Argentina •
Maitena Burundarena –
Superadas •
Gisela Dester • Sabrina Florio •
Isol •
Daniela Kantor •
María Delia Lozupone • Dolo Okęcki
Brazil •
Erica Awano –
Holy Avenger •
Chantal –
Juventude •
Priscila Farias •
Raquel Gompy •
Seung Joo-Kang –
Disney comics •
Ana-Luiza Koehler –
Awrah •
Adriana Melo – notable for her work on the
Star Wars: Empire franchise •
Bianca Pinheiro •
Germana Viana Canada •
Isabelle Arsenault •
Kate Beaton •
Sandra Bell-Lundy –
Between Friends •
Sheree Bradford-Lea •
Emily Carroll •
Svetlana Chmakova –
Dramacon (Tokyopop) •
Julie Delporte •
Susan Dewar •
Julie Doucet •
Leanne Franson • Odette Fumet – newspaper comic strip adaptations of
swashbuckler novels, died at age 94 •
Pia Guerra – artist,
Vertigo's
Y The Last Man •
Lynn Johnston –
For Better or For Worse •
Molly Kiely •
Sophie Labelle •
Michèle Laframboise •
Gisèle Lagacé –
Cool Cat Studio,
Penny and Aggie,
Ménage à 3 •
Yvette Lapointe –
Les Petits Espiègles •
Kate Leth – writer,
Bravest Warriors (Boom! Comics),
Edward Scissorhands (IDW),
Adventure Time (Boom! Comics) •
Sam Maggs –
Marvel Action: Captain Marvel,
Rick & Morty Ever After,
Transformers,
My Little Pony •
Maia Matches (born in Canada, later moved to the Netherlands) •
Caroline Merola •
Diane Obomsawin –
Kaspar,
On Loving Women •
Rina Piccolo –
Six Chix, ''Tina's Groove'' •
Doris Slater •
Fiona Staples –
Saga •
Jillian Tamaki –
Skim and
This One Summer •
Olga Urbansky –
Sergeant Renfrew, based on the comedy character by
Dave Broadfoot •
Chrissie Zullo •
Zviane Chile •
Elena Poirier Mexico •
Cecilia Pego •
Yolanda Vargas Dulché United States Platinum Age (1897–1937) •
Nell Brinkley –
The Brinkley Girl •
Mildred Burleigh –
Pigtails •
Dot Cochran –
Dot and Dodo,
Me and My Boyfriend •
Fanny Cory – ''Other People's Children
, Sonny Sayings
, Little Miss Muffet'' •
Grace G. Drayton –
Dolly Drake and Bobby Blake in Storyland,
The Terrible Tales of Captain Kiddo,
Toodles,
Dolly Dimples,
The Campbell Kids,
The Pussycat Princess •
Edwina Dumm –
Cap Stubbs and Tippie •
Lovrien Gregory –
The Pioneers •
Carol Hager – continued
The Adventures of Waddles •
Ethel Hays –
Ethel,
Flapper Fanny Says,
Marianne,
Vic and Ethel •
Margaret G. Hays –
Jennie and Jack, Also The Little Dog Jap •
Mary A. Hays –
Kate and Karol, the Cranford Kids •
Louise Hirsch –
Tessie Tish,
Charlie Chirps •
Virginia Huget –
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ''Flora's Fling
, Campus Capers
, Miss Aladdin
, Molly the Manicure Girl
, continued Skippy and Oh Diana'' •
Fay King – 1910s–1930s cartoons and early
autobiographical comics •
Rose O'Neill –
Kewpie •
Marjorie Organ –
Reggie and the Heavenly Twins,
Strange What a Difference a Mere Man Makes,
The Wrangle Sisters •
Louise Quarles – ''Bun's Puns'' •
Katharine P. Rice –
Flora Flirt •
Inez Townsend (born in the U.K., later moved to the U.S.) –
Gretchen Gratz,
Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins •
Dorothy Urfer –
Annibelle ====
Golden Age/
Silver Age (1930s c . 1970) ==== •
Nina Albright – artist for
comics packager Bernard Baily Studio • Rosie Arima –
Chig, ''Li'l Eva-Cue'' •
Ruth Atkinson, aka Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson – worked for
