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Nationality
  
American

Notable works
  
Blue Monday, Queen Bee

Role
  
Comic Book Inker

Pseudonym(s)
  
Chynna Clugston-Major

Name
  
Chynna Clugston

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Born
  
August 19, 1975 (age 49) Fresno, California (
1975-08-19
)

Area(s)
  
Penciler, Inker, Colorist

Books
  
Queen Bee, Scooter Girl, Hopeless Savages: Too much hopeless savages

Similar People
  
Andi Watson, Jen Van Meter, Mike Allred, Bryan Lee O\'Malley, Joe Casey

Chynna Clugston Flores (born August 19, 1975) is an American comic book creator known for her manga-influenced teen comedy series Blue Monday.

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Early life

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Clugston Flores 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.

Career

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Shortly after graduation, Clugston Flores submitted some of her minicomics to Fantaco, which signed her to write and draw the vampire miniseries Bloodletting. Clugston Flores followed Bloodletting with one-pagers and shorts in Sarah Dyer's Action Girl and Dark Horse Presents, eventually following editor Jamie S. Rich to Oni Press. At Oni, Clugston Flores produced her manga-influenced comic book 'series, Blue Monday, which debuted in 1999 in Oni Double Feature #11. In 2000 Oni published the first Blue Monday miniseries, Blue Monday: The Kids Are Alright.

Awards

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Clugston Flores has been nominated for three Eisner Awards for Best Limited Series for Blue Monday (2001), and her participation on Hopeless Savages (2002), and Best Writer/Artist-Humor (2002); The Russ Manning award (2000); and a Harvey Award. Clugston Flores was also nominated for the 2001 Lulu of the Year Award by Friends of Lulu for Blue Monday.

Personal life

Clugston Flores started her career as Chynna Clugston-Major, before her divorce from Guy Major (a colorist and toner on most of her books to this day), and is currently billed under her married name, Chynna Clugston Flores. Clugston Flores holds an interest in Japanese, Irish, and British culture, including mod fashion, britpop, and film. She lives in San Diego, California, with her husband, Jon Flores.

Selected works

In addition to Blue Monday, Clugston Flores's other notable works include:

  • Bloodletting — Fantaco/Tundra (1995–1996)
  • Hopeless Savages — Clugston Flores illustrated the flashback scenes. Oni Press (2001), ISBN 1-929998-24-4.
  • Scooter Girl — a miniseries telling the story of two contemporary mods living in California. Oni Press (2003), ISBN 1-929998-88-0.
  • Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #11 — a story about Peter Parker running into the Ultimate X-Men in a mall.
  • "Anew" — a 1940s romance short story in the anthology Four Letter Worlds. Image Comics (2005), ISBN 1-58240-439-9.
  • Queen Bee — a middle school drama. graphix /Scholastic Press (2005), ISBN 0-439-70987-3.
  • Strangetown — about a ten-year-old girl named Vanora Finnar who mysteriously washed onto the Oregon shore in 1973. Oni Press (2006)
  • Legion Of Super-Heroes In The 31st Century — based on the animated version of the DC Comics property, featuring Superman. Johnny DC (2007)

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