Chelsea Martin (born July 16, 1986) is an American author and illustrator.
Early life She received a BFA from California College of the Arts in 2008.
Career She is the author of Everything Was Fine Until Whatever (Future Tense Books, 2009), The Really Funny Thing About Apathy (Sunnyoutside, 2010), '’The Really Funny Thing About Apathy'’, Sunnyoutside Kramer Sutra (Universal Error, 2012), and Even Though I Don't Miss You (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2013), which was named one of the Best Indie Books of 2013 by Dazed Magazine The Best Indie Books of 2013, Dazed Digital and was a small press bestseller. Small Press Distribution Her work has also appeared in numerous journals including Poetry Foundation, McDonald's Is Impossible, Poetry Foundation Hobart (magazine), Lena Dunham's newsletter Lenny Letter Mickey, Lenny Letter Vice' What Wiping Pee on My Face Did for My Acne, Vice and the Alt lit Anthology '’40 Likely To Die Before 40.'’ Civil Coping Mechanisms
Her work has been described as "emotionally honest",Berton, Justin. Chelsea Martin, August 2009. SF Gate. "provocative and disturbing",Madera, John.Monster Girl: The Rumpus Interview with Chelsea Martin, November 2009. The Rumpus. and, "less disaffected than the Alt lit peers she's associated with."Oyler, Lauren. January 2014. Dazed Digital. Her work has often been compared to that of Harmony Korine.Madera, John. FUBAR Nation June 2009. The Rumpus.Sampsell, Kevin. Love and Hate April 2008. Powell's Books.
Nylon Magazine said her work "feels like a meditation on consciousness, feeling, and of course, the absence of both,"Sunnyoutisde and Publishers Weekly called The Really Funny Thing About Apathy "a fixation on fleeting incidents in the life of the young and fearful."The Really Funny Thing About Apathy: Stories September 2010. Publishers Weekly.
Works and publications Everything Was Fine Until Whatever (Future Tense Books, 2009) The Really Funny Thing About Apathy (Sunnyoutside Press, 2010) Even Though I Don't Miss You (Short Flight/Long Drive Books, 2013) Mickey (Curbside Splendor, 2016) Caca Dolce (Soft Skull Press, 2017) Tell Me I’m an Artist (Soft Skull Press, 2022)
Other work Martin is a comic artist. Her comic Heavy-Handed was published bi-weekly on The Rumpus in 2012 and 2013. The Rumpus She is also the illustrator of the book of poetry Four-Letter Poems by Joshua Brandon (Universal Error, 2011).
In 2010, Martin founded the art collective Universal Error, Universal Error where she is currently Creative Director. jerkethics.com
Martin has self-published several chapbooks and comic books, and is a proponent of self-publishing.Hatch, Jeremy DIY Publishing and Markething Seminar August 2010. The Rumpus.
References
External links Official website Universal Error McDonald's Is Impossible at The Poetry Foundation Heavy-Handed Interview on The Rumpus Interview at Word Riot Dream Date on Pequin