Tag: jackie ormes
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 12/14/18: A word about our Best Comics
Let's get serious for a moment - and whatever happened to Mark Armstrong?
Kalish and Ormes inducted to Eisner Hall of Fame; six more women nominated
Pioneering cartoonist Jackie Ormes and influential Marvel Marvel marketing manager Carol Kalish have been selected for induction into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame for 2018.
Ormes was the first black female newspaper cartoonist, for the...
Gross, Peter, Prohias and Seda selected for the Eisner Hall of Fame
As is tradition, this year's Eisner Award judges have selected four cartoonists for entry into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. They are: Milt Gross (early newspaper cartoonist known for such strips as Count...
The Ormes Society is back spotlighting black women in comics
Nearly a decade ago, Cheryl Eaton created a site called The Ormes Society. It was named after Jackie Ormes, the first African American woman cartoonist and creator of Torchy Brown. The site was devoted to recording the work of African American women in comics and when the site started, Eaton came up with 13 names.