Fiction House,
Timely Comics,
Lev Gleason Publications •
Violet Barclay – worked as an inker for Timely/
Atlas Comics •
Toni Blum – writer for
Eisner & Iger •
Ann Brewster •
Hannah Carter – continued her husband,
Ad Carter's series
Just Kids as
Mush Stebbins and his Sister •
Fanny Cory –
Little Miss Muffet • Jill Elgin – continued
Girl Commandos •
Linda Fite – writer for
The Cat,
Marvel Comics •
Ramona Fradon – worked on
Aquaman and
Metamorpho,
DC Comics; drew
Brenda Starr, Reporter •
Barbara Hall – drew for
Black Cat, Girl Commandos, the Blonde Bomber •
Ray Herman – 1940s editor at
Holyoke Publishing and elsewhere •
Patricia Highsmith – worked for
Nedor/Standard/Better Comics and others •
Virginia Hubbell –
Charles Biro's
ghost writer,
Lev Gleason Publications'
Crime Does Not Pay •
Joye Hummel – wrote several scripts of
Wonder Woman when the original script writer,
William Moulton Marston, was too ill to continue on his own •
Alice Kirkpatrick •
Virginia Krausmann – continued
Annibelle and
Marianne •
Alice Marble – associate editor on
Wonder Woman 1941–1945, creator/writer of
Wonder Women of History feature 1942–1946 •
Lee Marrs – worked for
Star Reach •
Elizabeth Holloway Marston – co-creator of
Wonder Woman •
Tarpe Mills,
pseudonym of June Mills –
Cat-Man (Holyoke Comics),
Miss Fury •
Jackie Ormes –
Torchy Brown, ''
Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger'' •
Ramone Patenaude, aka Pat •
Albertine Randall –
The Dumbunnies •
Lily Renée, aka Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips) – worked for Fiction House and
St. John Publications •
Ruth Roche – writer of
Phantom Lady (Fox Comics) •
Helene Rother –
Jimmy Jupiter •
Marie Severin – worked for
EC and Marvel Comics •
Barbara Shermund •
Virginia Smith – co-creator of
The Smith Family •
Marcia Snyder – worked for Fiction House • Daisy Swayze – lettered for
Fawcett Comics, sister of artist
Marc Swayze • Esther Takei –
Ama-Chan • Mercy Van Vlack –
Miranda the Tease,
Green Ghost and Lotus •
Linda Walter –
Susie Q. Smith and as illustrator for
Bunty •
Tatjana Wood – colorist •
Dorothy Woolfolk, aka Dorothy Roubicek – DC Comics' first woman editor ====
Bronze Age and
Modern Age ==== •
Laura Allred – colorist •
Sana Amanat – editor,
Ms. Marvel (Marvel) •
Sarah Andersen – ''
Sarah's Scribbles; co-creator of Cheshire Crossing'' •
Fiona Avery •
Samm Barnes – Marvel Comics writer •
Amber Benson – writer,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (
Dark Horse Comics •
Karen Berger – editor, DC Comics'
Vertigo imprint •
Christina Blanch – writer, editor,
Good Boy,
Mysterium,
The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood •
Maddie Blaustein – writer,
Milestone Comics'
Hardware •
June Brigman – co-creator of
Power Pack (Marvel Comics); final artist
Brenda Starr, Reporter •
Madeline Brogan •
Sarah Byam – writer,
Black Canary (DC Comics),
Mode Extreme (Marvel/
Razorline •
Bobbie Chase – Marvel Comics editor •
Roz Chast –
New Yorker staff cartoonist
The Party After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995–2003 •
Jo Chen – cover artist,
Dark Horse Comics's
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight •
