When she first appeared on the scene in 1930, she was the caricature of a flapper who ... With an update, these female cartoon characters become more empowering than they were allowed to be ...

For people of a certain generation, growing up female meant it was hard to find characters like yourself on screen. Girls in cartoons weren’t exactly rare, but most of the exciting, popular cart ...

She is the first black female cartoonist published in The New ... curly hair and brightly colored clothes, as seen in her cartoons published in the Washington City Paper, and her senior thesis ...