'Sixchix'.
Ann Carolyn Telnaes was born in Stockholm, Sweden. One of her graphic influences is Ronald Searle. She studied Character Animation at the California Institute of Arts and was active in the animation field in the 1980s. Her editorial cartoons have appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times and hundreds of other newspapers, winning her several awards. Between January 2000 and September 2005, she was one of the six female comic artists who make the newspaper strip 'Six Chix'. Among the other contributors are Isabella Bannerman, Kathryn LeMieuxRina Piccolo, Stephanie Piro, Margaret Shulock and Carla Ventresca. Each woman drew the strip on a different day (Ann had the Thursdays) and they alternated on Sundays.
In 2001 Ann Telnaes became the second woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Her cartoons have a regular focus on women's issues, such as burkas, third world pregnancy and abortion rights.
A socially conscious artist, Telnaes has frequently supported humanitarian causes and fellow cartoonists in trouble. When in 2010, the episodes '200' and '201' of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's animated series 'South Park' had to be banned after death threats over the portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad, she was one of 17 cartoonists who signed a petition condemning any silencing of the freedom of expression. In September 2015 she accepted the CRNI Award for Courage in Cartooning on behalf of the actual winner, Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani, who couldn't attend the ceremony since she was imprisoned. In 2017 Telnaes also drew a graphic tribute to another imprisoned cartoonist, Eaten Fish, at the instigation of the Professional Cartoonist Organization UK, to rally for his liberation, which was achieved that same year.
Ann Telnaes was a strong influence on Barbara Dale.
'Sixchix'.