More often than not, when books were written in celebration of 100 years of cartooning art, they are not included, simply because their work was ignored or purposely omitted. As a result, when current writers publish anthologies of cartoonists, they simply cannot find information about these artists, or if they do happen to know of their existence, the choice is to go with popularly known names, in order to sell books.
Fortunately there is web publishing, where anybody with a keyboard can add to the information pool. My goal with this page is to gather & publish bios & art of pioneering Black cartoonists as I am able to find it.
Vist the Pioneer Cartoon Gallery & experience the cartoon strips of early African American cartoonists.
Gallery 1 | Gallery 2 | Gallery
3 | Gallery 4 | Gallery 5
Editorial Cartoons | Sprots Cartoons
"There's no need to have bad hair & ugly skin these days..." An ad for The Madam C.J. Walker Mfg. Co. - 1926 | |
| Charles C. Dawson | Famous Black Beauties in History & Mythology An ad for Poro College, schools of beauty, Culture Skin & Hair Preparations- 1947 |
Murrays Hair Pomade advertisement - 1947 "It
Could Happen to You !" | |
Samuel Joyner |
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Don't Blame Richard... An ad for Best Yet Hair Products Co High Brown Bleach Ointment Overton-Hygienic Mfg. Co. ad - 1945 |
Pioneering Cartoonists of Color is a
publication of Creative License Studio Inc. Copyright © 1998 by Tim
Jackson. All rights reserved worldwide. Original cartoons used in cartoonist's
biographies are copyright © of the featured artists. 