This is the kind of illustrative work that really appeals to me; it's distinctive, but draws on well-loved influences (Daniel Clowes, the Hernandez brothers), clever, beautifully done, and often contains violence and graphic imagery. I especially like all of this when it's encapsulated by lots of strong, edgy girls, and better still when the artist's a woman, as such female depictions feel more empowered, and it's super important that more female artists continue to get progressively more recognition.
Perhaps best of all, she doesn't seem to take her work/self too seriously, I don't mean that she's at all un-committed, just that it all feels very playful and un-pretentious, which ultimately makes for work that feels happily un-contrived.
Her website, and a small but telling interview:
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