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— Raina to the orthodontist
Raina Telgemeier
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Full Name Raina Diane Telgemeier
Gender Female
Bully? No
First Seen The Hospital
Current Age 46 yrs (present)

14 (as of the end of Smile)

Related to Will, Amara, Mother, Father
Friends With Karin (Formerly)
Nicole (Formerly)
Jenny (Formerly)
Kelli (Temporaily)
Melissa (Temporaily)
Emily (Formerly)
Kaylah (Formerly)
Sammy
Sean
Theresa


Raina Telgemeier (born May 26, 1977) is an American cartoonist whose works include the autobiographic webcomic Smile (A Dental Drama), which was published by Scholastic Press's Graphic imprint as a full-color Graphic Novel in February, 2010.

Personal life[]

Raina Telg.

Telgemeier was born May 26, 1977, in San Francisco. In her pre-teen years, Telgemeier suffered a serious mouth injury that required several years of dental and orthodontic surgery, (which is described in her 2010 graphic novel Smile). She was viciously picked on by her "friends", prompting her to partially withdraw into her love of drawing until she got sick of there abusive treatment of her when they publicly humiliated her. She eventually found new friends of better character in high school who appreciated her artistic talent, increasing her confidence. With that encouragement, she studied illustration at New York's School Of Visual Arts, and currently lives in Queens, New York. She lists Jeff Smith, Lynn Johnston , and Adrian Tomine among her influences. She is married to Dave Roman, who is also a cartoonist.

Career[]

Telgemeier's works include a series of self-published mini-comics called Take-Out, a short story in Bizarro World for DC Comics, a short story in Volume 4 of the Flight anthology,and four graphic novel adaptations of Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club series for Scholastic/Graphix: Kristy's Great Idea ,The Truth About Stacey, Mary Anne Saves the Day ,and Claudia and Mean Janine.

In August 2009, Del Rey Manga released X-Men: Misfits, which Telgemeier co-authored with her husband, Dave Roman.

In 2010, Telgemeier released Smile.

In 2012, her graphic novel Drama about a middle school stage crew and performers was released.

In 2014, she released a sequel called Sisters.

In 2016, Ghosts was released.

In 2019, she released her third autobiographical graphic novel, Guts. guts where Raina struggles with getting sick and have therapy to overcome certain foods.

Acclaim[]

Telgemeier was nominated for the 2005 Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition, and the 2003 Ignatz Awar in the categories of Promising New Talent and Outstanding Mini-comic. She was awarded Friends of Lulu's Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent in 2003. She has twice been nominated for the Web Cartoonists' Choice Award for Outstanding Slice-of-Life webcomic, for her webcomic Smile (A Dental Drama)

The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel Kristy's Great Idea was picked by YALSA for their 2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, as well as ALA's Booklist 2007 Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth .

Gallery[]

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