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| Born | Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Editor, Letterer, Colourist |
Notable works | Heröine, Mama! dramas, Nelson |
Suzy Varty is a noted British comics artist, writer, and editor. In the late 1970s, she compiled, contributed to and edited Heröine, the first anthology of comics by women to be published in the U.K.[1] Throughout the 70s, she was part of the Birmingham Arts Lab, and she has participated in the Underground Comix and Wimmen's Comix movements in the U.S.[2] Varty remains active in the British Comics scene, frequently appearing at such conventions as Thought Bubble Comic Arts Festival in Leeds and the Canny Comic Con in Newcastle.
Career[edit]
Suzy Varty's artistic career began as she found herself now a part of the art scene in London. The art scene was focused on Arts Lab, which is an alternative arts center that was created in 1967 and is located in London.[3] After joining Arts Lab Press she then got published in Street Comix during 1976. [4]
Varty was also a contributor and editor to the comic book Heröine, which was an underground comic book that became the first female anthology published in Britain. The comic was published in 1978 and was a feminist comic that gained praise for going against beliefs of what is considered feminine, Heröine was also praised as feminist art for challenging social stereotypes by being a form of anarchy against the otherwise strict depictions of political standpoints in Britain.[5]
While in Birmingham Varty published a fanzine during 1979 along with other artists named Connie Klassmen, and Syd Freake.[6] The fanzine was called Brass Lip and contained interviews with the bands Kleenex, Mekons, Poison Girls, and The Raincoats. The zine focused on political narratives and feminist culture, another important focal point of the zine was the topic of sexism in the punk/rock n roll industry.[7] Brass Lip was a representation of feminist ideologies that were forming in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
She has garnered international success as well, as Varty has had comics get published in Finland, England, and America.[8]
==Selected bibliography==
- Street Comix (Birmingham Arts Lab Press 1976)—contributor
- Heröine (Birmingham Arts Lab Press 1978)—contributor, editor
- Mama! dramas (Educomics 1978)—contributor
- The Comic Book of First Love (Penguin Books 1990)—contributor
- The Facts of Life (Penguin Books 1990)—contributor
- Wimmin's Comix (aka Wimmen's Comix) #17 (Rip Off Press 1992)—contributor
- My Story (BBC Raw 2008)—contributor
- Nelson (Blank Slate Books 2011)—contributor
References[edit]
- ^ Quinn, Ben (28 December 2011). "Ker-pow! Women kick back against comic-book sexism". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Suzy Varty". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ alchetron.com/Suzy-Varty
- ^ "Suzy Varty". Lambiek.
- ^ McKie, Anna. "Kerpow! How women used the boy's own world of comic books to further the cause". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Punk, Politics and British (Fan)Zines, 1976–84: 'While the World Was Dying, Did You Wonder Why?".
- ^ "Punk, Politics and British (Fan)Zines, 1976–84: 'While the World Was Dying, Did You Wonder Why?".
- ^ "Suzy Varty". Lambiek.