Kate Carew

America's First Great Woman Cartoonist

Eddie Campbell

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English

Miscellaneous
27 August 2024

Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction; Popular culture; Gender studies: women; Humour; Graphic Novel

Kate Carew was America's first great woman cartoonist, drawing for newspapers in the first two decades of the 20th century. She drew Sunday color comics alongside George Herriman, but it was in the idiom of freestanding caricature that she made her mark. She interviewed and sketched many of the famous celebrities of her time including the Wright brothers, who built and flew the world's first successful airplane; Marconi, who invented wireless radio; Picasso, the most famous painter of the 20th century; the world champion African American heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson; and the leading figures of the suffragette movement in the years before women won the right to vote in the UK (1918) and the US (1920). Her most endearing achievement was her cartoon alter ego ""Aunt Kate,"" whom she sketched into the proceedings, turning graphic reportage into her personal adventure from San Francisco and New York to London and Paris. Written and designed by award-winning artist Eddie Campbell along with Carew's granddaughter, Christine Chambers, this book is an insightful, well researched biography as well as an astonishing archive of Carew's cartoons and illustrations.

Edited by: Eddie Campbell
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 213mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 658g
ISBN: 9798875000218
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 27 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eddie Campbell is best known for drawing and publishing From Hell (with writer Alan Moore). His various comic creations include the semi-autobiographical Alec, the Bacchus series, and the graphic novel The Lovely Horrible Stuff. Born in Scotland, he lives in Australia.

Reviews for Kate Carew: America's First Great Woman Cartoonist

Richly rewarding... An incredibly well-researched piece of investigative journalism guaranteed to make you a fan [of Carew]. Aside from her own struggles as a female artist in a male-dominated newspaper world, the book is also an illuminating look back at the progression of the print industry and notable figures of the time.-- ""Cinema Sentries""