Isabella Bannerman

Isabella Bannerman (born 1961 in Buffalo, New York)[1] is an American cartoonist known for her role as one of the contributors to the syndicated comic strip Six Chix[2] (where she provides the Monday panel).[1]

Bannerman's cartooning career began in 1987, when she won a cartoon contest in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.[3]

Bannerman was co-editor (along with Ann Decker and Sabrina Jones) of GirlTalk, a four-issue comics anthology of women's autobiographical comics published by Fantagraphics in 1995–1996.[4] In 1997, GirlTalk was nominated for "Lulu of the Year" by Friends of Lulu (losing out to The Great Women Superheroes, by Trina Robbins).

She has also worked in the television industry, as an animator on Doug.[5]

Awards

In 2012, Bannerman won the Union of Concerned Scientists' editorial cartoon contest.[6]

In 2014, she won the National Cartoonists Society Divisional Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Isabella Bannerman, at Lambiek, by Lambiek; published September 4, 2009; retrieved September 17, 2014
  2. ^ 'Six Chix' Cartoonist's Work Is Being Exhibited, at Editor and Publisher; published April 24, 2008
  3. ^ Cartoonist Isabella Bannerman: Funny At 51 Archived 2014-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, by Roz Warren, at Women's Voices for Change; published June 14, 2012; retrieved September 17, 2014
  4. ^ Girl Talk entry, Grand Comics Database. Retrieved Nov. 17, 2022.
  5. ^ Isabella Bannerman Archived 2014-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, at TheSixChix.com; published no later than July 1, 2014; retrieved September 17, 2014
  6. ^ 2012 UCS Editorial Cartoon Contest Winner Archived 2014-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, at the Union of Concerned Scientists; published August 28, 2012; retrieved September 17, 2014
  7. ^ 2014 NCS AWARDS: Reuben winner Wiley Miller (‘Non Sequitur’) appreciates honor’s esteemed legacy, by Michael Cavna, at the Washington Post; published May 25, 2014; retrieved September 17, 2014