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My Special Collections assistant who is a comic artist herself suggested these names and a couple of useful links: Black women cartoonists: Jackie Ormes Barbara Brandon-Croft Marguerite Abouet (comics writer) Jennifer Crute Ashley Woods Lambiek (an enormous database of international comics creator info. can enter search terms such as "black" or "african american") http://lambiek.net/artists/index.htm http://www.mitaliblog.com/2009/08/black-women-kid-lit-illustrators.html <http://www.mitaliblog.com/2009/08/black-women-kid-lit-illustrators.html>Hope these help. Best, Laurie Laurie Whitehill Chong Special Collections Librarian Curator of Artists' Books Fleet Library at RISD 2 College Street Providence, RI 02903 401-709-5927 [log in to unmask] On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Moira Steven <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings to you all! > > One of my students is looking for some guidance on locating the names and > other information on black Illustrators, cartoonists and graphic novelists, > particularly those who are women. I've tried the usual sources, but cannot > locate very much information. I'd appreciate any suggestions or lead you can > provide. > > Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. > > Best, > Moira > ______________________________________ > Moira Steven, Library Director > Joanne Waxman Library @ Maine College of Art > 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 > 207-775-5153 (general)/207-699-5090 (direct line)/207-775-5087 (fax) > > "We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading." - B.F. > Skinner > > Please consider the environment before printing this message. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters > (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~