Eric Orner was born and raised in Chicago and is living in Los Angleles. He is a prominent gay cartoonist, best known for a weekly comic strip that he writes and sraws, called The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, which appears is gay and alternative weekly publications in the US and Canada. There are Four Ethan Green books in print, all from St. Martin's Press.

Eric is the cover artist for the irreverant and opinionated Rum and Reggae Press travel guide books. He illustrated Patrick Price's popluar book Husband Hunting Made Easy in 1997. Eric's illustrations appear regularly in mainstream publications including the Washington Post, the Boston Globe and The New Republic.

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green, which was made into a film in 2005. Over the past years Eric has been learing to animate at the UCLA animation workshop. He is currently working on a new animated televison show for Discovery Kids.

Eric has been in a commited relationship with the same man for over a decade