List of women comics writers and artists
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The fields of American newspaper cartooning and comic book production have traditionally been male-dominated, although several women have been involved in the industry. This is a list of women who have been involved with producing comic books and comic strips.
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[edit] Mainstream
[edit] Golden Age / Silver Age
- Nina Albright : Artist for comics packager Bernard Baily Studio[1]
- Ruth Atkinson a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson: Artist, Fiction House, Timely Comics, Lev Gleason Publications
- Violet Barclay: Timely/Atlas Comics inker
- Toni Blum: Writer, Eisner & Iger studio[citation needed]
- Linda Fite: Writer, The Cat (Marvel Comics)
- Ramona Fradon: Artist, Aquaman and Metamorpho (DC Comics); also, Brenda Starr comic strip (1980-1996)
- Ray Herman[2]: 1940s editor at Holyoke Publishing and elsewhere.[3]
- Patricia Highsmith; Nedor/Standard/Better Comics and others
- Fran Hopper: Fiction House artist[citation needed]
- Virginia Hubbell: Charles Biro's ghost writer, Lev Gleason Publications' Crime Does Not Pay[4]
- Pauline Loth: Timely/Atlas artist[citation needed]
- Lee Marrs: Artist-writer for Star Reach, elsewhere (1970s)
- Elizabeth Holloway Marston: involved in the creation of DC Comics character, Wonder Woman
- Ruth McCully: Fiction House letterer[citation needed]
- Marion McDermott: St. John Publications editor[citation needed]
- Tarpe Mills, pseudonym of June Mills: Cat-Man (Holyoke Comics), Miss Fury
- Ramona Patenaude a.k.a. Pat: artist, Blue Beetle (Fox Comics)[citation needed]
- Lily Renée a.k.a. Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips): Fiction House and St. John Publications artist[citation needed]
- Ruth Roche: generally credited writer of Phantom Lady (Fox Comics)[citation needed]
- Marie Severin: Prolific EC and Marvel Comics artist
- Marcia Snyder: Fiction House artist[citation needed]
- Daisy Swayze: Fawcett Comics letterer; sister of artist Marc Swayze[5]
- Janice Valleau: Quality Comics artist[4]
- Tatjana Wood: Shazam Award-winning colorist
- Dorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek: DC Comics' first woman editor
[edit] Modern-day
- Laura Allred
- Fiona Avery
- Samm Barnes: Marvel Comics writer
- Donna Barstow: Writer and cartoonist, The New Yorker, and: "What Do Women Really Want? Chocolate!" (2004, NBM Publishing) ISBN 1-56163-383-6 and "Love Me or Go to Hell: True Love Cartoons" (2005, Andrews McMeel Universal) ISBN 0-7407-5698-2
- Amber Benson: Writer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Comics)
- Karen Berger: Editor, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint
- Joyce Brabner
- June Brigman: Artist and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics); Artist Brenda Starr comic strip (1996-)
- Sarah Byam: Writer, Black Canary (DC Comics), Mode Extreme (Marvel/Razorline)
- Meloney Crawford Chadwick: Harris Comics editor[citation needed]
- Bobbie Chase: Marvel Comics editor[citation needed]
- Amanda Conner: Artist, The Pro (Image Comics), Disney's Gargoyles (Marvel Comics)
- Joanna Davidovich[citation needed]
- Rosario Dawson: Writer and co-creator, Occult Crimes Taskforce (Image Comics)
- Renae De Liz, Artist, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)[6]
- Tania del Rio: Artist/Writer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics)
- Rachel Dodson: Inker, Marvel and DC
- Leigh Dragoon, Artist, My Inner Bimbo (Oni Press)[7]
- Jo Duffy a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy: Writer and Marvel Comics editor
- Jan Duursema: Artist, Star Wars: Legacy (Dark Horse Comics)
- Robin Furth: Plotter, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics)
- Megan Rose Gedris: Writer, artist and creator, I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space (Platinum Studios)[8]
- Devin Grayson: Writer, Arsenal, Batman: Gotham Knights, Catwoman (all DC Comics)
