The San Francisco Library is hosting an exhibit called Pretty in Ink, the history of North American Women Cartoonists. A lot of it is stuff that I find really cool. A lot of women have drawn cartoons over the years and sadly even though they drew them well, they are lesser known:
Edwina Dumm (1893-1990) (above and below) was the first full-time female editorial cartoonist. She started drawing editorial cartoons in 1915 for the Columbus (Oh) Daily Monitor. She was famous for drawing the comic strips Trixie and Cap Stubbs.
Next up is Jungle Comics with artwork done by Marcia Snyder during the 1940's:
The next two are the work of Tarpe Wills(1915-1988) who created Miss Fury. Miss Fury was created in 1941 before Wonder Woman and was pretty risque for the time:
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| An original Sunday strip dated 5-27-1945 |
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| An ad for Miss Fury |
Finally, here is some of the work of Grace Drayton (1877-1936). She created popular period comics and created the "Campbell Soup Kids" ads:
Pretty in Ink was super cool. I learned a lot and will be doing more research into this subject.
Hi, saw your link @ X'Mas Dolly...sounds like an interesting experience to learn about these female cartoonists! You don't really hear much about them so thanks for sharing this. Now following you on G+, have a nice day. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, well thank You Very Much. It was very interesting and glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks for following.
DeleteThat is so cool! Interesting facts about woman cartoonists I never knew that - thanks for sharing & for stopping by my blog :)
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome. Thanks for stopping by here. It was very cool.
DeleteComic books! Woo Hoo! My mother would by those romance novels and then my brother bought all the super heroes so there was always something laying on the floor in the bathroom. bwahahahahaha Thanks for stopping by and sharing your pics with us! Have a great day Pat! :)
ReplyDeleteThey are great easy reading.
DeleteThose are some old comic books, and in good shape. I dont know why, but I never thought of cartoonist being women, I guess I was not paying attention to who wrote them, just enjoyed reading them. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome. Something that I learned as well.
DeleteReally interesting! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I thought it was. I always love learning new things.
DeleteI like the last artist who did the Campbell Soup labels. Always liked those caricatures. Agree with Kim, very interesting!
ReplyDeletePretty cool Eh! Thanks for stopping by.
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