He knew he couldn’t hit them, which was just fine with him – he literally wouldn’t hurt a fly (I actually watched him “herd” one out the back door one day!). He just took potshots for the noise they made.
LOL! My stepdad Dave had an ancient spring-loaded BB gun he used to shoot at the squirrels at mom’s bird feeders. It was so bad, you could see the flying BB. It had a range of about 12 feet, but the noise did scare the squirrels away.
Those were the 2 I thought of off the top of my head, mostly because they pop up in my Instagram feed.
There’s also Alison Bechdel, creator of D¥kes to Watch Out For (which ran 1993-2008 in the alternative press) & three graphic memoirs.
https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Alison_Bechdel
Her other claim to fame is the “Bechdel test” (another relevant measure that started as an inside joke but quickly took on a life of its own):
The Bechdel test, also known as the Bechdel-Wallace test, is a test to measure the representation of women in film and other fiction. The test asks whether a work features at least two female characters who have a conversation about something other than a man. In some iterations, the requirement that the two female characters have names is added.
The test is used as an indicator of the active presence of women in fiction. A work of fiction passing or failing the test does not necessarily indicate the overall representation of women in the work. Instead, the test is used as an indicator for the active presence (or lack thereof) of women in fiction, and to call attention to gender inequality in fiction.
https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Bechdel_test
As for women cartoonists in general, the Wickedpedia has a couple of relevant articles, both of which could use some cleanup & updating. Anyone interested?
He knew he couldn’t hit them, which was just fine with him – he literally wouldn’t hurt a fly (I actually watched him “herd” one out the back door one day!). He just took potshots for the noise they made.