Jennifer Camper is a cartoonist and graphic artist living in Brooklyn, New York. Her art examines gender, race, sexuality and politics, especially from the viewpoint of a Lebanese-American gay woman.

Her books include Rude Girls and Dangerous Women, a collection of her cartoons that mix humor with political commentary, and subGURLZ, a graphic novel following the adventures of three women living in abandoned subway tunnels. Camper is also the editor of, and a contributor to, Juicy Mother, a comix anthology focusing on the work of women, people of color and queers.

Her comics and illustrations have appeared in magazines, newspapers, comic books and anthologies, and her art has been exhibited in the US and Europe.

CAMPER PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS:

Juicy Mother, editor and contributor, Soft Skull Press
A comix anthology

subGURLZ, Cleis Press
The adventures of three twisted women living in abandoned subway tunnels

Rude Girls and Dangerous Women, Laugh Lines Press
A collection of Camper cartoons

MAGAZINES:

Ms. Magazine, The Advocate, Out, Mizna, The World, Girlfriends, QW, Curve, On Our Backs, Outweek, Bad Attitude, Sorority, Girl Jock, The Nose, Hysteria

COMIC BOOKS:

Gay Comix, Wimmin’s Comix, Young Lust, Real Girls, Cease Fire, Strip AIDS USA, Choices, Dykes Delight (UK)

NEWSPAPERS:

The Village Voice, Funny Times, Sojourner, LGNY (NYC), Women’s Review of Books, Lesbian News (L.A.), Philadelphia Gay News, Bay Times (S.F.), Nightlines (Chicago), The Washington Blade (D.C.), Gay Community News (Boston), Southern Voice (Atlanta), Lavender (Mpls.), Perspective (Alaska), In Step (Milwaukee), Twist (Seattle), & Lesbian Times (San Diego), Our Own (Virginia)

ANTHOLOGIES:

The Great Women Cartoonists, Dyke Strippers, From Girls to Grrrlz, Boy Trouble, Gay Comix Anthology, A Century of Women Cartoonists, Women’s Glib, Women’s Glibber, Silverleaf Anthology of Women’s Humor, Lesbian Culture, What Is this Thing Called Sex?, Ex-Lover Weird Shit, Sexual Harassment: Women Speak Out

VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS

CAMPER, self-syndicated cartoon, bi-weekly, 1989-1994

EXHIBITIONS (Group Shows)

2003   Ladyfest, Manchester, England
2000   Picturing the Modern Amazon, The New Museum, NYC
1999   Women Cartoonists, Bluestockings, NYC
1994   Bad Girls, The New Museum, NYC
1994   Festival International de le Ban Desinee, Sierre, Switzerland
1992   San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco
1992   Triplex Gallery, NYC
1991   The New School of Social Research, NYC

Curator and Exhibitor:
1995   Queer Cartoons, A Different Light, NYC
1990   The Cartoon Show, Lesbian & Gay Community Center, NYC