Cath Jackson | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) London, UK |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
| Years active | 1980–present |
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Cath Jackson (born 1957) is a British lesbian cartoonist who was primarily active in the 1980s and 1990s. The subject of her cartoons were of a socio-political nature and accompanied articles and other artistic works that spoke for women's health and rights.
Cath Jackson started her career in the early 1980s as a cub journalist on International Construction Magazine and later transitioned to being a freelance cartoonist. [1] Her artistic focus, as a lesbian cartoonist, was largely centred on political activism and questioning feminist positions. [1] [2] [3] Jackson began producing comic strips in 1981 for magazines such as Nursing Times and City Limits. [1] [4] The New Statesman , a British magazine well known for its upfront and confrontational outlook on global politics, [5] also displayed her work on its cover of 26 July 1985. [6] In addition, she drew cartoons for an aids instructional pamphlet targeted at women and produced by the Terrence Higgins Trust. [7]
She began contributing to Trouble and Strife in Spring 1984 and she regularly helped produce the magazine until the summer of 1993. [8] [9] Trouble and Strife generated articles that advocated for "radical feminism" from 1983 to 2002. [10] In 2014 Jackson returned as an illustrator for the magazine on the topic of anti-gay legislation at the Sochi Olympics. [11] Some of her cartoons from these publications were later reproduced on post cards for Cath Tate Cards. [1] Jackson met Cath Tate through a mutual acquaintance that worked for the novelty book store Silvermoon. [12] During the 1990s Jackson was featured in several anthologies produced by Roz Warren, all of which were themed on contemporary lesbian and women's humour. [13] [14] [15]
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