Jackie Ormes
(1911-1985) was the first African American woman cartoonist, who had a strip in
the weekly black newspaper the Pittsburgh
Courier. “Torchy Brown” ran from 1937-1938, and was reintroduced in 1950.
The character was an independent woman, and showed a less stereotypical image
of a black woman. In 2007, Cheryl Lynn Eaton founded The Ormes Society in her
name, which is “dedicated
to supporting black female comic creators and promoting the inclusion of black
women in the comics industry as creators, characters, and consumers.”
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