The Ormes Society is an online group that promotes

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who work in the

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industry. The organization is named after

Jackie Ormes Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was an American cartoonist. She is known as the first African-American woman cartoonist and creator of the ''Torchy Brown'' comic strip and the ''Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger'' panel. Early life and ...

, a pioneering

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comic artist.

History

The Ormes Society was founded in 2007 by artist Cheryl Lynn Eaton. Eaton was upset by the comic book industry's lack of diversity and wanted to help support black women and fans. She named the organization after

, a pioneer African-American comic illustrator. The website for the group became a hub where comic book creators could network with one another. The site itself also acted as an

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of members' artwork. The group ended briefly in July 2015, when Eaton felt that there was no longer a need for it. It was briefly rebooted a year later 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. Members of the group included Charlie Trotman, Carol Burrell,

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and

Alitha Martinez Alitha E. Martinez is an American comic book artist best known for her work on for Marvel Comics's '' Iron Man'', the ''Heroes'' webcomics, and DC's '' Batgirl''. Over the course of her career she has worked for all the major comic book publishe ...

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