SABRINA JONES

“Showing us the brutality of the past when women were kept ignorant and bound to a life of servitude, Jones puts in perspective the threats on our freedom today.” — Lauren Weinstein

Sabrina Jones is a cartoonist, comic book artist, writer, editor, and scenic artist, who began her career with activist art collective Carnival Knowledge and alternative comics World War 3 Illustrated and Girltalk. Her books RACE TO INCARCERATE: A GRAPHIC RETELLING (with Marc Mauer) and ISADORA DUNCAN: A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY were both named “Great Graphic Novels” by the Young Adult Library Services Association.

Jones is also the author and illustrator of THE REAL COSTS OF PRISONS, FDR AND THE NEW DEAL FOR BEGINNERS, YIDDISHKEIT, RADICAL JESUS, and most recently OUR LADY OF BIRTH CONTROL: A CARTOONIST’S ENCOUNTER WITH MARGARET SANGER. She received a BFA in painting from Pratt Institute and an MFA in illustration from School of Visual Arts.

She supplements her alternative cartoonist’s lifestyle with work as a scenic artist in the entertainment industry, painting scenery for Saturday Night Live since 1994, when she joined United Scenic Artists Local 829. She maintains a revolving co-habitation with novelist Steve Stern, between his house in upstate New York and her apartment in the heart of Brooklyn.

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