The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists - a podcast by WNYC

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Liza Donnelly, cartoonist at The New Yorker and the author of Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022), talks about some of the women whose cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker over the years, plus how the field has changed through its history.

→EVENT: Liza Donnelly will speak about the book with fellowNew Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast, Amy Hwang, and Emily Flake on Friday, March 25th at 7 pm at the 92nd St Y. Ticket info here.

1. The first cartoon by a woman to appear inThe New Yorker:

from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022)

(Ethel Plummer/courtesy of the artist and The New Yorker)

2. Two cartoons by Helen E. Hokinson whose work frequently appeared:

from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022)

(Helen E. Hokinson/courtesy of the artist and The New Yorker)

from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022)

(Helen E. Hokinson/courtesy of the artist and The New Yorker)

3. Following the post-war absence of cartoons by women, Roz Chast's works started appearing in the late 1970s.

from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022)

(Roz Chast/courtesy of the artist and The New Yorker)

4. One of author Liza Donnelly's cartoons:

from Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists, 1925-2021 (Prometheus, 2022)

(Liza Donnelly/Courtesy of the artist)

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