Underground Cartoonist Hurricane Nancy Kalish Panzika

Back After 40 Years

 

Underground Cartoonist Hurricane Nancy Kalish Panzika, (http://www.hurricanenancy.com) the first female underground cartoonist, acknowledged by Trina Robbins as her inspiration to try some of her own strips for the East Village Other, is back at work after 40 years.

 

Clearwater, Florida – Underground cartoonist Hurricane Nancy Kalish Panzika (http://www.hurricanenancy.com)is making her original works available for the first time in 40 years. As America’s first female underground cartoonist in the 1960’s, Hurricane Nancy published in the East Village Other (aka EVO), the Gothic Blimp Works and other underground publications in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Hurricane Nancy was a founding member of the It Ain’t Me Babe Collective.

 

Hurricane Nancy’s innovative work inspired Trina Robbins, biographer of women, cartoons and art, to produce her own strips for publication. Trina acknowledges Hurricane Nancy in her books; “A Century of Women Cartoonists”, “From Girls to Grrrlz: a history of [female] comics from teens to zines” and “Women and the Comics”

 

Earlier this year, Nancy was diagnosed with breast cancer and so she has now joined the battle with other concerned and affected women.  Consequently Nancy is more determined than ever to make a difference in this world and to support herself with her artwork while undergoing treatment.

 

“After doing so many wonderful things over the past 40 years, and now having some time to myself, I became re-interested in my first love – Cartoon Art” says Nancy.  “Underground cartoonists can take on politically incorrect to politically very incorrect subjects and get away with it, and I like that” says Nancy.

 

“I have always believed that artists can change the world.  I’d like to see a world without war so at times like this the dreams and creations of artists are more important than ever, and I want to make a difference,” says Nancy.

 

View Hurricane Nancy’s recent original works including Social Commentary and Commissioned Work. Send her a request or question.

For more information on Hurricane Nancy’s availability or to request an interview or article:

Media Contact

Victor Burton

For additional info and for Interviews:

Info@hurricanenancy.com

727 461 7210

727 242 6097

 

 

 

Hurricane Nancy Fights Breast Cancer

July 2009 - America’s first female underground cartoonist, Hurricane Nancy Kalish Panzika, is raising money for her treatment with her art work. At 68 years old, Hurricane Nancy, the first female underground cartoonist, continues her production of Cartoon Art while battling breast cancer.


Clearwater, Florida – You might have read about her in the East Village Other (EVO), the Gothic Blimp Works and other underground publications in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles during the 1960’s.  In a time when it was unheard of for a woman to be an Underground Cartoonist, Hurricane Nancy emerged.


In the 1970’s she stopped working professionally as an artist and opted to help artists as a counselor instead.  For over forty years she continued tirelessly to help others in this fashion.


Earlier this year, Nancy was diagnosed with breast cancer. “At first I was stunned, upset, and really didn’t want anyone to know what I was going through. I was sick.  I couldn’t carry on with my mission to help others as a counselor and being a hippy at heart, never planned any type of retirement.  I was confronting not only being sick, but how was I going to support myself.  Emotionally, I was at a low point.

The skills, professionalism and sheer human warmth and helpfulness of the doctors and staff of the Powell Cancer Center in Clearwater, and the support and kindness from my church, my dear friends, and fellow artists has kept me afloat and my spirits up. Thanks to them I have entered into a peace of mind I never thought possible.  As a result, when not undergoing treatment, I am constantly at my drawing board or out and about gathering ideas for my art. Not bad for an aging hippy!”

 

Nancy is determined to make a difference in this world and to support herself with her artwork while undergoing her treatment.

 

Hurricane Nancy’s innovative work has inspired many cartoonists including Trina Robbins, biographer of women, cartoons and art, to produce their own cartoons and strips for publication. Trina acknowledges Hurricane Nancy in her books; “A Century of Women Cartoonists”, “From Girls to Grrrlz: a history of [female] comics from teens to zines” and “Women and the Comics”

 

View Hurricane Nancy’s recent original work and submit inquiries 

Media Contact

Victor Burton

For additional info and for Interviews:

Info@hurricanenancy.com

727 461 7210

727 242 6097

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