COMIC ARTIST

Nina Paley

1968 - Today

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Nina Carolyn Paley (born May 3, 1968) is an American cartoonist, animator, and free culture activist. She was the artist and often the writer of the comic strips Nina's Adventures and Fluff, after which she worked primarily in animation. She is perhaps best known for creating the 2008 animated feature film Sita Sings the Blues, based on the Ramayana, with parallels to her personal life. In 2018, she completed her second animated feature, Seder-Masochism, a retelling of the Book of Exodus as patriarchy emerging from goddess worship. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2024). Nina Paley is the 248th most popular comic artist (down from 196th in 2024), the 18,573rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,374th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Nina Paley ranks 248 out of 226. Before her are Tony Moore, Paru Itagaki, Stina Wirsén, Rob Liefeld, Yu Aida, and Toi8. After her are Joe Quesada, Jul Maroh, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Kaori Yuki, Matsuri Hino, and Luke Pearson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Nina Paley ranks 1,140. Before her are Paul Tibbitt, Hiromi Suzuki, Carrie Ann Inaba, Greg Davies, Stacey Augmon, and Greg Ellis. After her are Clare Daly, Duncan Armstrong, Stanley Donwood, Graham Linehan, Elna Reinach, and Nergis Mavalvala.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nina Paley ranks 18,581 out of 20,380. Before her are Gerald Henderson (1956), Cedric Bixler-Zavala (1974), Sanjay Gupta (1969), Anna Hall (2001), Rider Strong (1979), and Taj Gibson (1985). After her are Roxane Gay (1974), Tony Rombola (1964), David Collins (1969), Bryce Davison (1986), Christian Convery (2009), and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Nina Paley ranks 67. Before her are Craig Thompson (1975), Alex Ross (1970), Rebecca Sugar (1987), Ed Brubaker (1966), Tony Moore (1978), and Rob Liefeld (1967). After her are Joe Quesada (1962).

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