The first woman to publish a cartoon in the New Yorker, Ethel McClellan Plummer made cover designs and illustrations in the 1920s and 1930s for magazines of sophisticated fashion such as Vogue and Vanity Fair, as well as publications with broader appeal such as Life, Women’s Home Companion, Shadowland, and the New York Tribune.
She began her cartooning career in 1954 at Austin’s Texas Observer and has been with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram since 1972.
In 1904 Grace Drayton produced drawings for streetcar ads for what became her best known creation, the Campbell Kids.
One of the best known and beloved cartoonists for the New Yorker
Humorous illustrator and cartoonist for such magazines as Esquire, the New Yorker, Life, and Colliers.
Beginning as a daily in 1918, her comic was expanded with a Sunday feature that ran from 1938 to 1963.
Debuting in 1976, Cathy Guisewite’s unapologetically autobiographical strip addressed romance, marriage, family relationships, pets, food, and work
Messick’s Brenda Starr was a worthy female counterpart to male heroes marked a milestone among comics by women. At its peak, the strip ran in 250 newspapers.
Designing more than 30 cover designs for Vanity Fair, Fish also created elegant cartoon, caricature, and illustration drawings that were published in other magazines including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan.
Few if any other women held a comparable position while she worked as the editorial cartoonist for the Miami Daily News from 1933–1956.