...was born late in 1983, in Seattle.
♦ Named after poet
Dylan Thomas. The last name (meh-KOE-nis) is Lithuanian.
♦ Once she gained mastery over her motor functions, she immediately began drawing, writing, acting, and singing.
♦ Seven years were spent germinating at the
Northwest School, where even the popular kids were huge nerds.
♦ She then moved on to
Wesleyan University, where she studied in the
College of Letters, learning all sorts of things about history, literature, philosophy, and language, and lived in Paris for definitely not long enough.
♦ In between classes she drew
Bite Me!, a comic involving vampires getting into humorous situations in the French Revolution.
♦
She graduated in 2005 and moved to Portland, OR, where she lives with a lady, two cats, and a bulldog, one of whom has a llaw degree.
♦ She has produced artwork, visual narratives, and more for diverse companies from
Microsoft to the
Gates Foundation. ♦ The rest of the time she works on
Family Man, a graphic novel about 18th century universities, religious doubt, and (eventually) werewolves, among other things.
♦ She's a member of
Periscope Studio and serves the
Stumptown Comics Fest.
♦ She loves a good story.