Yvette Arteaga

@whyarte.bsky.social

Publishing Coordinator @ TMP 1st gen Cubana/Americana GenX’er, who likes to make stuff, hang out with animals, watch shark documentaries, and read comics.

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Today is the birthday of cartoonist Jackie Ormes (Aug. 1, 1911-Dec. 26, 1985), the first Black woman to create a newspaper comic strip that was read nationally in the US. She created Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem, Torchy in Heartbeats & Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger. Patty Jo became a toy doll.

A black and white photo of Ormes.A black and white photo of Ormes at her drawing table.A black and white photo of Ormes with Patty Jo & Benjie dolls.

RIP Bonnie Tyler, an absolute goddess. This isn't even the only comic I've written where Total Eclipse is central, as central as it was to all those years when we DJed, and became the ceremonial phonomantic ending, because where can you go from here? Apex pop culture.

Cover of Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl by Jamie Mckelvie, homaging thevideo to total eclipse of the heart.Page from Immaterial Girl, homaging the video.