UK Feminist Cartoons and Comics: A Critical Survey (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels)

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Why the Comic?
	Reflexivity
	Methodology Overview
	Archival Data Collection
	Visual and Textual Analysis
	Interviews
	Assumptions and Encounters
	A Historical Overview of British Feminist Cartoons and Comics
	The Structure of the Book
	References
Chapter 2: A Theory of Feminist Visual Humour
	Humour
	Is Self-Mockery Self-Hate?
	Empathy and Relief
	The Political Power of Absurdity
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 3: The 1970s: Anger and the Humourless Feminist
	British Feminism
	Feminist Cartoons and Comics
	Humour
	Can Rape Be Funny?
	The Protest Comic, Why Miss World?
	The Quiet Anger of an Audacious Girl in Jacky Fleming’s Cartoons
	The Collective: See Red Women’s Workshop
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 4: The 1980s: An Alternative Direction for the Anger
	British Feminism
	Comics and Comedy: A New Alternative
	Feminist Cartoons and Comics
	Feminist Cartoonists and a Crisis of Feminist Identity? Fanny Tribble, Maggie Ling, Ruth Cohen and Paula Youens
	Lesbian Cartooning: Cath Jackson and Kate Charlesworth
	The Cartoon Collective Reconfigured: Cath Tate Cards and Sourcream
		Sourcream
	The Collective as Protest: Peace and Greenham Common
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5: The 1990s: A New Generation
	British Feminism
	British Comics
	Feminist Cartoons and Comics
	Individual Cartoonists: Lucy Sweet, Lorna Miller and Rachael House
		Lucy Sweet
		Lorna Miller
		Rachael House
	The Zine and the Collective: Bad Attitude, Harpies and Quines, FANNY
		Bad Attitude
		Harpies and Quines
		Girlfrenzy
		FANNY
	Protest as Graphic Novel: From Peace to Environment, Kate Evans’ Copse
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 6: 2000–2019: A Change of Attitude
	British Feminism
	British Comics
	The Graphic Novel
	The Physical in the Internet Age
	From Comics Collective to Comics Community
	Laydeez do Comics (LDC)
	Graphic Medicine
	A Rosy Picture Interrogated
	British Women Graphic Novelists: Simone Lia, Katie Green, Paula Knight, Sarah Lightman and Asia Alfasi
		Simone Lia
		Katie Green
		Paula Knight
		Sarah Lightman
		Asia Alfasi
	A Reflection on Posy Simmonds
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 7: Conclusion
	A Summary
	Conclusions Drawn from My Research
	The Implications of My Research
	A Final Reflection
	References
Index