Jen Sorensen is the cartoonist behind "Slowpoke," a weekly strip which appears in alternative newspapers around the country. Slowpoke is also featured in the Funny Times and Ms. Magazine, and has appeared in the LA Times, The American Prospect, and Z Magazine.

Slowpoke made its debut as a weekly strip in 1998, and has since won three awards from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, including 1st Place in 2005. The strip is featured in Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists, an anthology edited by Ted Rall.

In 2000, Jen won a Xeric grant to publish Slowpoke: Café Pompous, a collection of the first two years of Slowpoke strips. Her last book, Slowpoke: America Gone Bonkers, was released in late 2004 through Alternative Comics. Coming in April 2008 is Jen's newest collection, Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh My God!

In addition to Slowpoke, Jen also does freelance illustration for Nickelodeon Magazine and other publications. She currently lives in Charlottesville, VA.