March 1st

Africa, and Barbados.
The strip was unique in the way it was
presented, showing only talking heads
with no background images, sometimes
with hands added for expression. The
strip was unusual in newspapers where
of which have been shown in Drawn
and Quarterly. A few of her cartoon
characters can be found on Instagram
at @barbarabrandoncroft.
it was shown. Most cartoon strips did
not have any black characters other
than Franklin in Peanuts and Lt. Flap in
Beetle Bailey. Earlier cartoons that had
any Black characters were primarily
featured in racist negative situations.
Descriptions of Barbara’s strips have
included comments such as “ loud”,
“unapologetic” and telling the “truth”,
commenting on issues of Black women,
women in general, and political events.
A book recently out titled “Where I’m
Coming From”, is a retrospective of her
cartoon strips
Barbara’s cartoons are not found in
newspapers today, last published in
2006. She still creates some strips some
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