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Caitlin McGurk on Long Lost Artist Barbara Shermund and Telling a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins

02/04/2019 5:30 pm by Alex Dueben 1 Comment

Caitlin McGurk on Long Lost Artist Barbara Shermund and Telling a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins

McGurk on the pioneering feminist New Yorker cartoonist.

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Interviews, Top News Tagged With: barbara shermund, Billy Ireland library, caitlin mcgurk, GoFundMe

Pioneering woman cartoonist Barbara Shermund’s remains lay unclaimed for 35 years – but now you can help bury her at last

12/21/2018 3:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Pioneering woman cartoonist Barbara Shermund’s remains lay unclaimed for 35 years – but now you can help bury her at last

This story is happy, sad, eerie and empowering all at once.

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Top News Tagged With: a proper burial, barbara shermund, caitlin mcgurk, Crowdfunding, mysteries, New Yorker

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 12/22/17: Counting down the days

12/22/2017 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 12/22/17:  Counting down the days

§ Nice Art; Australian cartoonist Joshua Wright gives us the story of the evil holiday dragon Kringlekrist, in “The Christmas Wyrm.” § And with that we wind down to the holiday and the last few links of the shrinking year, as snow drifts gently over this site. § The audio of Caitlin McGurk interviewing Chris […]

Filed Under: Kibbles 'n' Bits Tagged With: annie koyama, brad meltzer, caitlin mcgurk, Chris Ware, joshua wright, telford comic con

Slate announces Cartoonist Studio Prize short lists

03/11/2016 9:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

Slate announces Cartoonist Studio Prize short lists

Slate’s Cartoonist Studio Prize selects  10 comics each in the print and digital categories, and the 2016 short lists have just been announced. As usual its a fine list of comics. Short lists were compiled by Slate Book Review editor Dan Kois,  CCS Fellow Noah Van Sciver and guest judge, Caitlin McGurk. The prize is presented in conjunction with CCS each […]

Filed Under: Awards, Top News Tagged With: caitlin mcgurk, dan kois, noah van sciver, slate cartoonist studio prize

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