List of women comics writers and artists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ List of women comics writers and artists From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Women in comics) Jump to: navigation, search 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 for the North American market.Contents1 Mainstream1.1 Golden Age / Silver Age1.2 Modern-day2 Comic-strip artists and cartoonists3 Manga (Original English language)4 Underground or alternative5 See also6 Footnotes7 References//[edit] Mainstream[edit] Golden Age / Silver AgeNina 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 PublicationsViolet Barclay: Timely/Atlas Comics inkerToni 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 othersFran 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 WomanRuth 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 FuryRamona 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 artistMarcia 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 coloristDorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek: DC Comics' first woman editor[edit] Modern-dayLaura AllredFiona AverySamm Barnes: Marvel Comics writerDonna 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 0-7407-5698-2Anina Bennett: Writer, editor at First Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Co-creator of Heartbreakers[citation needed]Amber Benson: Writer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Comics)Karen Berger: Editor, DC Comics' Vertigo imprintMaddie Blaustein: Writer, Milestone Comics' HardwareJune 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]Nancy A. Collins: Writer, DC/Vertigo's Swamp ThingAmanda 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 DCValerie D'Orazio: Assistant editor, DC ComicsLeigh Dragoon, Artist, My Inner Bimbo (Oni Press)[7]Jo Duffy a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy: Writer and Marvel Comics editorJan 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)Pia Guerra: Artist, Vertigo's Y The Last ManSandra 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,co-creator, artist Evangeline (Comico)1984 and online comic Evangeline (August 2008)Jenna Jameson: Creator and plotter, Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)Jenette Kahn: editor and executive, DC ComicsCarol Kalish: executive, Marvel ComicsAnnette 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]Caitlin R. Kiernan: Writer, Vertigo's The DreamingElaine 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]Cynthia Martin, artist for (among others) Marvel Comics's Star WarsLaura Martin: Colorist, Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ruse (CrossGen)Tara McPherson: Cover artist, VertigoAdriana Melo: Artist, Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)Rachelle Menashe: Writer, Virus (Dark Horse Comics)[citation needed]Denise Mina: Writer, Vertigo's HellblazerMary Mitchell: Artist, Batman: Gotham Knights (DC Comics)[citation needed]Leah Moore: Writer, Wildstorm's AlbionMelanie J. Morgan: Writer, Betty and Veronica, Jughead (Archie Comics)[12]Mindy Newell: Writer/editor, Marvel, DC, and FirstAnn Nocenti: Writer, Daredevil (Marvel Comics)Glynis Oliver: Colorist, X-Men (Marvel Comics)Lisa Patrick: Marvel Comics editor[citation needed]Jodi Picoult: Writer, DC's Wonder WomanTamora Pierce: Writer, Marvel Comics' White TigerWendy Pini: Artist and co-creator, Elfquest (WaRP Graphics)Rachel Pollack: Writer, Doom Patrol (DC Comics)Nickiesha Ashanty Ricketts: Writer and Editor[citation needed]Susana Romero: Founder, ¡Ka-Boom! EstudioJessica Ruffner: Writer, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures (Marvel Comics/Dabel Brothers)Sara Ryan: Writer, Me and Edith HeadNicola Scott: Artist, Birds of Prey (DC Comics)Diana Schutz: Editor, Dark Horse ComicsJean 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 magazineKathleen Webb: Writer, Betty (Archie Comics)Christina Weir: Writer, Oni PressG. Willow Wilson: Writer, Cairo (Vertigo)Amy Wolfram: Writer, Teen Titans: Year One (DC Comics)[13]Kim Yale: Writer/editor, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Warp GraphicsChristina Z: Writer, Witchblade (Image Comics/Top Cow Productions), Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)[citation needed][edit] Comic-strip artists and cartoonistsLynda Barry: The New YorkerSandra Bell-Lundy: Creator Between FriendsMarjorie Henderson Buell under pseudonym "Marge": Little LuluMabel 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 ChildRuth 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 TippieJan Eliot: Creator Stone SoupMary Gauerke: The Alumnae[citation needed]Cathy Guisewite: Creator CathyAlex Hallatt: Creator Arctic CircleBunny Hoest: Writer The Lockhorns (1971-)Nicole Hollander: Creator SylviaVirginia Huget: Campus Capers[citation needed]Judith Hunt: Artist, Timbertoes Published