Joyce Chin –
Wynonna Earp •
Becky Cloonan •
Nancy A. Collins – writer,
DC/Vertigo's
Swamp Thing •
Amanda Conner –
The Pro (Image Comics), ''
Disney's Gargoyles'' (Marvel Comics) •
Colleen Coover • Barbara Dale –
The Stanley Family •
Rosario Dawson –
Occult Crimes Taskforce Image Comics •
Kelly Sue DeConnick –
Captain Marvel,
Avengers Assemble (Marvel) •
Tania del Rio –
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (
Archie Comics) •
Rachel Dodson – inker, Marvel and DC •
Colleen Doran –
A Distant Soil •
Valerie D'Orazio – assistant editor,
DC Comics •
Leigh Dragoon –
By the Wayside •
Jo Duffy, aka Mary Jo Duffy – writer and Marvel Comics editor •
Georgia Dunn –
Breaking Cat News •
Jan Duursema –
Star Wars: Legacy •
Mary Fleener –
Slutburger •
Kaja Foglio –
Girl Genius •
Robin Furth –
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born •
Shaenon K. Garrity – writer,
Marvel Comics'
Marvel Holiday Special •
Megan Rose Gedris – writer, artist and creator,
YU+ME:dream,
I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space (
Platinum Studios •
Stephanie Gladden •
Devin Grayson – writer,
Arsenal,
Batman: Gotham Knights,
Catwoman,
Nightwing (all DC Comics) •
Pia Guerra –
Y The Last Man •
Stephanie Hans –
DIE (Image Comics), cover artist (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, BOOM)) •
Jody Houser – writer,
Faith (
Valiant Comics),
Mother Panic (
Young Animal),
Supergirl (DC Comics),
Vox Machina Origins (Dark Horse) •
Judith Hunt –
Evangeline (
Comico) •
Jenna Jameson –
Shadow Hunter •
Avy Jetter – ''Nuthin' Good Ever Happens at 4 a.m.'' •
Jenette Kahn – editor and executive, DC Comics •
Carol Kalish – executive, Marvel Comics •
Shawn Kerri –
Cracked,
CARtoons Magazine •
Barbara Kesel, aka Barbara Randall Kesel – writer,
Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing) •
Irene Koh – artist of
The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, creator of
Afrina and the Glass Coffin •
Kim Krizan – writer, BOOM! Studio comics •
Elaine Lee – writer,
Vamps (DC Comics),
Saint Sinner (Marvel/Razorline) •
Marjorie Liu – writer,
X-23,
Black Widow,
Dark Wolverine,
NYX,
Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics) •
Nilah Magruder •
Cynthia Martin – artist for (among others)
Marvel Comics's
Star Wars •
Laura Martin – colorist,
Planetary (DC Comics/
WildStorm),
Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics),
Ruse (
CrossGen •
Tara McPherson – cover artist,
Vertigo •
Adriana Melo –
Ms. Marvel •
Denise Mina – writer,
Vertigo's
Hellblazer •
Leah Moore – writer,
Wildstorm's
Albion •
Mindy Newell – writer/editor,
Marvel,
DC, and
First) •
Ann Nocenti – writer,
Daredevil •
Sonia Oback – colorist,
Uncanny X-Men,
X-23: Target X •
Nnedi Okorafor -
Black Panther,
Shuri (character),
Wakanda Forever •
Glynis Oliver – colorist,
X-Men •
Nina Paley –
Fluff,
The Hots, ''Nina's Adventures
, Mimi & Eunice'' •
Sara Pichelli –
Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man,
Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics) •
Jodi Picoult – writer,
DC's
Wonder Woman •
Tamora Pierce – writer,
Marvel Comics'
White Tiger •
Wendy Pini – artist and co-creator,
Elfquest (
