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Isa Macnie
Isa Macnie (9 August 1869 – April 1958), was an Irish croquet champion, cartoonist, suffragist and activist. Life Isabella Mary Macnie was born one of several children to George Macnie and Frances Leckie, in Clontarf, Dublin on 9 August 1869. Her father was a Scottish master printer and Justice of the peace. Macnie was a skilled sports woman and in 1907 became the Irish Ladies' Croquet Champion. She was also renowned as an actress, sketch writer, composer and pianist. Macnie took up cartooning in her fifties. She used the pen-name Mac in the publication of her cartoons which tended to cover political figures of the day. She published her book of caricatures, The Celebrity Zoo, in 1925 with accompanying satirical verses. Macnie was an active suffragist and philanthropist. She was member of the Dublin University Dramatic Society, the Dublin United Arts Club and the Irish Women’s Reform League. She did charity work to support the victims of the Titanic disaster and, during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice. Cartoonists may work in a variety of formats, including booklets, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, graphic novels, manuals, gag cartoons, storyboards, posters, shirts, books, advertisements, greeting cards, magazines, newspapers, webcomics, and video game packaging. Terminology Cartoonists may also be denoted by terms such as comics artist, comic book artist, graphic novel artist or graphic novelist. Ambiguity may arise because "comic book artist" may also refer to the person who only illustrates the comic, and "graphic novelist" may also refer to the person who only writes the script. History The English satirist and editorial cartoonist William Hogarth, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
