Cartooning from the Margins: Digital Exhibits on Newspaper Cartoonists

Created by University of Richmond’s RHCS “Digital Humanities” students, Fall ’23.

  • Final

    Let’s dive a little bit deeper into Grace Drayton’s family life. Grace’s first name was actually Viola. She was the third daughter of George Gebbie. George Gebbie was known to be Philadelphia’s first art printer. A legend in their family claims that his first wife and their children actually were drowned in a shipwreck. This…

  • Steenz Reflection

    Steenz Pronouns: They/Them I enjoyed Steenz’s visit via Zoom as they discussed their work and answered questions about their life while trying to get into a full-time cartoonist. They discussed their struggles and some good experiences that they had. Their journey was different than most cartoonists, for example, Jerry Craft as Steenz blew up relatively…

  • Asia Garcia, Major Visualization Assignment #1

    Here is a link to a picture of the visualization: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14kzDaMUBX9Ui_hqjOioUI8PryTRcMu36CiGjdfRdAkM/edit?usp=sharing Here is a link to the Wikidata code: https://w.wiki/7kDP The visualization I have created is a bar graph regarding my cartoonist, Bianca Xunise. The visualization is a bar graph that contains information about “Human Artists that are non-binary and born in the United States”…

  • Wikidata Profile

    Lynn Johnston has a solid amount of information on her wikidata page but her page also lacks a lot of important information about her as well. Some information provided under her statements are an image, sex, country of citizenship, native language, date and place of birth, occupation, field of work, education, awards received, and a…

  • assignment #6, Steenz

    Steenz’s visit was very interesting, fun, upbeat, and full of cool information about what she does as an artist. I enjoyed learning about how other cartoonists come up with cartoons that she uses in her job. Her ability to showcase her talent in not only illustration but storytelling as well was impressive. Her work with…

  • assignment #5, will Kent

    Will Kent is an expertand very passionate on wikidata. He talks about the different tools wikidata provides and what is to come in the future. He puts an emphasis on how our feedback on wikidata is very helpful in the development and what is included on the website. There are a lot of things you…

  • assignment #4

      This is a visualization of mountain ranges across the world that range from 0 square kilometers to a thousand square kilometers. The pink dots are mountain ranges that are 0 square kilometers to 8.8 square kilometers. The purple dots are mountain ranges that go from 12.11 square kilometers to 98 square kilometers. The orange…

  • Assignment #3 visualization

    Visualization assignment: There are many types of visualizations according to the digital humanities coursebook and these visual forms of information all “create meaning, they don’t just display it(page86)”. The type of visualization I chose to show is the table. For the amount of information under the broad topic I chose to look at, I felt…

  • TimelineJS Tasks- Alexis Morton

    TimelineJS Tasks To begin with, making an exhibit uses a lot more words to describe a person in greater detail. This is not the same as the timeline, which typically consists of a picture and a brief explanation. Also, the timeline is arranged chronologically, but the exhibit is not. Each visual task additionally displays a…

  • Cathy Guisewite Wikidata Profile – Holden Habermacher

    Cathy Guisewite’s profile holds basic data about her life and career, including her education, web page, and language. The profile does give background information about her time as a cartoonist and outlines her awards with references attached for further exploration. Guisewite’s profile fails to outline certain basic facts, such as where she was born and…