''Six Chix'' is a collaborative comic strip distributed by
King Features Syndicate
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since it debuted in January 2000.
The series is drawn by six female cartoonists who rotate the drawing duties through the week based on a fixed schedule:
* Monday –
Bianca Xunise
Bianca Xunise is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and self-described " goth of color". Her work is nationally syndicated through the '' Six Chix'' comic strip collaborative.
Early life
Xunise was born in Chicago to artistic parents; her mot ...
;
Martha Gradisher
Martha (Hebrew language, Hebrew: מָרְתָא) is a Bible, biblical figure described in the Gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John. Together with her siblings Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is describe ...
(through January 2020);
Margaret Shulock
Margaret Shulock (September 27, 1949 – October 17, 2021) was an American cartoonist who worked as a writer-artist on several features.
Born in Canastota, New York, as Margaret Ackerman, she lived in Franklinville, Buffalo, and Friendship, New ...
(through March 2017)
* Wednesday –
Susan Camilleri Konar
Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...
;
Rina Piccolo
Rina Piccolo is a Canadian cartoonist, best known for her comic strip '' Tina's Groove'', distributed by King Features Syndicate since 2002. She has been a professional cartoonist for more than two decades and recently gained recognition as an aut ...
(through October 2016)
* Thursday –
Mary Lawton
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People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also cal ...
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Anne Gibbons
Anne Gibbons is an American cartoonist and greeting card illustrator.
Her cartoons have been published in ''Redbook'',Carla Ventresca
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* Carla, French singer and former member of the children's music group Kids United
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(October 2005 through July 2007);
Ann Telnaes
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(through September 2005)
* Friday –
Maritsa Patrinos
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Benita L. Epstein is a prolific gag cartoonist for magazines, greeting cards, websites and newspapers. She was a regular contributor to the comic strip '' Six Chix'', distributed by King Features Syndicate.
Before becoming a cartoonist, Epstein ...
(through March 2019);
Kathryn LeMieux
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In television and film:
* Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), English voice actress and school teacher best known for her Disn ...
Sunday comic
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The first US newspap ...
is drawn by the team members on a rotating basis. The look and feel of the strip varies greatly among the six artists with no particular attempt made to introduce any sort of thematic cohesiveness.
''Six Chix'' has been syndicated to more than 120 newspapers, including the ''
Arizona Republic
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'', ''
Detroit News
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San Diego Union-Tribune
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Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, ''The San Diego Union'' and ...
'', ''
San Francisco Chronicle
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'', and ''
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' (popularly known as the ''Seattle P-I'', the ''Post-Intelligencer'', or simply the ''P-I'') is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States.
Th ...
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Five months after the strip was launched, the original six women met each other for the first time on May 27, 2000. The occasion was a National Cartoonists Society Reubens Dinner in New York. On June 2, 2000, they appeared together on the Lifetime for Women Television Network.Stephanie Piro /ref> The original team lasted for about five and a half years, through September 2005; since then, there has been additional turnover, though original members Isabella Bannerman (Mondays) and Stephanie Piro (Saturdays) remain.