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Jackie Ormes: The First Female African-American Cartoonist |
Written by Kymberly Keeton |
Saturday, 17 December 2011 14:44 |
I was on Facebook recently and saw this post regarding African American female cartoonists. The site is entitled, The Ormes Society that was featured on the social networking site. The society is named after Jackie Ormes, the first African American Woman Cartoonist (who was born August 1st 1911). I immediately went online to research her profile and how long she had been creating black cartoons. Nancy Goldstein, a scholar, wrote a biography about Jackie Ormes and features some really amazing work by the cartoonist on her website. The first comic strip that I read was entitled “Torchy in Heartbeats,” which ran from 1950-54 in African American newspapers. The website says of the cartoon, “Torchy pursues adventure and romance, while at times confronting racial injustice and social ills.” The next strip is entitled “Patty Jo ‘n’ Ginger”. The cartoonist created over five-hundred of these cartoons in the years from 1945-56 when the series ran in in the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper. It features information regarding history, advocacy, and the African American experience in the United States. After reading about Jackie Ormes, I checked out The Ormes Society in more detail. There website features a nice listing of African American women cartoonists and historical documentation regarding this genre. Their creed as a society states on the website that they are, “… an organization dedicated to supporting black female comic creators and promoting the inclusion of black women in the comics industry as creators, characters, and consumers.” If you are interested in African American cartoons this is a great website to bookmark. I really enjoyed it too.
Visit: Jackie Ormes Online: www.jackieormes.com Visit: The Ormes Society Online: http://theormessociety.com/ About the author: Kymberly Keeton is the Associate Editor of www.thyblackman.com. The article above was written in 2010 and published by The Dallas Weekly/Soflynmythirties. The writing of Mrs. Keeton focuses on being an African-American female in the United States, traveling abroad, race, culture, politics, art, education and humanity. To know more about this talented author, visit her at http://www.kreativeyoungmillionaire.com. |