are now." (Audrey Bilger) "Sylvia...is the mother who lets you swear and talk about sex. She is the friend who advises you to hold the emerald eyeshadow until after dark. She is the sister who appreciates vasectomy humor." (Susan Swartz) "The comic strip equivalent of TV's Hazel." (G.J.Angelo) "Verbal switchblades." (Laura Mansnerus) "The toughest woman in America." (The Village Voice, quoted on the back cover of The Sylvia Chronicles) "Sylvia, the best bathtub philosopher since Marat." (Hedy Weiss) "The most outspokenly feminist cartoonist in mainstream publication.” (Paula Chin) "Sometimes I understand Sylvia, and it's beginning to scare me." (Carol Andrew) Bibliography See also List of female comics creators References External links Nicole Hollander's Graphic Memoir Announcement Beloved cartoonist Nicole Hollander reflects on a life after ‘Sylvia’ on WGN Radio Nicole Hollander speaks at the Library of Congress Rose Lannin interview: Nicole Hollander (December 14, 2010) Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution from the Jewish Women's Archive Steven Heller interviews Nicole Hollander Tribune Media Services: Sylvia 1939 births American women cartoonists American women illustrators American female comics artists Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni Living people Artists from Chicago University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni 20th-century American women artists American cartoonists 21st-century American women