotiates fame, obsesses about disease, and discusses the way she sees as a dyke comic book artist."[3]
Schrag was a writer for the third and fourth seasons of the Showtime series The L Word'".[2][4]
Schrag is currently a writer for the HBO series How To Make It In America.
Schrag lives in Brooklyn, NY.
[edit] In popular culture
Schrag was listed in The Advocate's list of "Forty under Forty" out media professionals in its June–July 2009 issue.[5]
[edit] Bibliography
- Definition, Slave Labor Graphics, 1997 ISBN 0-943151-14-7
- Awkward, Slave Labor Graphics, 1999 (magazine format)
- Potential, Slave Labor Graphics, 2000 ISBN 978-0-943151-04-5
- Likewise (Slave Labor Graphics) 2000 (magazine format)
- Juicy Mother, edited by Jennifer Camper, Soft Skull Press, 2005 ISBN 1-932360-70-0
- Stuck In The Middle (editor), Viking Press, May 2007 ISBN 9780670062218
- Juicy Mother 2: How They Met, edited by Jennifer Camper, Manic D Press, October 2007 ISBN 978-1-933149-20-2
- Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag (Touchstone, 2008) ISBN 978-1416552314
- Potential: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag (Touchstone, 2008) ISBN 978-1416552352
- Likewise: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag (Touchstone, 2009) ISBN 978-1416552376
- "Dyke March", in How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity, 2009
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Pincus, Robert L. (July 27, 2008). "The comic chronicles, a la Ariel Schrag – it's the story of her life in high school". The San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20080727-9999-1a27schrag.html.
- ^ a b Schatz, Kate (May 15, 2008). "Ariel Schrag: Comic books of Berkeley High". San Francisco Chronicle: p. G-24. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2008/05/15/NS8110L14J.DTL.
- ^ Confession: A Film About Ariel Schrag at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ O'Neill, Heather A (May 9, 2007). "Interview With Ariel Schrag". AfterEllen.com. http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/5/arielschrag. Retrieved October 12, 2007.
- ^ http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid82039.asp?page=3 Forty Under 40: Arts
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Interview with Ariel on SequentialTart.com
- Ariel Schrag at the Internet Movie Database
- Berlatsky, Noah (June 19, 2008). "Teen Angst, Straight Up". Chicago Reader (Creative Loafing Media). http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/bookreviews/080619/.
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