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Mikhaela Reid
Mikhaela B. Reid is a political cartoonist, illustrator and information graphics artist. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Phoenix, The Metro Times, In These Times, Ms., The Funny Times, Campus Progress, The Rochester Insider, Bay Windows, Women's eNews, Girlfriends, and other fine publications. She is also featured as "cartooning's angry young woman" in the anthology Attitude 2: The New Subversive Alternative Cartoonists, edited by Ted Rall. Her work is currently on display at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in the exhibit She Draws Comics: A Century of Women Cartoonists and she was named one of Girls in Government's "Real Hot 100" women of 2006. Her weekly self-syndicated cartoons are available in color or black and white for reprint in print and online publications.
Mikhaela was born in 1980 and grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. She graduated from Harvard with a degree in social anthropology in 2003. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with fellow cartoonist Masheka Wood; and their cats Ronnie and Riley.
"Mikhaela B. Reid is an insurgent cartoonist: smart, irrepressible and unpredictable."
--Ted Rall
"Mikhaela Reid has what every great editorial cartoonist needs most - passion. Her work is insightful, inventive, and unambiguous. She is way too good to be so young."
--Clay Bennett
"Mikhaela Reid's cartoons are right *$%@ing on."
--Alison Bechdel, Fun Home, "Dykes to Watch Out For"
"Mikhaela Reid rocks!! She's where i steal most of my ideas from!!"
--Keith Knight, "the K Chronicles", "(th)ink"
"With America's most treasured values under relentless assault, Mikhaela Reid's cartoons keep the barricades bearable."
--Howard Cruse, Cartoonist & Graphic Novelist
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| Description of Presentation: |
My presentation varies depending on audience--I've done presentations and workshops for high school students, aspiring young women writers, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender groups and women's groups, and general audiences, it's all good. |
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Flexible |
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I'm available to do cartoon slideshows for any type of group and also primarily for young people) in the New York Metro and Boston areas. |
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If in New York Metro area, a reasonable honorarium. In Boston area, an honorarium and travel expenses. Outside of New York and Boston, travel and lodging expenses plus honorarium. |
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Digital projector hooked up to a laptop with Powerpoint and CD-ROM drive. |
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Please try to contact me at least a month in advance if possible. I am primarily available for Friday and Saturday events, but can often rearrange my schedule with enough advance notice. |
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