Some of my favorite Nell Brinkley illustrations <3

Nell Brinkley, “Kathleen and the Great Secret,” New York Evening Journal, November 21, 1920

"Nell Brinkley, writer and artist of the earliest comic on view, brought style, romance, and strong women to the pages of William Randolph Hearst’s newspapers for three decades. Brinkley drew serialized comics in American Sunday magazine, later named American Weekly. 'Kathleen and the Great Secret' ran on the cover of American Weekly in 1920 and ’21, featuring a woman who saves her fiancé from villains. Kathleen’s rescue of Jim involved a thrilling journey around the globe. Brinkley’s immense popularity as an illustrator and tastemaker influenced styles of the time. The Ziegfeld Follies featured 'Brinkley Girls' dressed in her fashion, and women used hair-curling products named after her."

Nell Brinkley (1886-1944), ‘There is no Middle Ground’, ''Cartoons Magazine'', April 1917 Source

Some of the art of Nell Brinkley (1886-1944). Entirely self-taught and one of the most popular illustrators of the first 30 years of the previous century, she also wrote engaging captions, as if in conversation with the reader, and scripted one-page dramas for her perfectly coiffed couples.

The art of Nell Brinkley.

Like Henry Clive, Nell Brinkley was another magazine illustrator for "The American Weekly" working during the 20s. Her work primarily focused on beautiful women and lavish, gorgeous costumes. In a way it resembles the style of early shojo manga, and could well have had an influence on it!

Nell Brinkley "Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages" (early 1920s)

Nell Brinkley

By Nell Brinkley

started a traditional sketchbook recently

Nell Brinkley 1886 - 1944

nell brinkley (1886-19444) was an american illustrator and comic artist, referred to as the “queen of comics.”

Nell Brinkley, from Flapper Queens, Woman Cartoonists Of The Jazz Age by Trina Robbins

Fantagraphics, 2020