Ormes Society
{{Short description|Comic book industry group}}
The Ormes Society is an online group that promotes black women who work in the comic book industry. The organization is named after Jackie Ormes, a pioneering African-American comic artist.
History
The Ormes Society was founded in 2007 by artist Cheryl Lynn Eaton.{{Sfn|Jackson|2016|p=137}} Eaton was upset by the comic book industry's lack of diversity and wanted to help support black women and fans.{{Cite web|url=http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/28/african-american-women-take-on-the-comic-book-industry/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201093959/http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/28/african-american-women-take-on-the-comic-book-industry/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2011|title=African-American women take on the comic book industry|last=Peterman|first=Erika D.|date=28 November 2011|website=Geek Out!|publisher=CNN|access-date=2017-05-04}} She named the organization after Jackie Ormes, a pioneer African-American comic illustrator and America’s first black female professional cartoonist.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dth8Ga9QCwC&q=%22ormes%20society%22&pg=PA110|title=Other Heroes: African American Comic Book Creators, Characters and Archetypes|last1=Jennings|first1=John|last2=Duffy|first2=Damian|year=2008|isbn=978-1435704022|pages=110}} The website for the group became a hub where comic book creators could network with one another.{{Sfn|Jackson|2016|p=137}} The site itself also acted as an archive of members' artwork.{{Sfn|Whaley|2015|p=152}}
The group ended briefly in July 2015, when Eaton felt that there was no longer a need for it.{{Sfn|Jackson|2016|p=137}} It was briefly rebooted a year later {{Cite news|url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/the-ormes-society-is-back-spotlighting-black-women-in-comics/|title=The Ormes Society is back spotlighting black women in comics|last=MacDonald|first=Heidi|date=2016-07-14|work=The Beat|access-date=2017-05-04|language=en-US}} but as of 2021 it appears to be defunct once again as its website is gone and its social media has not been updated since 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://ormes-society.tumblr.com/|title=The Ormes Society|website=The Ormes Society}}
Members of the group included Charlie Trotman, Carol Burrell, Afua Richardson and Alitha Martinez.
References
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- {{Cite book|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/48996|title=Pioneering Cartoonists of Color|last=Jackson|first=Tim|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=2016|isbn=978-1496804839|location=Jackson, Mississippi|url-access=subscription |via=Project MUSE}}
- {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CfECgAAQBAJ&q=%22ormes%20society%22&pg=PA183|title=Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime|last=Whaley|first=Deborah Elizabeth|publisher=University of Washington Press|year=2015|isbn=978-0295806112}}
Category:2007 establishments in the United States
Category:Women's organizations based in the United States
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