- Sandra Hope: Inker, World of Warcraft (WildStorm)[citation needed]
- Eva Hopkins: Writer, colorist and co-creator, Dark Ivory (Image Comics)[9]
- Heidi Hughes: Writer, The Voyages of The SheBuccaneer (Great Big Comics)[10]
- Judith Hunt: Co-writer and co-creator, Evangeline (Comico)
- Jenna Jameson: Creator and plotter, Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)
- Jenette Kahn: editor and executive, DC Comics
- Annette Kawecki: Marvel Comics letterer[citation needed]
- Barbara Kesel a.k.a. Barbara Randall Kesel: Writer, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)
- Sheila Keenan: Executive Editor, Scholastic Graphix[citation needed]
- Elaine Lee: Writer, Vamps (DC Comics), Saint Sinner (Marvel/Razorline)
- Stephanie Lesniak: Artist and co-creator, Blazin' Brandy (Scrap Pictures)[citation needed]
- Linda Ly: Writer, Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope Entertainment)[11]
- Laura Martin: Colorist, Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ruse (CrossGen)
- Adriana Melo: Artist, Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Rachelle Menashe: Writer, Virus (Dark Horse Comics)[citation needed]
- Mary Mitchell: Artist, Batman: Gotham Knights (DC Comics)[citation needed]
- Melanie J. Morgan: Writer, Betty and Veronica, Jughead (Archie Comics)[12]
- Ann Nocenti: Writer, Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Glynis Oliver: Colorist, X-Men (Marvel Comics)
- Lisa Patrick: Marvel Comics editor[citation needed]
- Wendy Pini: Artist and co-creator, Elfquest (WaRP Graphics)
- Rachel Pollack: Writer, Doom Patrol (DC Comics)
- Nickiesha Ashanty Ricketts: Writer and Editor[citation needed]
- Jessica Ruffner: Writer, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures (Marvel Comics/Dabel Brothers)
- Nicola Scott: Artist, Birds of Prey (DC Comics)
- Diana Schutz: Editor, Dark Horse Comics
- Jean Simek: Letterer, Marvel Comics and Topps Comics; daughter of Artie Simek[citation needed]
- Kristen Simon: Editor in Chief, Shadowline Comics (Jim Valentino's imprint at Image Comics)[citation needed]
- Gail Simone: Writer, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman (all DC Comics)
- Louise Simonson a.k.a. Louise Jones: Marvel Comics editor; Writer and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics);
- Mary Skrenes: Writer and co-creator, Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics)[citation needed]
- Barbara Slate: Writer, Betty (Archie Comics)[citation needed]
- Beth Sotelo: Colorist, Soul Fire: Dying of the Light (Aspen MLT), Atomika (Mercury Comics)
- Christina Strain: Colorist, Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (all Marvel Comics)
- Jill Thompson: Artist, Wonder Woman and Sandman (all DC Comics)
- Maggie Thompson: Editor, Comics Buyer's Guide magazine
- Kathleen Webb: Writer, Betty (Archie Comics)
- G. Willow Wilson: Writer, Cairo (Vertigo)
- Amy Wolfram: Writer, Teen Titans: Year One (DC Comics)[13]
- Christina Z: Writer, Witchblade (Image Comics/Top Cow Productions), Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)[citation needed]
[edit] Comic-strip artists and cartoonists
- Lynda Barry: The New Yorker
- Sandra Bell-Lundy: Creator Between Friends
- Marjorie Henderson Buell under pseudonym "Marge": Little Lulu
- Mabel Burvick under pseudonym "Odin" a.k.a. Odin Burvik: Dickie Dare (for a time beginning 1944; previously as assistant to husband Coulton Waugh.)[citation needed]
- Kate Carew, pseudonym of Mary Williams: Handy Andy strip in U.K. comic magazine Krazy; The Angel Child
- Ruth Carroll: The Pussycat Princess[citation needed]
- Kim Casali a.k.a. Kim Grove, Kim: Creator Love Is...[citation needed]
- Virginia Clark: Oh Diana![citation needed]
- Dale Connor, artist as half of pseudonym "Dale Allen" with writer Allen Saunders: Mary Worth (as Mary Worth's Family, 1940-1942)[citation needed]
- Bertha Corbett: Sunbonnet Babies[citation needed]
- Fanny Corry: Babe Bunting; Little Miss Muffet[citation needed]
- Natalie d'Arbeloff: Creator Augustine (Blaugustine webcomic)
