CO-CREATOR AND ARTIST OF INDIE COMIC SKULL MASKERADE, CARLA IS AT HER CORE A WATERCOLOR PIN-UP ARTIST DEVOTED TO BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN MACABRE FEMME ART AND SEQUENTIAL STORYTELLING. USING VINTAGE BURLESQUE AS INSPIRATION, HER WORK IS AN UNAPOLOGETIC CELEBRATION OF THE FEMALE FORM. 

CURRENTLY SELF-PUBLISHING her SKULL MASKERADE COMICS WITH HER HUSBAND, Justin TAUCH. CARLA IS ALSO THE CO-CREATOR AND ARTIST FOR HIDDEN DOOR COMICS, THE ROMANCE FAIRYTALE GRAPHIC NOVEL ENDEAVOR WITH R.C. YOUNG; ITS PREMIER FEATURE BLUE EYES AND THE BEASTLING. other published comic works include gray girl, a back-up featured in rogue sun, and variant covers for several titles from image comics.
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CARLA EARNED A BFA IN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ART, CHICAGO IN 2009. SHE LIVES IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA WITH HER HUSBAND, tattoo artist and owner of Breakwater tattoo, AND TWO VERY CLINGY CATS. WHEN THEY ARE NOT in the STUDIO OR WORKING A CONVENTION THEY ARE USUALLY THINKING ABOUT SKULL MASKERADE TOGETHER WHILE OFF ADVENTURING IN NATURE OR AT DISNEYLAND.