{"id":473,"date":"2026-08-07T14:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsbasedresearch.com\/?page_id=473"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:57:13","slug":"sally-pirie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comicsbasedresearch.com\/index.php\/sally-pirie\/","title":{"rendered":"Sally Pirie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-36f65c2d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a0d91a25 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border is-style-rounded wp-duotone-unset-2 is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsbasedresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pirie-Sally-2.jpg\" alt=\"Illustrated portrait of Sally\" class=\"has-border-color has-contrast-border-color wp-image-475\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px;box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--crisp);aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsbasedresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pirie-Sally-2.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/comicsbasedresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pirie-Sally-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsbasedresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pirie-Sally-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsbasedresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pirie-Sally-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/comicsbasedresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Pirie-Sally-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:69.4%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sally Pirie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sally Pirie is a cartoonist, writer, printmaker, zinester, toymaker, and agent of delight. Dr. Pirie is Professor of Child and Family Studies as well as Master Artist and Director of the Comics Based Research Lab at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A recipient of the Charles M. Schulz Award, she once went to New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks dressed as a huge blue pufferfish because she had lots of leftover cardboard and that seemed like a logical thing to do with it. You can learn about all of that and more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sallypirie.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.sallypirie.com\">www.sallypirie.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sally Pirie Sally Pirie is a cartoonist, writer, printmaker, zinester, toymaker, and agent of delight. 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