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 | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) London, UK |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
| Years active | 1980–present |
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Career
editCath 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]
Publications
editBooks
editAnthologies
edit- Women Draw (1984) [18]
- The Best Contemporary Women's Humor (1994)[14]
- Dyke strippers: lesbian cartoonists A to Z (1995)[13]
- Kitty Libber (1998)[15]
Contributions
edit- Nursing Times (1984)[1][4]
- Trouble and Strife No. 2 (Spring 1984)[8]
- Trouble and Strife No. 3 (Summer 1984)
- Trouble and Strife No. 4 (Winter 1984)
- Trouble and Strife No. 5 (Spring 1985)
- Trouble and Strife No. 6 (Summer 1985)
- Trouble and Strife No. 7 (Winter 1985)
- Trouble and Strife No. 8 (Spring 1986)
- Trouble and Strife No. 9 (Summer 1986)
- Trouble and Strife No. 10 (Spring 1987)
- Trouble and Strife No. 11 (Summer 1987)
- Trouble and Strife No. 12 (Winter 1987)
- Trouble and Strife No. 13 (Spring 1988)
- Trouble And Strife No. 14 (Winter 1988)
- Trouble and Strife No. 16 (Spring 1989)
- Trouble and Strife No. 17 (Summer 1989)
- Trouble and Strife No. 18 (Winter 1989)
- Trouble and Strife No. 19 (Spring 1990)
- Trouble and Strife No. 20 (Summer 1990)
- Trouble and Strife No. 21 (Spring 1991)
- Trouble and Strife No. 22 (Summer 1991)
- Trouble and Strife No. 23 (Winter 1991/1992)
- Trouble and Strife No. 24 (Summer 1992)
- Trouble and Strife No. 25 (Winter 1992/1993)
- Trouble and Strife No. 26 (Spring 1993)[9]
- Women and Aids: 3rd edition (1987)[7]
Recognition
edit- She was featured in the book The Inking Woman: 250 years of women cartoon and comic artists in Britain (Myriad Editions, 2018), which compiled the works from the 2017 art exhibit held at the Cartoon Museum in London.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Streeten, Nicola; Cath Tate (2018). The inking woman : 250 years of women cartoon and comic artists in Britain. Cartoon Museum (London, England). Oxford: Myriad Editions. ISBN 978-0-9955900-8-3. OCLC 1007312174.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zimmerman, Bonnie (2000). Lesbian histories and cultures : an encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub. pp. 150. ISBN 0-8153-1920-7. OCLC 42290691.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "New Statesman | British magazine". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ Jackson, Cath (1985-07-26). "Backchat". The New Statesman.
- ^ a b "Women | HIV Graphic Communication". graphiccommunication. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- ^ a b Jackson, Cath (Spring 1984). "The New Myth of the Witch". Trouble and Strife (2): 2, 3, 13, 47, 54.
- ^ a b Jackson, Cath (Summer 1993). "A Press of Ones Own". Trouble and Strife (26): 13–15, 45–52.
- ^ "About Trouble & Strife". Trouble and Strife. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "Cath Jackson on the Sochi Olympics". Trouble and Strife. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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) - ^ a b Warren, Rosalind (1994). The best contemporary women's humor. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press. ISBN 0-89594-695-5. OCLC 30625238.
- ^ a b Warren, Roz (1998). Kitty libber : cat cartoons by women. Hysteria Pubns. ISBN 1-887166-36-X. OCLC 948031543.
- ^ Jackson, Cath (1986). Visibly Vera. London: Women's. ISBN 0-7043-4029-1. OCLC 14189008.
- ^ Jackson, Cath (1984). Wonder wimbin : Everyday stories of feminist folk. Hounslow, England: Battle Axe Books. ISBN 0-946811-01-6. OCLC 41012647.
- ^ Youens, Paula; Suzanne Perkins (1983). Women draw 1984. London: Women's Press. ISBN 0-7043-3919-6. OCLC 12907355.