Profiling Jackie Ormes and Ollie Harrington. In an era when Black women were largely erased from the comics page, Jackie Ormes picked up her pen and rewrote the rules. As the first nationally syndicated Black female cartoonist, Ormes shattered racial and gender stereotypes through her bold, stylish, and socially conscious characters, paving the way for […]
From the Library of Congress blog: While participating in the Library’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA), [Lucy Havens] had the privilege of contributing to the Library of Congress’ Of the People initiative by researching the representation of Black cartoon and comic creators in the Library’s Comic Book Collection. Like all media, cartoons […]
Flash Gordon and Dale Arden re-imagined, Tom the Dancing Bug re-imagines Calvin and Hobbes and Peanuts; Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem debuts in 1937; also: Sunnyboy Sam from 1937; comic strips from the Museum of Modern Art; Frazz in reruns explained; a couple changes from GoComics; and some Vintage changes at Comics Kingdom. Who’s […]
Barbara Brandon-Croft made history as the nation’s first Black woman cartoonist to break into mainstream press with her groundbreaking comic strip “Where I’m Coming From,” which debuted in the Detroit Free Press in 1989. By 1991, Universal Press Syndicate was distributing her work to more than sixty mainstream newspapers internationally, where it continued until 2005. […]
Friday on the comics page seemed to be a preview of National Cartoonists’ Day as a number of comic strips had guest appearances by other comic strip characters. Lio featured Snoopy, Over The Hedge guested Wednesday Addams, and Ziggy had Superman. Cartoonist Gary Varvel utilized a famed Charlie Brown image to represent the flurry of […]