Morris Nolton Turner[was an American cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. Turner was raised in Oakland, California, the youngest child of a Pullman porter father and a homemaker and nurse mother.[ He attended Cole Elementary School and McClymonds High School in Oakland and Berkeley High School. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Notable Black Cartoonists
Thursday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Ray Billingsley is an American cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Curtis, which is distributed by King Features Syndicate and printed in more than 250 newspapers nationwide. Billingsley was born in Wake Forest, North Carolina in 1957, and raised there in his earliest years. Later, his family moved to Harlem, in New York City. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
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Chester Commodore (August 22, 1914 – April 10, 2004) was an African-American cartoonist, both of political cartoons and comic strips. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Commodore was always interested in drawing. His parents and sisters moved to Chicago in 1923, but Chester and his older brother stayed in Racine with his maternal grandmother in her boarding house until he moved to … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Monday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Jackie Ormes (1911-1985), creator of several popular comic strips in the 1930s–1950s, was the first female, African American syndicated cartoonist. In a male-dominated industry, Jackie captured a national audience with her fashionable and opinionated characters. … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists