Cath Jackson

Cath Jackson (born 1957) is a British lesbian cartoonist who was primarily active in the 1980s and 1990s.

The subject of her cartoons were of a socio-political nature and accompanied articles and other artistic works that spoke for women's health and rights.

Cath Jackson started her career in the early 1980s as a cub journalist on International Construction Magazine and later transitioned to being a freelance cartoonist.

Her artistic focus, as a lesbian cartoonist, was largely centred on political activism and questioning feminist positions.

Trouble and Strife generated articles that advocated for "radical feminism" from 1983 to 2002.

She began contributing to Trouble and Strife in Spring 1984 and she regularly helped produce the magazine until the summer of 1993.

Jackson began producing comic strips in 1981 for magazines such as Nursing Times and City Limits. The New Statesman, a British magazine well known for its upfront and confrontational outlook on global politics, also displayed her work on its cover of 26 July 1985.

In addition, she drew cartoons for an aids instructional pamphlet targeted at women and produced by the Terrence Higgins Trust.

During the 1990s Jackson was featured in several anthologies produced by Roz Warren, all of which were themed on contemporary lesbian and women's humour.

In 2014 Jackson returned as an illustrator for the magazine on the topic of anti-gay legislation at the Sochi Olympics.

Some of her cartoons from these publications were later reproduced on post cards for Cath Tate Cards.

Jackson met Cath Tate through a mutual acquaintance that worked for the novelty book store Silvermoon.