Roberta Gregory

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Roberta Gregory
Born	1953 (age 60–61) Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Cartoonist
Notable works	Bitchy Bitch
Awards	Inkpot Award, 1994
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Roberta Gregory (born 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comic book writer and artist best known for her character Bitchy Bitch from her Fantagraphics Books series Naughty Bits.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Gregory's father was Disney comics writer and artist Bob Gregory. Educated at the California State University, Long Beach, she began her career in 1974 by publishing comics in the influential all-female Wimmen's Comix anthologies and in other '70s underground comix, and created the strip Feminist Funnies. In 1976, she published the first issue of a feminist comic book, Dynamite Damsels, which Gregory considered to be the first regulation-sized comic book to be published by one woman.^{[citation needed]}

Bitchy Bitch, who debuted in 1989, is Midge McCracken, a woman angry at the world who frequently explodes with rage. Gregory told stories from all parts of Bitchy's life (including one set in the Middle Ages) in the 40-issue series Naughty Bits, which was published by Fantagraphics from 1991 to 2004. Bitchy Bitch's lesbian counterpart is Bitchy Butch. Starting in 1999, Bitchy Bitch was featured in Life's a Bitch, an animated series that was shown on the Oxygen Network in the U.S. and on The Comedy Network in Canada.^[4]

Gregory's other work includes the fantasy graphic novel Winging It, the 3-issue series Artistic Licentiousness, and the comic strip Sheila and the Unicorn.

Gregory has contributed to a number of comic anthologies, including Robert Kirby's Strange Looking Exile. As well, she is one of the contributors to Free to Fight, the interactive self-defense project for women. Gregory has received several Eisner Award nominations in the humor, best short story, best writer, and best writer/artist categories. In 1994 she was given an Inkpot Award by Comic-Con International.

Gregory currently lives in Seattle, Washington, where she has lived since relocating from California in 1989.

Bibliography

Comics & graphic novels

Dynamite Damsels (1976) - 1,2
Sheila and the Unicorn (1988)
Winging It (1988)
Winging It 2 (1999)
Artistic Licentiousness (91-94) - 1-3
Naughty Bits (Fantagraphics 1991-2004) - issues 1-40

Collections

A Bitch is Born (1994)
As Naughty as She Wants to Be (1995)
At Work and Play with Bitchy Bitch (1996) - material from NB 10-14
Bitchy's College Daze (1997) - stories from NB 15-19
Bitchy Butch: World's Angriest Dyke (1999) - stories from NB 21,23,26,and stories from Gay Comix
Burn Bitchy Burn (2002)
Life's a Bitch (2005) - first half of Bitchy stories plus one new story
Bitchy Strips One Shot (2001) - collection of weekly strips previously printed in newspapers

References

External links

Underground comix cartoonists

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Movements and fields	Cyberfeminism Postmodern feminism Women in photography Women Surrealists

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Publications	Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics (1977–1992)

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Artists	Joyce Aiken Nancy Azara Sheila Levrant de Bretteville Judy Chicago Mary Beth Edelson Cheri Gaulke Jenny Holzer Mary Kelly Joyce Kozloff Barbara Kruger Suzanne Lacy Lucy Lippard Ana Mendieta Kate Millett Arlene Raven Faith Ringgold Rachel Rosenthal Martha Rosler Miriam Schapiro Carolee Schneeman Nancy Spero Mierle Laderman Ukeles June Wayne Faith Wilding Hannah Wilke See also List of feminist artists

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Name	Gregory, Roberta
Alternative names
Short description	Comic writer
Date of birth	1953
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California
Date of death
Place of death

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