Nell Brinkley art highlighted in new book

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Throughout the teens, twenties, and early thirties, Nell Brinkley was about as big a name as there was in the world of cartooning and illustration. Brinkley’s independent-minded and always pretty heroines pirouetted, waltzed, shimmied, and vamped their way through various adventures – often with a dashing young man by their side.

Brinkley also drew silent film stars. Early in her career Brinkley drew actresses like Mae Murray, Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish, as well as entertainers like Irene Castle, Evelyn Nesbit, and the Dolly Sisters.

Brinkley's work is the subject of a new book, "The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons, 1913-1940."

An illustrated article on the book can be found at http://www.examiner.com/x-7605-SF-Silen ... herstorian