Lucy Knisley has launched a project in the hopes of helping the Planned Parenthood organization. The graphic novelist is recruiting artists to create portraits of American activists who fought for women’s rights.
According to Knisley’s announcement, the person should be drawn “holding a light of some kind. A candle, a flashlight, a lantern— something to shed light on dark times. Draw it, color it, and send it to me (PPPRINT@Lucyknisley.com) (at 300dpi), and I will combine them in an image of a march.”
Knisley kicked off the project by crafting a picture of suffragist Victoria Woodhull. Several artists have answered Knisley’s call and volunteered to draw portraits that depict Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, abolitionist Sojourner Truth, Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The finished “march” image will be sold and the proceeds generated from the sales will be donated to Planned Parenthood. (via Lucy Knisley’s Facebook page)