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Lucia Fasano is an American cartoonist, comedian, musician, and writer based in Portland, Oregon. Along with Melissa MacFadyen, Fasano is co-founder of the riot grrrl-inspired Portland, Oregon music festival Grrrl Front. Fasano co-created and co-stars (with The Doubleclicks's Angela Webber) in the web series Catty B's.

Early life
Fasano grew up in Los Angeles, California.

Comedy
In November 7, 2015, Fasano performed at the monthly comedy showcase Quirktastic alongside Bri Pruett. In December 2, 2015, she performed at another monthly comedy showcase Comedy In Space! with Jeremy Eli, Dan Weber, Barbara Holm, and Bri Pruett. In August 24, 2016, she joined the hosts Barbara Gray, Brandie Posey and Tess Barker of Maximum Fun podcast Lady to Lady for the episode "Just One Groove".

Twitter
Fasano's online social networking service Twitter account was named the "funniest twitter" by American indie rock band The Thermals. In December 22, 2015, one of Fasano's tweets on Twitter was listed among "The Funniest Star Wars: The Force Awakens Tweets" covering the U.S. theater release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In March 6, 2016, Mashable's Sandra Gonzales ranked one of her tweets fifth on her favorite tweets covering the Downton Abbey series finale. In June 15, 2016, Pajiba's Vivian Kane listed one of her tweets among the "pun possibilities" on the initial news of English actor Tom Hiddleston and American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

Music
Fasano has an upcoming album produced by Larry Crane. Nerd-folk music duo The Doubleclicks created their own independent record label Doubleclicks Records and their first album was Fasano's Radio Silence. The Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the album was funded 228 percent with the original goal set by the Webbers at $3,000. However, $6,858 was received. Her music has been described as "P.J. Harvey meets Neutral Milk Hotel."

Snakes On The Radio
In August 16, 2016, it was announced that both The Doubleclicks and Lucia Fasano would begin their tour Snakes On The Radio in the cities Santa Clara, California, Oakland, California, Burbank, California, West Hollywood, California, and Portland, Oregon. The Doubleclicks said they would play both their old songs and newer songs from their latest album President Snakes. Lucia Fasano would play songs from their debut album Radio Silence. The last show is a CD release party at the new Portland, Oregon comic book store Books With Pictures for Fasano's album Radio Silence which will also feature Barbara Holm and Kyle McCormick.

Reception
Alternative weekly The Portland Mercury's Alison Hallett cited Fasano's advice in her beginner's guide on stand-up comedy at an open mic. Alternative weekly The Portland Mercury's Barbara Holm cited her as an example of a feminist comedian who "[o]n a local level [...] use humor to empower women through art." The Mary Sue's Teresa Jusino praised her YouTube video on Mad Max: Fury Road character Imperator Furiosa. Alternative weekly Willamette Week's Matthew Singer listed Lucia Fasano on the ballot for Portland's "Best New Band" in 2014—2016.

Media appearances

 * 1999: The Auteur Theory as Grim Reaper - The Crap Shoot of Life.
 * 2006: The Legend of Butch & Sundance as Cantina Girl.
 * 2015: Catty B's as host.
 * 2016: Portlandia as Lasik Girl.