Lauren Weinstein (comic strip artist)
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Lauren Weinstein is an American comic strip artist. Her surrealist alternative comics detail a complex world where a pall of mystery, sexual intrigue and violent death hangs over the animal kingdom, outer space and suburban America alike. In terms of style, her detailed cross-hatching style aligns her with artists like Robert Crumb and Tony Millionaire.
Weinstein was one of a number of artists who graduated from Washington University in St. Louis and moved to New York in the late '90s, among them Patrick Smith of Vector Park and Dan Nadel of The Ganzfeld. Her first comics appeared as syndicated strips in the Seattle Stranger and gurl.com.
Her first solo comic, the Xeric Foundation award-winning Inside Vineyland, was published in 2003.
Weinstein is also the lead singer of the metaphysical rock band/arts collective Flaming Fire, and has released two albums: Get Old and Die with Flaming Fire in 2001 and Songs from the Shining Temple in 2003.