- Grace Dayton: Toodles; Dolly Dimples; The Pussycat Princess[citation needed]
- Edwina Dumm under pseudonym "Edwina": The Meanderings of Minnie; Cap Stubbs and Tippie
- Jan Eliot: Creator Stone Soup
- Mary Gauerke: The Alumnae[citation needed]
- Cathy Guisewite: Creator Cathy
- Alex Hallatt: Creator Arctic Circle[citation needed]
- Bunny Hoest: Writer The Lockhorns (1971-)
- Nicole Hollander: Creator Sylvia
- Virginia Huget: Campus Capers[citation needed]
- Judith Hunt: Artist, Timbertoes Published by Highlights for Children
- Lynn Johnston: Creator For Better or For Worse
- Erika Moen: Creator DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary webcomic[citation needed]
- Julie Negron: Creator Jenny, the Military Spouse Published by Stars & Stripes Official Site[citation needed]
- Carolyn Kelly: Artist Walt Kelly's Pogo (1992-93)[citation needed]
- Selby Kelly: Writer Pogo after husband Walt Kelly's death (1973-75)[citation needed]
- Patty LaBan: Co-creator/Writer Edge City[citation needed]
- Terri Libenson: Creator The Pajama Diaries[citation needed]
- Marty Links: Bobby Sox; Emmy Lou[citation needed]
- Dale Messick: Creator Brenda Starr
- Karen Moy: Writer Mary Worth (2004-)[citation needed]
- Kate Murtah: Annie and Fanny[citation needed]
- Rosie O'Neill: The Kewpies[citation needed]
- Jackie Ormes: Creator Torchy Brown in "Dixie to Harlem", Candy, Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger, Torchy in Heartbeats
- Martha Orr: Apple Mary[citation needed]
- Kate Osann: Creator Tizzy[14]
- Gladys Parker: Flapper Fanny; Mopsy[citation needed]
- Rina Piccolo: Six Chix, Creator Tina's Groove[citation needed]
- Hilary Price: Creator Rhymes with Orange[citation needed]
- Mary Schmich: Writer Brenda Starr (1985-)
- Margaret Shulock: Apartment 3-G, Six Chix
- Linda Sutter: Writer Brenda Starr (1980-1985)[citation needed]
- Hilda Terry: Teena
- Cathy Thorne: Everyday People[citation needed]
- Lisa Trusiani: Apartment 3-G[citation needed]
[edit] Manga (Original English Language)
- Tina Anderson Writer, Only Words (Iris Print), Roulette (DramaQueen LLC)
- Queenie Chan: Artist/Writer, The Dreaming (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Svetlana Chmakova: Artist/Writer, Dramacon (Tokyopop)
- Lindsay Cibos: Artist/Writer, Peach Fuzz (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Jinky Coronado a.k.a. Meryl "Jinky" Coronado Calanog Campiti: Artist/Writer, Banzai Girl (Arcana Studio)[citation needed]
- Alex de Campi: Writer, Kat & Mouse (Tokyopop)
- Melissa DeJesus: Artist, Sokora Refugees (Tokyopop), daily comic strip My Cage[citation needed]
- Joanna Estep: Artist, Roadsong (Tokyopop)
- Irene Flores: Artist, Mark of the Succubus (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Amy Kim Ganter Artist/Writer, Sorcerers & Secretaries (Tokyopop)
- Holly Golightly a.k.a. Holly G!, Fauve: Artist/Writer, School Bites (Broadsword Comics)
- Amy Reeder Hadley: Artist/Writer, Fool's Gold (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Katherine Kim: Editor, Tokyopop[citation needed]
- Bettina M. Kurkoski: Artist, My Cat Loki (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- M. Alice LeGrow: Artist/Writer, Bizenghast (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Christy Lijewski: Artist/Writer, RE:Play (Tokyopop)
- Federica Manfredi: Artist, Kat & Mouse (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Amy Mebberson: Artist, Divalicious! (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Yoko Molotov: Artist/Writer, Stray Crayons (Demented Dragon)[citation needed]
- Jen Lee Quick: Artist/Writer, Off*beat (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Ashly Raiti: Writer, Mark of the Succubus (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Erica Reis: Artist/Writer, Sea Princess Azuri (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
- Rivkah: Artist/Writer, Steady Beat (Tokyopop)
- Tavisha Simons: Artist/Co-Creator, Shutterbox (Tokyopop)[citation needed]
[edit] Underground or alternative
- Jessica Abel: Writer-artist, Fantagraphics' La Perdida
