Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world of comics continues to expand and become more diverse. Women like Nilah Magruder, Eve Ewing, Stephanie Williams, and ...

Google’s daily Doodle for September 1 honors Jackie Ormes, the first professional Black woman cartoonist in the US. The occasion is the 75th anniversary of her longest-running comic strip, Patty-Jo ‘n ...

It’s about time that black girls see themselves represented in comics. Suggested Reading Marlon Wayans Breaks Silence on Why He Hasn’t Cut Off Dave Chappelle After Trans Jokes Inside Tennessee’s ...

It's 1937, and young Torchy Brown is about to board a train that will whisk her away from her small, Southern town to the Big Apple. Suddenly, a sign with two arrows catches her eye. One arrow points ...

In a textbook case of pop culture archaeology uncovering a forgotten pioneer, Nancy Goldstein’s Jackie Ormes: The First African-American Woman Cartoonist (Univ. of Michigan) offers a fascinating look ...

Jackie Ormes laid a foundation for Black and other women of color comics as the first Black woman cartoonist in the late 1930s. The world of comics continues to expand and become more diverse. Women ...