Carol Tyler
| Carol Tyler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 20, 1951 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Pseudonym(s) | C. Tyler Marion Linthead |
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Notable works
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You'll Never Know, A Graphic Memoir |
| Awards | Dori Seda Memorial Award for Best New Female Cartoonist, 1988 |
| http://www.bloomerland.com | |
Carol Tyler (born November 20, 1951) is an American painter, educator, comedian, and eleven-time Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist known for her autobiographical stories. She has received multiple honors for her work including the Cartoonist Studio Prize, the Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award, and she was declared a Master Cartoonist at the 2016 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Festival at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she attended Middle Tennessee State University where she achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Tyler became interested in the underground comics movement while pursuing a master's degree in painting at Syracuse University in the early 1980s. This interest brought her to the underground comics hotbed of San Francisco.
Her first comics publication was the 1987 story "Uncovered Property", in Weirdo. Tyler's short slice-of-life stories and her distinctive artwork brought her critical attention as one of a growing number of female artists shaping the direction of underground/alternative comics in North America in the 1980s; she appeared in the influential feminist anthologies Wimmen's Comix and Twisted Sisters. Her first solo book, The Job Thing, was published in 1993.
While she prefers black and white art, Tyler began incorporating more color into her comics in the 1990s. She produced short comics for publications including Zero Zero.
Tyler also performed live comedy under the alias "Marion Linthead" with the Rick & Ruby Patio Show at LA’s The Comedy Store, the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, and the Clunie Center in Sacramento.
Her second solo work, Late Bloomer, with an introduction by Robert Crumb, was published by Fantagraphics in 2005. It's a career highlight collection including both previously published and new material. In his foreword, R. Crumb says, "She's tops in my book. One of the best artists alive and working in the comics medium. Her work has the extremely rare quality of authentic HEART. Hers are the only comics that ever brought me to the verge of tears."
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