Mikhaela Reid
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Mikhaela Blake Reid is an editorial cartoonist
published in various alternative newspapers and magazine
s, including The Boston Phoenix
, Bay Windows, Metro Times
, and In These Times
, and was also reprinted in Los Angeles Times
. Reid frequently draws cartoons supporting LGBT rights.
Reid worked as an information graphics designer at the Wall Street Journal, where one of the articles she worked on won a Pulitzer Prize
. Currently, she's employed at United Media
.
In 2004, Reid was interviewed in the book Attitude 2: The New Subversive Alternative Cartoonists
, edited by award-winning syndicated editorial cartoonist Ted Rall
. Rall would later write a foreword to a collection of Mikhaela Reid's editorial cartoons, Attack of the 50-Foot Mikhaela! (ISBN 978-0979581908)
Reid currently resides in Brooklyn with her husband, Masheka Wood.
Editorial cartoonist
An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
published in various alternative newspapers and magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s, including The Boston Phoenix
The Phoenix (newspaper)
The Phoenix is the name of several alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston, Massachusetts including the Boston Phoenix, the Providence Phoenix, the Portland Phoenix and the now-defunct Worcester Phoenix...
, Bay Windows, Metro Times
Metro Times
The Metro Times is the largest circulating weekly newspaper in the metro Detroit area. Supported entirely by advertising, it is distributed free of charge every Wednesday in newsstands in businesses and libraries around the city and suburbs...
, and In These Times
In These Times
In These Times is a politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published by the Institute for Public Affairs in Chicago...
, and was also reprinted in Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. Reid frequently draws cartoons supporting LGBT rights.
Reid worked as an information graphics designer at the Wall Street Journal, where one of the articles she worked on won a Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
. Currently, she's employed at United Media
United Media
United Media is a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. It syndicates 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. Its core business is the United Feature Syndicate and the Newspaper Enterprise Association...
.
In 2004, Reid was interviewed in the book Attitude 2: The New Subversive Alternative Cartoonists
Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists
The Attitude series of books is a series of anthologies of alternative comics, photos and artists' interviews edited by Universal Press Syndicate editorial cartoonist Ted Rall. The books were designed by J. P. Trostle, news editor of EditorialCartoonists.com. Two sequels and three spin-off titles...
, edited by award-winning syndicated editorial cartoonist Ted Rall
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His political cartoons often appear in a multi-panel comic-strip format and frequently blend comic-strip and editorial-cartoon conventions. The cartoons appear in approximately 100 newspapers around the United States...
. Rall would later write a foreword to a collection of Mikhaela Reid's editorial cartoons, Attack of the 50-Foot Mikhaela! (ISBN 978-0979581908)
Reid currently resides in Brooklyn with her husband, Masheka Wood.