Chynna Clugston Flores


Chynna Clugston Flores is a freelance American comic book creator known for her manga-influenced teen comedy series Blue Monday. Based in Coarsegold, Chynna has been drawing comics since 1994 and has worked with Oni Press, Dark Horse Presents, Double Feature, Action Girl Comics, DC Comics and several digital comics as an editor, penciler, writer, inker, colorist, letterer and cover artist.

Early life

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, where she would take inspiration for Blue Monday.

Career

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.
She was assistant editor for CMX Manga, assistant editor for DC Comics' Wildstorm division until 2011, and an assistant editor for DC Comics working on various titles, editing Looney Tunes, co-editing Tiny Titans, as well as several digital comics in La Jolla, CA until 2011. She eventually moved Blue Monday and Scooter Girl to Image Comics to be re-released and later produce a new segment in 2017an/Scooby-Doo Halloween ComicFest as an editor.

Awards

Clugston Flores has been nominated for three Eisner Awards for Best Limited Series for Blue Monday, and her participation on Hopeless Savages, and Best Writer/Artist-Humor ; The Russ Manning award ; 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, 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: