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February Rewards for My Club Members

I have the following rewards lined up for my Ko-fi Club members!

For my Art Club folks, you’re getting a Jackie Ormes mini-print! She’s considered the first African American woman cartoonist, and is the creator of Torchy Brown and Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger.

black history month jackie ormes cartoon sketch art

And for my Zine Club members, I’m reprinting my Black History Zine!

black history sketchbook cover

This reprint is getting a new format compared to its original print run. I’m very excited to get this back in print!

If you want to get these rewards in your mailbox, be sure to join my club over on Ko-fi.

Broke? Then check out the posts I wrote for Black History Month about Queen Aminatu, Nina Simone, and Richard “Grass” Green! And I have even more Black History sketches for your to peruse.

That’s all for now. Now go learn some cool history!

Thank you for checking in.

You. Are. Awesome.

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More Black History Month Sketches

The original plan to update the blog daily with sketches for Black History Month isn’t happening, unfortunately… but at the very least I’m going to post the sketches I HAVE done thus far, and will keep doing so throughout the month.

First, let’s start with Jackie Ormes, first African American lady cartoonist and stellar lady.

black history month jackie ormes cartoon sketch art

She was also one of the few people to address (at the time) modern black issues in cartoons at a time in history when people wouldn’t even touch the subject. Check out her comics and cartoons on her site to see what I mean. Continue reading “More Black History Month Sketches”