JACKIE ORMES FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN CARTOONIST HC BECKY CLOONAN FINAL VOLUME

FINAL VOLUME

the planet picks up speed as it moves along in its curious orbit

DC collects Kirby's entire runs on these four series--The New Gods

the Master of Illusions

and the neighbors he's befriended

JACKIE ORMES FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN CARTOONIST HC BECKY CLOONAN FINAL VOLUMEIn the United States at mid century, in an era when there were few opportunities for women in general and even fewer for African American women, Jackie Ormes blazed a trail as a popular artist with the major black newspapers of the day. Jackie Ormes chronicles the life of this multiply talented, fascinating woman who became a successful commercial artist and cartoonist. Ormes's cartoon characters (including Torchy Brown, Candy, and Patty Jo 'n'