Sue Coe

 (born 21 February 1951) is an English artist and, working primarily in drawing and , often in the form of illustrated books and comics. She grew up close to a and developed a passion to stop. Coe studied at the in London and lived in New York City from 1972 to 2001. She lives in. Her work is highly political, often directed against capitalism and cruelty to animals.

Quotes

 * [Describing her visit to a slaughter facility in Pennsylvania] The floor was very slippery and the walls and everything else were covered with blood. Dried blood had formed a crust on the chains. I surely didn't want to fall down in all that blood and guts. The workers wore non-slip boots, yellow aprons, and helmets. It was a scene of controlled, mechanized chaos.
 * Dead Meat, as quoted in A Plea for the Animals by Matthieu Ricard (Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 2016), p. 78.

Quotes about

 * Sue Coe … has done more through her paintings and prints to help animals than any other artist in history.
 * Tom Regan, Empty Cages (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), p. 103.


 * I have no doubt that Sue's art … is of historic importance. A hundred years from now and more, assuming our species has managed to survive, Sue Coe's work will hang in all the great museums of the world.
 * Tom Regan, Empty Cages (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), p. 201.