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Rina Piccolo is a Canadian cartoonist, best known for her comic strip ''Tina's Groove'', distributed by King Features Syndicate since 2002. She has been a professional cartoonist for more than two decades and recently gained recognition as an author of short stories. Born and raised in Toronto, Piccolo began her career in 1989 when her first cartoon submission was accepted by ''Now'' magazine. According to Piccolo, her "early acceptance gave me a false sense of how hard the next years were going to be. It was followed by trillions of rejections."〔McLeod, Susanna. "Rina Piccolo, Creator of Tina's Groove and One of Six Chix," April 16, 2004.〕〔''Washington Post'' Online Chat, June 2003.〕 ==Comic strips== The magazine ''Comic Relief'' published her cartoons during the early 1990s. Since 2000 she has held the position as the "Wednesday chick" on King Features’ daily ''Six Chix'' strip. In 2002, Piccolo launched ''Tina's Groove'', about Tina, a single, attractive and self-aware waitress who works at Pepper's Restaurant. Working six days a week, she draws the comics on alternate days. Published in newspapers throughout the United States and Canada, ''Tina's Groove'' is also available through King Features' DailyINK email service.〔(Tina's Groove )〕 She talked about gagwriting in a 2003 online chat: "I discover ''Six Chix'' gags when I’m fishing for ''Tina’s Groove'' gags… I do my writing for both strips at the same time, usually two to three days a week."〔 In May 2010, Piccolo started an online comic strip, ''Velia, Dear''. Published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, ''Velia, Dear'' is about a young Toronto woman who lives with her conservatively Catholic mother and is dating a Jewish boyfriend.〔(Baute, Nicole. "Homesick cartoonist draws Toronto". ''Toronto Star'', May 23, 2010. )〕 Since February 2012, the strip appears to be in hiatus. Piccolo has stepped in as a guest cartoonist on Hilary Price's ''Rhymes with Orange'' twice, as she discussed in 2010 with Michael Cavna of ''Comic Riffs'': I don't know if I'm a better gag writer than I was eight years ago, but I've certainly written and drawn more gags since then, so I can say I've practiced my socks off, and know this stuff better than I ever have. And yes, I also know Hilary's slant on things, her voice as a gag writer, from reading her stuff all these years. She's grown as a cartoonist, too! So when I say that my first ''RWO'' stint wasn't "up to snuff", it's simply my neurotic self talking. You might say I had stagefright back then, and maybe now that I seem to be more aware of my work—and certainly more practiced—the stagefright is no longer an issue. I've gained some degree of confidence.〔(Cavna, Michael. ''Comic Riffs'': ''Rhymes with Orange'': Rina Piccolo fills us in on her Hilary Price fill-in". ''Washington Post'', August 30, 2010. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rina Piccolo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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