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. 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. She began contributing to
Trouble and Strife in Spring 1984 and she regularly helped produce the magazine until the summer of 1993.
Trouble and Strife generated articles that advocated for "radical feminism" from 1983 to 2002. 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. 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. == Publications ==