Even from his refuge in France, the comics artist still makes America’s pulse race.
Tag: Cartoons and Cartoonists
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Lily Renée Phillips, Pioneering Comic Book Artist, Dies at 101
A refugee from Nazi-annexed Austria, she started a new life in New York drawing powerful, glamorous heroines and broke barriers in a male-dominated field.
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The Cartoonist Kate Beaton Found Humor, and Humanity, in Canada’s Oil Fields
Kate Beaton headed to the tar sand fields of Alberta saddled with loans and in need of cash. She found a job — and the book she “was always going to make.”
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Diane Noomin, Who Helped Bring Feminism to Underground Comics, Dies at 75
Her best-known creation was a sendup of a certain kind of female stock character. But Ms. Noomin rendered her with compassion, and used her to tell important stories.
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Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers
The explosion of web comics has been driven by tapping into an audience the industry had long overlooked: young, female readers.