Barbara Brandon-Croft, History-Making Cartoonist

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 27, 2023
Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft made history in 1991 as the first Black woman to have a nationally syndicated comic strip in the mainstream press. Her series, "Where I'm Coming From," ran through Universal Press Syndicate through 2005. Now, a retrospective of her work has been published by Drawn and Quarterly, titled, Where I'm Coming From. Brandon-Croft joins us to discuss her book, and her career.

 

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