- Jennie Breeden: Writer-artist, The Devil's Panties
- Donna Barr
- Alison Bechdel: Creator Dykes to Watch Out For
- Paige Braddock: Creator Jane's World
- Vera Brosgol
- M.K. Brown: Creator Aunt Mary's Kitchen and Dr. N!Godatu
- Jennifer Camper
- Shannon Chenoweth: Creator/Writer The Line (Misfit Comics)[citation needed]
- Colleen Coover: Creator Small Favors
- Danielle Corsetto: Creator Girls With Slingshots[citation needed]
- Abby Denson Creator Tough Love: High School Confidential
- Diane DiMassa
- Colleen Doran: Creator A Distant Soil
- Julie Doucet: Creator Dirty Plotte
- Geneviève Castrée: WOELV
- Mary Fleener
- Shary Flenniken: Creator Trots and Bonnie
- Leanne Franson: Creator Liliane, Bi-Dyke[citation needed]
- Phoebe Gloeckner: Creator A Child's Life and The Diary of a Teenage Girl
- Roberta Gregory: Creator Naughty Bits
- G.B. Jones
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb: Creator The Bunch
- Carol Lay
- Hope Larson : Gray Horses and Salamander Dream
- Diane Noomin: Creator DiDi Glitz
- Liz Prince : Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed
- Trina Robbins: Writer-artist, Eclipse Comics' Ms. Tree
- Dori Seda: 1980s underground satirist
- Tara Tallan: Creator & writer-artist Galaxion (Helikon Comics)[citation needed]
- Carol Tyler: Cartoonist; books include The Job Thing (Fantagraphics, 1993) ISBN 1-56097-111-8
- Penny Van Horn: Cartoonist; book Recipe for Disaster and Other Stories (Fanatagraphics, 1999) ISBN 1-56097-330-7[citation needed]
- Ulli Lust: Creator electrocomics[citation needed]
- Michaela Colette Zacchilli: Creator-writer-artist R.A.V, michaelacolette.com[citation needed]
[edit] Unsorted
- Claire Bretécher, a French cartoonist
- Maddie Blaustein
- Jo Chen
- Clamp
- Becky Cloonan
- Chynna Clugston
- Nancy A. Collins
- Dame Darcy
- Valerie D'Orazio
- Sarah Dyer
- Ellen Forney
- Shaenon Garrity
- Melinda Gebbie
- Pia Guerra
- Lea Hernandez
- Megan Kelso
- Caitlin R. Kiernan
- Vanesa Littlecrow
- Laura Martin
- Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston
- Carla Speed McNeil
- Tara McPherson
- Denise Mina
- Leah Moore
- Jessi Nelson
- Mindy Newell
- Christine Norrie
- Jodi Picoult
- Tamora Pierce
- Susana Romero
- Sara Ryan
- Marjane Satrapi
- Ariel Schrag
- Terrie Smith
- Raina Telgemeier
- Hilda Terry
- Serena Valentino
- Lauren Weinstein
- Christina Weir
- Kate Worley
- Kim Yale
- catherine yronwode
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Jerry Bails' "Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999: Bernard Baily Studio
- ^ Sometimes spelled "Rae Herman", though artist Mort Leav was cited in Alter Ego #60 (July 2006), p. 54, as recalling her first name spelled "Ray".
- ^ Ibid., interview with artist Tony DiPreta, who said her next company after Holyoke might have been Orbit, based in Columbus Circle in Manhattan.
- ^ a b Hajdu, David. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America, page 5. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. ISBN-10: 0-374-18767-3; ISBN-13: 978-0-374-18767-5.
- ^ "We Didn't Know it was the Golden Age" (column), by Marc Swayze: Alter Ego #5 (Summer 2000), pp. 40-41
- ^ Credits Page, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales #1 (February 2008), IDW Publishing
- ^ Credits Page, My Inner Bimbo #4 (April 2008), Oni Press
- ^ Credits Page, I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space #1 (May 2008), Platinum Studios
- ^ Credits Page, Dark Ivory #1 (March 2008), Image Comics
- ^ Credits Page, The Voyages of The SheBuccaneer #1 (2008), Great Big Comics
- ^ Credits Page, Grimm Fairy Tales #25 (March 2008), Zenescope Entertainment
- ^ Credits Page, Jughead's Double Digest #139 (June 2008), Archie Comic Publications
- ^ "Flash in the Pan", Teen Titans Year One #4 (June 2008), DC Comics
- ^ Osann, Kate. Tizzy That Lovable, Laughable, Teen-Ager. New York, Berkley Publishing Corp., 1958
[edit] References
- Horn, Maurice. Women in the Comics (Chelsea House; New York, London; 1977) ISBN 0-87754-056-X; (trade paperback) ISBN o-97754-205-8