Cath Jackson

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Cath Jackson
Born1957 (age 66–67)
London, UK
OccupationCartoonist
Years active1980–present
Notable work
  • Nurse Nightshade
  • Vera the Visible Lesbian
  • Wonder Wimbin

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.

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Career

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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References

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  2. ↑ Rhode, Deborah (Spring 1995). "Media Images, Feminist Issues". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society . 20 (3): 685–710. doi:10.1086/495006. JSTOR   3174839. S2CID   144825130.
  3. ↑ Zimmerman, Bonnie (2000). Lesbian histories and cultures : an encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub. pp.  150. ISBN   0-8153-1920-7. OCLC   42290691.
  4. 1 2 Jackson, Cath (May 1981). "Diabetes: how your patient looks at it". Nursing. 11 (5): 82–83. doi: 10.1097/00152193-198105000-00009 . ISSN   0360-4039. PMID   6908668. S2CID   42712586.
  5. ↑ "New Statesman | British magazine". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  6. ↑ Jackson, Cath (1985-07-26). "Backchat". The New Statesman.
  7. 1 2 "Women | HIV Graphic Communication". graphiccommunication. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  8. 1 2 Jackson, Cath (Spring 1984). "The New Myth of the Witch". Trouble and Strife (2): 2, 3, 13, 47, 54.
  9. 1 2 Jackson, Cath (Summer 1993). "A Press of Ones Own". Trouble and Strife (26): 13–15, 45–52.
  10. ↑ "About Trouble & Strife". Trouble and Strife. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  11. ↑ "Cath Jackson on the Sochi Olympics". Trouble and Strife. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  12. ↑ "These eight images prove political cartooning isn't the boys club people think it is". inews.co.uk. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  13. 1 2 Warren, Rosalind (1995). Dyke strippers : lesbian cartoonists A to Z (First ed.). Pittsburgh, PA. ISBN   1-57344-008-6. OCLC   32167529.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. 1 2 Warren, Rosalind (1994). The best contemporary women's humor . Freedom, CA: Crossing Press. ISBN   0-89594-695-5. OCLC   30625238.
  15. 1 2 Warren, Roz (1998). Kitty libber : cat cartoons by women. Hysteria Pubns. ISBN   1-887166-36-X. OCLC   948031543.
  16. ↑ Jackson, Cath (1986). Visibly Vera . London: Women's. ISBN   0-7043-4029-1. OCLC   14189008.
  17. ↑ Jackson, Cath (1984). Wonder wimbin : Everyday stories of feminist folk. Hounslow, England: Battle Axe Books. ISBN   0-946811-01-6. OCLC   41012647.
  18. ↑ Youens, Paula; Suzanne Perkins (1983). Women draw 1984. London: Women's Press. ISBN   0-7043-3919-6. OCLC   12907355.
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