Tag Archives: cartoons
Cartoonist Isabella Bannerman: Funny at 51
Tweet“Now that I’m 51,” cartoonist Isabella Bannerman tells me, “cartooning is easier than it’s ever been. I don’t care the way I did about what other people think. I‘ve stopped censoring myself. It gives me tremendous freedom.” Bannerman, who has contributed the Monday cartoon to King Feature’s popular “Six Chix” strip for over a decade, [...]
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Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice
TweetI feel like a stranger on planet earth with all the Harry Potter talk that has been going on. I also grew up with the series as a cultural cornerstone, but I stopped reading the books after #4, and I have never seen any of the films. I admit to being a little jealous, seeing [...]
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2-D Feminism or How almost everything I know about being a feminist I learned from cartoons (Admit it!)
TweetOkay, I know what a few of you are all thinking: what an idiot or badass article (I wish)! But for ya’ll who are the latter. Sorry, I’m going to convince the former camp of the potential awesomeness of the article’s subjects. When I was growing up, I was looking for bitchin’ female role models [...]
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Street harassment and bystander intervention cartoons
TweetCan you think of a better medium to convey important violence prevention messages than stick figures? I created some violence prevention bulletin board material for our residence halls and needed something visual. We have the MAC social media campaign posters, but I needed a way to create different scenarios showing people challenging inappropriate language, attitudes and [...]
Gay Issues Adressed in Cartoons