A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Canadian cartoonist, artist, and author Lynn Johnston (born 1947)
Selfie, 2014 / Image found on For Better or For Worse Facebook page
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Autoportrait Day 189~ Alison Bechdel
A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Cartoonist, writer, and graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel (born 1960)
1. Self portrait as Harriet the Spy, published in New York Times July 26, 2012
2. Self portrait for The New Yorker, published April 16, 2012
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Why Alison Bechdel’s ‘Dykes to Watch Out For’ is still popular after nearly 40 years
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/07/06/why-is-alison-bechdels-dykes-to-watch-out-for-still-popular-after-nearly-40-years
Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.
https://lithub.com/read-the-1985-comic-strip-that-inspired-the-bechdel-test/
Born December 11~ Marjorie Henderson Buell
Marjorie Henderson Buell (December 11, 1904-May 30, 1993) was an American cartoonist who worked under the pen name Marge. She was best known as the creator of Little Lulu.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_(cartoonist)
The First Appearance of Little Lulu by Marjorie Henderson Buell
February 23, 1935 issue, Saturday Evening Post / Drawing / 6.5″x7″ / Private collection
Marjorie Henderson Buell on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/marjorie-henderson-buell/
Further reading:
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/marge.htm
https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Buell__Marjorie
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2006/11/little-lulu-comes-to-harvard/
Born on October 18~ Fanny Y. Cory
Fanny Young Cory (October 18, 1877-July 28, 1972) was an illustrator for magazines and books, a watercolorist, and one of America’s first female syndicated cartoonists.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Cory
Illustration for The Fanny Cory Mother Goose by Fanny Y. Cory
1913 / 11″x9″, 73 pages / Bobs-Merrill Company Publishers, NY
Fanny Y. Cory on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/fanny-y-cory/
Further reading:
https://fycory.com/
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/fanny-young-cory
http://montanawomenshistory.org/drawing-on-motherhood-the-cartoons-and-illustrations-of-fanny-cory-cooney/
https://library.osu.edu/site/cartoons/2019/01/10/student-post-the-life-of-cartoonist-and-illustrator-fanny-y-cory/
Born October 14~ Grace Drayton
Grace Drayton (October 14, 1878-January 31, 1936) was an illustrator, the creator of the Campbell Soup Kids, and one of the first and most successful female cartoonists.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Drayton
Campbell’s Soup Recipe Book Cover by Grace Drayton
1916 / J. Campbell Co., Camden, N.J. / 6″x7-1/2″ / Hathi Trust Digital Library
Grace Drayton on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/grace-drayton/
Further reading:
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/drayton_g.htm
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/grace-gebbie-drayton-wiederseim
https://comicskingdom.com/trending/blog/2014/03/13/ask-the-archivist-grace-g-drayton
Grace Drayton Paper Dolls: https://youtu.be/psppEitzJ3M
Born October 2~ Ramona Fradon
Ramona Fradon (born October 2, 1926) is an American comics artist known for her work on Aquaman and Brenda Starr and for co-creating the superhero Metamorpho.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_Fradon
Wonder Woman pin-up page by Ramona Fradon
2020 / Wonder Woman #750 Anniversary Celebration Issue / Book 6-5/8″x10-13/16″ / DC Comics
Ramona Fradon on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ramona-fradon/
Further reading:
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fradon_ramona.htm
http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/may00/fradon.shtml
https://neotextcorp.com/culture/the-elemental-woman-a-tribute-to-ramona-fradon/
Born September 5~ Nell Brinkley
Nell Brinkley (September 5, 1886-October 21, 1944) was an American illustrator, comic artist, and creator of the immensely popular character the Brinkley Girl.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Brinkley
Cover for the Sunday Dayton Journal by Nell Brinkley / July 26, 1936
FROM https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/nell-brinkley
Nell Brinkley on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/nell-brinkley/
Further reading:
https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_albums/nellbrinkley/index.php
http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/women/fascinating-women-nell-brinkley/
https://womeninillustration.tumblr.com/post/128707577398/nell-brinkley
Born May 12~ Lily Renée
Lily Renée Phillips (born May 12, 1921) is an Austrian-born American artist best known as one of the earliest women in the comic-book industry, beginning in the 1940s.
Biography on Grand Comics Database: https://www.comics.org/creator/18712/
Senorita Rio story drawn by Lily Renée / 1945 / 10 pages / Issue #38 / Fight Comics
Newsweek article from 2015: https://www.newsweek.com/real-life-comic-book-superhero-74267
Further reading:
https://thestilettogumshoe.com/2020/06/14/lily-renee-fighting-the-axis-with-a-sable-brush/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/overlooked-jewish-female-artist-from-comics-golden-age-escaped-real-wwii-peril/
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.austrianposters.at/2019/10/05/lily-renee-bil-spira-und-paul-peter-porges/&prev=search&pto=aue
https://comicsgrinder.com/2021/05/09/review-lily-renee-escape-artist-from-holocaust-survivor-to-comic-book-pioneer-by-trina-robbins/
Born March 1~ Fay King
Fay Barbara King (March 1889-presumed dead after 1954) was an American illustrator, journalist, and cartoonist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_King_(cartoonist)
Further reading:
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/10/15/denver-post-cartoonist-fay-king/
http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2013/01/ink-slinger-profiles-fay-king.html
https://looking-for-mabel.webs.com/fayking.htm
Fay King Cartoon about death of Anne Sullivan: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:b85164240
Scrapbook compiled by cartoonist and journalist, Fay King, 1916-1919:
https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:513610#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-1656%2C0%2C5936%2C2999
Born February 25~ June Tarpé Mills
June Tarpé Mills (February 25, 1918-December 12, 1988), known professionally as Tarpé Mills, is best known for her comic Miss Fury, featuring the first female action hero created by a woman.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Tarp%C3%A9_Mills
Miss Fury cover by Tarpé Mills / Winter 1942-43 / Issue #1 / Timely Comics
June Tarpé Mills on the Grand Comics Database (GCD): https://www.comics.org/creator/12719/
Miss Fury #6: https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=72389
Further reading:
https://www.tarpemills.com/
https://culturalgutter.com/2016/03/24/miss-fury-and-miss-mills/
https://theconversation.com/hidden-women-of-history-tarpe-mills-1940s-comic-writer-and-her-feisty-superhero-miss-fury-110179
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