Reviews

Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Greatest Women Cartoonists And Their Cartoons by Jules Feiffer, Liza Donnelly, Lee Lorenz

tifferschang's review against another edition

3.0

An informative overview of both the history of women cartoonists and how their humor and existence affected and mirrored the culture of the changing times.

blkmymorris's review

4.0

It's a short and breezy read that covers the history of women cartoonists in the New Yorker magazine. It was written by a one of the female cartoonists. It offers a good overview of the history of women cartoonists and some analysis of their artwork, the role of women at different periods, and how the cartoonists submit their work. The interviews and historical information is interesting. I would recommend it to anyone interesting in history, women cartoonists, and the New Yorker. Sadly, there was only one non-white woman cartoonist. Sure, this book isn't as thorough as Trina Robbins's biographies and histories of women cartoonists and comic book artists, but it's helped by the narrow focus.

I recommended it; I'm reading it for research, but I want to buy it, too.