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Liza Donnelly
Liza Donnelly in her studio.

Liza Donnelly (born in 1955) is an American cartoonist, best known for her work in The New Yorker.

She sold her first cartoon to The New Yorker in 1979,[1] and they began to appear regularly in that magazine in 1982, at which time she was the youngest, and one of only three women cartoonists at the magazine.[2] Donnelly’s work has appeared in many other national publications, including The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review, The Nation, Audubon, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, National Lampoon, American Photographer, Scholastic News, Cobblestone, and Habitat.[3]

Online publications that have published Donnelly's work include wowOwow,[4] The Daily Beast,[5], Open Salon,[6] The New Yorker,[7], CNN,[8], and Women's eNews.[9]

She is on the faculty at Vassar College,[10] where she teaches Cartoons in American Culture and Women’s Studies. A self-described feminist,[11] in her book, Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Greatest Women Cartoonists And Their Cartoons, Donnelly chronicles the history of women in New Yorker cartoons, both as illustrators and as subjects.[12] In Sex & Sensibility, which Donnelly edited, cartoons from ten female cartoonists explore the female perspective on love and sex.[13]

Donnelly is also an experienced public speaker. Shortly after the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, she spoke at the United Nations on behalf of Cartooning For Peace.[14][15] She also spoke at the first TED Women conference.[16]

In 2012, Donnelly visited Israel as a cultural envoy of the US State Department to discuss the political impact of her cartoons.[17]

Donnelly is married to fellow New Yorker cartoonist Michael Maslin.[18]

Bibliography

  • When Do They Serve the Wine?: The Folly, Flexibility, and Fun of Being a Woman, Chronicle Books (September 29, 2010), ISBN 0-8118-7116-9.
  • Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker's Cartooning Couple (with Michael Maslin), Random House (January 27, 2009), ISBN 1-4000-6808-8, ISBN 978-1-4000-6808-1.
  • Dinosaur Beach, Scholastic (June 1991), ISBN 0-590-42176-X.
  • Dinosaur Christmas, Scholastic Inc. (October 1, 1994), ISBN 0-590-44798-X.
  • Dinosaur Day, Scholastic Trade (January 1987), ISBN 0-590-41800-9.
  • Dinousaur Garden, Scholastic (February 1991), ISBN 0-590-43172-2.
  • Dinosaurs' Halloween, Scholastic Trade (October 1988), ISBN 0-590-41006-7.
  • Dinosaurs' Thanksgiving, Scholastic (October 1995), ISBN 0-590-22195-7.
  • Dinosaur Valentine, Scholastic (January 1994), ISBN 0-590-46415-9.
  • Fathers and Sons: It's a Funny Relationship! (with Michael Maslin), Random House (May, 1994), ISBN 978-0-345-38676-2.
  • Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Greatest Women Cartoonists And Their Cartoons, Prometheus Books; illustrated edition edition (October 3, 2005), ISBN 1-59102-344-0, ISBN 978-1-59102-344-9.
  • Husbands And Wives (with Michael Maslin), Random House (1995), ISBN 978-0-345-39041-7.
  • "Leading Ladies," The New Yorker, Nov. 11, 2002, pp. 164–165.
  • Sex and Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy of Modern Love...in 200 Cartoons (editor), Twelve (April 2, 2008), ISBN 0-446-19815-3, ISBN 978-0-446-19815-8.

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