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Isabella Bannerman (born 1961 in
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)Isabella Bannerman
at
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, by Lambiek; published September 4, 2009; retrieved September 17, 2014
is an American
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known for her role as one of the contributors to the syndicated comic strip '' Six Chix'' 'Six Chix' Cartoonist's Work Is Being Exhibited, at ''
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''; published April 24, 2008
(where she provides the Monday panel). Bannerman's cartooning career began in 1987, when she won a cartoon contest in the ''
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''.Cartoonist Isabella Bannerman: Funny At 51
by Roz Warren, at Women's Voices for Change; published June 14, 2012; retrieved September 17, 2014
Bannerman was co-editor (along with Ann Decker and
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) of ''GirlTalk'', a four-issue
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of women's
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published by
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in 1995–1996.Girl Talk entry
Grand Comics Database. Retrieved Nov. 17, 2022.
In 1997, ''GirlTalk'' was nominated for "Lulu of the Year" by
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(losing out to ''The Great Women Superheroes'', by
Trina Robbins Trina Robbins (born Trina Perlson; August 17, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first female artists in that movement. In the 1980s, Robbins bec ...
). She has also worked in the television industry, as an animator on ''
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''. Isabella Bannerman
, at TheSixChix.com; published no later than July 1, 2014; retrieved September 17, 2014


Awards

In 2012, Bannerman won the
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'
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contest.2012 UCS Editorial Cartoon Contest Winner
at the
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; published August 28, 2012; retrieved September 17, 2014
In 2014, she won the
National Cartoonists Society The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...
Divisional Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip.2014 NCS AWARDS: Reuben winner Wiley Miller (‘Non Sequitur’) appreciates honor’s esteemed legacy
by Michael Cavna, at the ''
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''; published May 25, 2014; retrieved September 17, 2014


References


External links


Official site
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