The Flapper Queens

A celebration of the best women cartoonists of the Roaring Twenties, curated by Trina Robbins.

Nominee, 2024 Angoulême Heritage Prize

Nominee, 2024 First Print Awards

Nominee, SoBD Best Book Prize

From the foremost historian of women cartoonists, Trina Robbins, comes an eye-catching collection of comic strips from the Roaring Twenties depicting the high-stepping “Flapper” — the symbol of women’s newfound freedom — all drawn by the best female cartoonists of the era! Including Nell Brinkley, Ethel Hays, Eleanor Schorer, Edith Stevens — and possibly the flappiest of the Flapper Queens, Virginia Huget! This collection not only brings back into the spotlight several legendary women artists obscured by the sands of time but also celebrates an unabashedly feminist movement in our nation’s history.