I gave a talk at TED this week on the power of cartoons. The first ever TEDWomen, it had a lineup of men and women speakers from around the globe who dedicate their work to ideas by and about women. You can watch a video of the talk above, and see slides from it below.
Liza Donnelly is an award-winning cartoonist and the author of “Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons.”
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