Curator Caitlin McGurk will talk about the art and life of trailblazing feminist cartoonist Barbara Shermund\, who i s featured in the exhibition and McGurk's new book \;Tell Me a Sto ry Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund\, on display at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio September 21-December 29\, 2024. \;
\nBarbara Shermund was one of the first women cartoonis ts to work for \;The New Yorker. \;Beginning there in 1925\, she c ontributed nine covers and hundreds of cartoons to the magazine\, and late r became a celebrated mainstay at \; \;Esquire. Shermund&rsquo\;s cartoons had a fierce and feminist electricity rarely seen in that era of male dominated cartooning. This exhibit celebrates the life and work of th is essential cartoonist.
\nClick HERE to learn more about the exhibit and The Decor ative Arts Center of Ohio.
\nBook signing with Caitlin McGurk fo llowing the program. Thank you to Gramercy Books\, who will be onsite for book sales.
\nMore about the Curator and Author: \;
\nCaitlin McGurk is the Curator of Comics and Cartoon Art at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &\; Museum and Associate Professor at The Ohio State University. McGurk&rsquo\;s scholarship and exhibitions center around the work of women in comics\, alternative and underground c omics\, and early American comic strips. She lives in an old house in Colu mbus\, Ohio. Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund is her first book. \;
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