27 Facts About Peach Momoko

Peach Momoko's father attended photography school and enjoyed painting, and her grandfather was an oil painter.

Peach Momoko began drawing as soon as she was able to hold a crayon.

Peach Momoko attended school for video game design, during which time she realized that she wanted a career making illustrations.

In 2008, Peach Momoko was invited to participate in a group gallery exhibition that would take place in America during June of that year.

Peach Momoko was hesitant to accept, since she would have to quit her publishing company job to stay in the United States for a month.

In 2013, Peach Momoko began placing her art on t-shirts, noting that this would be a means for collectors to more affordably purchase her work.

Peach Momoko considers her first published comic book work to be her illustrations for the Winter 2013 and Spring 2014 issues of Girls and Corpses magazine.

In early 2015, Peach Momoko participated in her first Japanese conventions, the manga marketplace Comitia and the art-oriented Artism Market.

In October 2015, Peach Momoko had her first exposure to comic conventions when she joined Girls and Corpses' owner Robert Steven Rhine at Comikaze, where he introduced her to an editor at Heavy Metal.

Peach Momoko has referred to these pieces as "short story sequential pin-up style" art.

In 2017, to commemorate Miyavi's 15th year as a solo artist, Peach Momoko was selected to create an official t-shirt design for the musician.

In 2018, Peach Momoko collaborated with lifestyle brand HVYBLK on a t-shirt that was available at that year's Anime Expo.

That same year, Peach Momoko created official t-shirts for the Japanese television series Moonlight Mask and Red Baron.

In 2018, Peach Momoko created the cover illustration for the German Blu-ray + DVD "Mediabook" release of the Japanese splatter film Kodoku: Meatball Machine.

Peach Momoko contributed eleven illustrations for the base set of the 2019 Upper Deck Flair Marvel trading card series and illustrated the entire 90-card base set of the 2020 Upper Deck Marvel Anime trading card series.

In late 2020, Peach Momoko signed an exclusive deal to Marvel as part of Marvel's Stormbreakers line-up of rising star artists.

Peach Momoko was however allowed to finish up her prior agreements and continues to provide variant covers for various creator-owned titles.

In October 2022, Peach Momoko made her first appearance at New York Comic Con.

Peach Momoko was forced to leave her table and cancel signings to alleviate the conflict.

Peach Momoko's aesthetic has been likened to the bishojo cultural phenomenon in Japan, though she uses this imagery to "fuse the power of a girl with her inner madness, weaponry, and propaganda".

Peach Momoko prefers to tell stories involving samurai, Japanese folktales, dreamlike situations, and the real-life problems of adolescents.

Peach Momoko often envisions her work in color but draws in black-and-white, focusing on the balance and contrast between light and shadow.

In June 2015, Peach Momoko stated she was conflicted about if she was an illustrator or a painter, leading her to question "who I am [as an artist], but now I think that's fine".

Early in her professional career, Peach Momoko's work was attributed as being inspired by early 20th century Japanese ad design filtered though a dark sense of humor.

Peach Momoko has stated that her art is primarily inspired by several genres of Japanese cinema, specifically horror, military, and pink films, as well as various styles of music.

In 2018, Peach Momoko believed that she did "not have a set [art] style" as it could limit her client reach, but she believed herself to be inspired by Japanese nostalgia and ad design from the 1960s to 1980s.

In 2024, Peach Momoko won the Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist a second time.