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Fanny was a British cartoonists' group and umbrella name for a few anthologies edited by Carol Bennett and Cath Tate, started in 1991. It was published by Knockabout Comics in the United Kingdom and distributed in the United States by Last Gasp.

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Fanny series

Ceasefire

Fanny1

Cover by Angela Martin

  • Eagles and Animals by Suzy Varty
  • The First Casualty by Julie Hollings
  • Spoils of War by Carol Swain
  • Untitled by Viv Quillin
  • Untitled by Mariana Kolbuszewski
  • Victim by Claire Gammon
  • Punch by Jackie Smith
  • Untitled by Cath Jackson
  • Untitled by Wendy Eastwood
  • Home Front written by Juliet Gosling, art by Jacqui Adams
  • War Men by Lee Kennedy
  • Gret's Lot by Chris Best
  • Camper by Jennifer Camper
  • A Proud Nation at War by Sharon Rudahl
  • Moya by Barbara Nolan
  • Untitled by Annie Lawson
  • Untitled by Jo McLaren
  • Untitled by Lesley Ruda
  • The War Game by Trina Robbins


Voyeuese: Women View Sex

Fanny2

Published 1991

Cover by Fiametta Alley

  • Blue Rinse by Corinne Pearlman
  • Silent Majority by Maggie Ling
  • One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poisson by Julie Hollings
  • Techno-Nympho by Chris Best
  • What Is Casual Sex? by Frances Bennett
  • Kiss and Make Up by Carol Swain
  • Sex Kittens and Mice and Men by Arja Kajermo
  • Working Woman's Stand-Up by Annie Lawson
  • Untitled by Jo McLaren
  • Sex and the New Man by Jacqui Adams
  • The Peep Show by Rachael Ball
  • To Fruitbat by Jackie Smith
  • Sex: A Dyke's Dilemma by Wendy Eastwood
  • Origins of a Sexual Disaster Area by Lee Kennedy
  • Untitled by Viv Quillin
  • Stranger Than Fiction Is Fact!! by Sian Thomas
  • Back cover by Maggie Ling


Immaculate Deception: Dissenting Women

Fanny3

Published 1992

Cover by: Lillian Mousli

  • Mother Tracy's One Zillionth Dream by Jackie Smith
  • Sympathy for the Devil by Carol Swain
  • Saint Lucy's Eyes by Lee Kennedy
  • The New Religion by Carolyn Risdale
  • A Vision of the Madonna written by Hilary Robinson, art by Suzy Varty
  • Through the Veil written by Wren Sidhe, art by Kate Charlesworth
  • Naked and Not Ashamed by Josephine Campbell
  • Ark by Helen McCookerybook
  • Mike's Sweet Dream by Annie Lawson
  • Fallen Woman by Alexandra Ansdell
  • The Non-Jewish Jewess by Corinne Pearlman
  • A Woman in Ministry written by Valerie Dal Chele, art by Lizzy Baker
  • Bob Christ by Cinders McLeod
  • Back Cover by Jackie Smith


Night Fruits: Prophetic Women

Fanny4

Published 1993

Cover by Lee Kennedy

  • On the Night Circuit written by Susan Catherine, art by Cinders McCleod
  • The Incisive Insights of the Night by Karen Donnelly
  • No Matter How Bad It Is It Can Always Get Worse by Jackie Smith
  • Cassandra at Sainsburys by Jeremy Dennis
  • The Distant Future by Carol Swain
  • Untitled by Josephine Campbell
  • In Dreams by Lee Kennedy
  • Never Look Back written by Jenni Scott, art by Beccy Matthews
  • Night Fruits written by Jamie Heads-Santana, art by Suzy Varty
  • The Curse of Apollo by Jacqui Adams and Juliet Gosling
  • Wet Lettuce Counsels the Menstrual Sibyl by Annie Lawson
  • The Flasher by Isabel Toledo
  • Back Cover by Cinders McLeod


Dyke's Delight!

Issue 1

DykesDelight1

Published 1993

Covers by: Kate Charlesworth

  • "Graphic Sapphic" by Jo Nesbitt
  • Auntie Studs: The Early Years by Kate Charlesworth
  • The Big Girls by Annie Lawson
  • La La La La Lesbian by Grizelda Grizlingham
  • Bitchy Butch by Roberta Gregory
  • Untitled by Liane Hambly
  • Untitled by Angela Martin
  • The Soup Is Made by Lucy Byatt
  • Untitled by Angela Martin
  • Untitled by Jennifer Camper
  • My Girlfriend Dumped Me for a Vampyre by Jeremy Dennis
  • The Big Girls by Annie Lawson
  • Rip Up Those Roles by Leanne Franson
  • The Big Girls by Annie Lawson
  • Mean Woman Blues by Carel Moiseiwitsch‏‎


Rebel Without A Cat!

DykesDelight2

Published 1994

Covers by: Kate Charlesworth

  • Stonewall Riots by Andrea Natalie
  • Auntie Studs: Rebel Without A Cat! by Kate Charlesworth
  • Raasha After Mars by Karen Platt
  • The Loudest Dyke in Town by Grizelda Grizlingham
  • Lisa Jean Comes Out by Jennifer Camper
  • Stonewall Riots by Andrea Natalie
  • Tell-Tale Love by Lucy Byatt
  • Anxious Alex by Grizelda Grizlingham
  • Liliane in Breeders by Leanne Franson
  • Bitchy Butch Returns by Roberta Gregory
  • When Dykes Win Awards by Jennifer Camper


Seven Ages of Woman

Though Seven Ages predates the "Fanny" brand, it was later listed under the brand in Knockabout Comics's catalog.[1]

Published May 1990 (ISBN 0861660870)

Edited by Carol Bennett

Cover by Caroline Della Porta

  • Second Class Child [Childhood] by Kate Charlesworth
  • Camp Tamalpais [School Girl] by Melinda Gebbie
  • Working Girl by Caroline Della Porta
  • The Lover by Julie Hollings
  • Motherhood by Corinne Pearlman
  • Divorce by Carol Swain
  • Last Wish by Jackie Smith


Women Out-of-Line

Published March 1997 (ISBN 0861661281)

  • Hand Bag and Groom Cottage by Suzy Varty and Hannah Varty
  • Showtime by Carol Swain
  • Scapegoat and Happy Families! by Jackie Smith
  • Top Bitch and I Was a Terrorist for Jesus by Carolyn Ridsdale
  • When Drawing the Line Always Have Yer Rubber Handy by Viv Quillin
  • Fishwife by Helen McCookerybook
  • Available, Building Up Hopes, and Couplings by Maggie Ling
  • The Xylophone and Veggie-Tale by Annie Lawson
  • "...And Mad as Hell" and My Nana Cass was Right! by Lee Kennedy
  • The Sins of the Mother and Can't Get Enough Bit of Rough by Julie Hollings
  • The Story of Doris Gray and her Sanitary Towel Shop by Grizelda Grizlingham
  • A Complete Waste of Time and Do You Know What Really Gets on My Tits? by Karen Donnelly
  • Auntie Studs, Agony Dyke Kate Charlesworth
  • Heartbeat and Ding, Dong, That Must Be Linda... by Lucy Byatt
  • The Sailor and the Troll by Rachael Ball
  • Memorial to Jo McLaren, 1957-1995

References

  1. Knockabout catalog PDF (archive.org)
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