''Six Chix'' is a collaborative
comic strip
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distributed by
King Features Syndicate
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since it debuted in January 2000.
The series is drawn by six female cartoonists who rotate the drawing duties through the week based on a fixed schedule:
* Monday –
Isabella Bannerman
* Tuesday –
Bianca Xunise
Bianca Xunise is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and self-described " goth of color". Her work is nationally syndicated through the '' Six Chix'' comic strip collaborative.
Early life
Xunise was born in Chicago to artistic parents; her mo ...
;
Martha Gradisher (through January 2020);
Margaret Shulock
Margaret Shulock (September 27, 1949 – October 17, 2021) was an American cartoonist who worked as a writer-artist on several features.
Born in Canastota, New York, as Margaret Ackerman, she lived in Franklinville, Buffalo, and Friendship, New ...
(through March 2017)
* Wednesday –
Susan Camilleri Konar;
Rina Piccolo (through October 2016)
* Thursday –
Mary Lawton;
Anne Gibbons
Anne Gibbons is an American cartoonist and greeting card illustrator.
Her cartoons have been published in '' Redbook'', (through August 2017);
Carla Ventresca (October 2005 through July 2007);
Ann Telnaes
Ann Carolyn Telnaes (born 1960) is an American editorial cartoonist. She creates editorial cartoons in various media—animation, visual essays, live sketches, and traditional print—for the Washington Post. She also contributes to The ...
(through September 2005)
* Friday –
Maritsa Patrinos;
Benita Epstein (through March 2019);
Kathryn LeMieux
Kathryn is a feminine given name and comes from the Greek meaning for 'pure'. It is a variant of Katherine. It may refer to:
In television and film:
* Kathryn Beaumont (born 1938), English voice actress and school teacher best known for her Dis ...
(through April 2009)
* Saturday –
Stephanie Piro
Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, and Russian "S ...
* Sunday – Rotates
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id:mon value:red legend:Monday
id:tue value:green legend:Tuesday
id:wed value:brightgreen legend:Wednesday
id:thu value:purple legend:Thursday
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id:sat value:orange legend:Saturday
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bar:Martha text:"Martha Gradisher"
bar:Bianca text:"Bianca Xunise"
bar:Rina text:"Rina Piccolo"
bar:Susan text:"Susan Camilleri Konar"
bar:Ann text:"Ann Telnaes"
bar:Carla text:"Carla Ventresca"
bar:Anne text:"Anne Gibbons"
bar:Mary text:"Mary Lawton"
bar:Kathryn text:"Kathryn LeMieux"
bar:Benita text:"Benita Epstein"
bar:Maritsa text:"Maritsa Patrinos"
bar:Stephanie text:"Stephanie Piro"
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width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4)
bar:Isabella from:01/01/2000 till:end color:mon
bar:Margaret from:01/01/2000 till:01/03/2017 color:tue
bar:Martha from:01/03/2017 till:01/01/2020 color:tue
bar:Bianca from:01/01/2020 till:end color:tue
bar:Rina from:01/01/2000 till:01/10/2016 color:wed
bar:Susan from:01/10/2016 till:end color:wed
bar:Ann from:01/01/2000 till:01/09/2005 color:thu
bar:Carla from:01/09/2005 till:01/07/2007 color:thu
bar:Anne from:01/07/2007 till:01/08/2017 color:thu
bar:Mary from:01/08/2017 till:end color:thu
bar:Kathryn from:01/01/2000 till:01/04/2009 color:fri
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bar:Maritsa from:01/03/2019 till:end color:fri
bar:Stephanie from:01/01/2000 till:end color:sat
The
Sunday comic is drawn by the team members on a rotating basis. The look and feel of the strip varies greatly among the six artists with no particular attempt made to introduce any sort of thematic cohesiveness.
''Six Chix'' has been syndicated to more than 120 newspapers, including the ''
Arizona Republic
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'', ''
Detroit News
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'', ''
San Diego Union-Tribune
''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868.
Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, ''The San Diego Union'' and ...
'', ''
San Francisco Chronicle
The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. The pa ...
'', and ''
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' (popularly known as the ''Seattle P-I'', the ''Post-Intelligencer'', or simply the ''P-I'') is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
The newspaper was fo ...
''.
Five months after the strip was launched, the original six women met each other for the first time on May 27, 2000. The occasion was a National Cartoonists Society Reubens Dinner in New York. On June 2, 2000, they appeared together on the Lifetime for Women Television Network.
Stephanie Piro
/ref> The original team lasted for about five and a half years, through September 2005; since then, there has been additional turnover, though original members Isabella Bannerman (Mondays) and Stephanie Piro (Saturdays) remain.
References
External links
King Features: ''Six Chix''
* http://www.chron.com/comics/?date=20120508&name=6Chix
Six Chix website and blog
{{King Features Syndicate Comics
2000 comics debuts
Gag-a-day comics
Comics about women
2005 comics endings