by Highlights for ChildrenLynn Johnston: Creator For Better or For WorseCarolyn 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 StarrErika Moen: Creator DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary webcomic[citation needed]Karen Moy: Writer Mary Worth (2004-)[citation needed]Kate Murtah: Annie and Fanny[citation needed]Julie Negron: Creator Jenny, the Military Spouse Published by Stars & Stripes Official Site[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 HeartbeatsMartha 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 ChixLinda Sutter: Writer Brenda Starr (1980-1985)[citation needed]Hilda Terry: TeenaCathy 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)Jo Chen: Artist, Wildstorm's Racer XSvetlana Chmakova: Artist/Writer, Dramacon (Tokyopop)Lindsay Cibos: Artist/Writer, Peach Fuzz (Tokyopop)[citation needed]Becky Cloonan: Artist, AiT/Planet Lar's DemoJinky 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]Camilla D’Errico: Artist, Make 5 Wishes (Del Rey Manga), Nightmares & Fairy Tales (Slave Labour Graphics)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)Lea Hernandez: Artist, Marvel Comics' Marvel Mangaverse: PunisherKatherine 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 alternativeJessica Abel: Writer-artist, Fantagraphics' La PerdidaJennie Breeden: Writer-artist, The Devil's PantiesDonna BarrAlison Bechdel: Creator Dykes to Watch Out ForGabrielle Bell: Writer/artist, Fantagraphics' Lucky[citation needed]Joyce Brabner: Writer, Our Cancer YearPaige Braddock: Creator Jane's WorldVera BrosgolM.K. Brown: Creator Aunt Mary's Kitchen and Dr. N!GodatuJennifer CamperGeneviève Castrée: WOELVShannon Chenoweth: Creator/Writer The Line (Misfit Comics)[citation needed]Chynna Clugston: Creator, Oni Press's Blue MondayColleen Coover: Creator Small FavorsDanielle Corsetto: Creator Girls With Slingshots[citation needed]Sophie Crumb: Writer/artist, Fantagraphics' Belly ButtonDame Darcy: Creator, Fantagraphics' MeatcakeJennifer Daydreamer: Creator, Jennifer Daydreamer[citation needed]Abby Denson: Creator Tough Love: High School ConfidentialDiane DiMassaColleen Doran: Creator A Distant SoilJulie Doucet: Creator Dirty PlotteSarah DyerMary FleenerShary Flenniken: Creator Trots and BonnieEllen ForneyShaenon Garrity: Creator, Narbonic webcomicMelinda Gebbie: Artist, Top Shelf Productions' Lost GirlsPhoebe Gloeckner: Creator A Child's Life and The Diary of a Teenage GirlRoberta Gregory: Creator Fantagraphics' Naughty BitsG.B. JonesMegan Kelso: Writer/artist, Fantagraphics' Artichoke TalesAline Kominsky-Crumb: Creator The BunchCarol LayHope Larson : Gray Horses and Salamander DreamVanesa Littlecrow: Creator, Nine Lives of CatnoseCarla Speed McNeil: Writer/artist, FinderDiane Noomin: Creator DiDi GlitzChristine Norrie: Artist, Oni Press's Hopeless SavagesLiz Prince : Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the BedTrina Robbins: Writer-artist, Eclipse Comics' Ms. TreeAriel Schrag: Creator, Slave Labor Graphics' AwkwardDori Seda: 1980s underground satiristTerrie Smith: Artist, Chester RingtailTara Tallan: Creator & writer-artist Galaxion (Helikon Comics)[citation needed]Raina Telgemeier: Writer/artist, Smile (A Dental Drama)Carol Tyler: Cartoonist; books include The Job Thing (Fantagraphics, 1993) ISBN 1-56097-111-8Serena Valentino: Writer, Slave Labor Graphics' Gloom CookiePenny Van Horn: Cartoonist; book Recipe for Disaster and Other Stories (Fanatagraphics, 1999) ISBN 1-56097-330-7[citation needed]Sara Varon: Writer/artist Alternative's Sweaterweather[citation needed]Lauren Weinstein: Writer/artist The Goddess of WarKate Worley: Creator, Omaha the Cat Dancercatherine yronwode: Editor-in-chief of Eclipse Comics[edit] See alsoFriends of LuluWomen artistsWomen in comic books[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] ReferencesHorn, Maurice. Women in the Comics (Chelsea House; New York, London; 1977) ISBN 0-87754-056-X; (trade paperback) ISBN o-97754-205-8Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_comics_writers_and_artists" Categories: Lists of women | Women comics artists | Women comics writers | Women writers by formatHidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since March 2008 | Articles with unsourced statements since August 2008 | Articles with unsourced statements since June 2008 | Articles with unsourced statements since April 2008 | Articles with unsourced statements since July 2008 Views Article Discussion Edit this page History Personal tools Log in / create account if (window.isMSIE55) fixalpha(); Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Donate to Wikipedia Help Toolbox What links here Related changesUpload fileSpecial pages Printable version Permanent linkCite this page   This page was last modified on 28 August 2008, at 23:48. 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