WaRP Graphics), and
Masque of the Red Death • Antonia Pinnola, aka Acerotiburon –
Waffley Wedded •
Janice Race – editor, DC Comics •
Barb Rausch •
Amy Reeder –
Rocket Girl •
Emma Rios –
Pretty Deadly •
Trina Robbins – ''
It Ain't Me, Babe, Wimmen's Comix, Rosie the Riveter'' •
Sara Ryan – writer,
Me and Edith Head •
Diana Schutz – editor, Dark Horse Comics •
Erica Schultz – writer,
Daredevil Annual 2018,
Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne (Marvel Comics) •
Nicola Scott –
Birds of Prey •
Cara Sherman Tereno •
Gail Simone – writer,
Birds of Prey,
Wonder Woman •
Louise Simonson, aka Louise Jones –
Power Pack •
Mary Skrenes –
Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics) •
Barbara Slate •
Roxanne Starr – letterer •
Margaret Stohl – writer
Mighty Captain Marvel,
Life of Captain Marvel,
Spider-Man Noir •
Christina Strain – colorist,
Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane •
Lilah Sturges – writer,
Jack of Fables,
Everafter,
House of Mystery •
Laurie S. Sutton – writer and editor, DC Comics and Marvel Comics •
Babs Tarr – worked on
Batgirl •
Cara Sherman Tereno –
Arion, Lord of Atlantis,
Life With The Vampire •
Angela Bocage – ''Nice Girls Don't Talk About Sex, Religion and Politics'' •
Joyce Brabner –
Our Cancer Year •
Paige Braddock – ''
Jane's World'' •
Vera Brosgol •
M.K. Brown – ''Aunt Mary's Kitchen
, Dr. N!Godatu'' •
Dot Bucher •
Nancy Burton, also known as Nancy Kalish or Hurricane Nancy – ''Gentle's Tripout
, contributed to It Ain't Me, Babe'' •
Sophie Campbell –
Too Much Hopeless Savages,
Spooked •
Jennifer Camper •
Carole – published in ''Breakin' Out
in It Ain't Me, Babe'' •
Geneviève Castrée •
Chynna Clugston –
Blue Monday •
Colleen Coover –
Small Favors •
Molly Crabapple –
Scarlett Takes Mahattan,
Backstage at Act-i-vate •
Sophie Crumb –
Belly Button •
Dame Darcy –
Meat Cake •
Vanessa Davis –
Spaniel Rage,
Make Me a Woman •
Abby Denson –
Tough Love: High School Confidential •
Diane DiMassa –
Hothead Paisan – Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist •
Colleen Doran –
A Distant Soil •
Julie Doucet –
Dirty Plotte •
Debbie Dreschler •
Sarah Dyer •
Joyce Farmer –
Tits & Clits Comix •
Karen Favreau – creator,
So It Goes... •
Emil Ferris •
Jess Fink – creator,
Chester 5000 XYV (Top Shelf) •
Ali Fitzgerald –
Drawn to Berlin •
Mary Fleener –
Fleener (
Zongo Comics •
Shary Flenniken –
Trots and Bonnie •
Ellen Forney –
I Love Led Zeppelin •
Shaenon Garrity –
Narbonic •
Melinda Gebbie –
Lost Girls •
Nicole Georges –
Invincible Summer •
Roz Gibson –
Jack Salem •
Tatiana Gill •
Phoebe Gloeckner – creator, ''A Child's Life
and The Diary of a Teenage Girl'' •
Roberta Gregory –
Naughty Bits •
Mary Hanson-Roberts –
Here Comes A Candle •
Jessie Hartland –
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great! •
Maria Hoey – works with her brother Peter Hoey on the series
Coin-Op •
G.B. Jones •
Megan Kelso –
Artichoke Tales •
Lucy Knisley –
French Milk,
Relish,
An Age of License,
Displacement (Fantagraphics),
Something New •
Aline Kominsky-Crumb –
The Bunch,
Dirty Laundry Comix •
Krystine Kryttre •
Hope Larson –
Gray Horses and
Salamander Dream •
Carol Lay –
Story Minute,
Way Lay •
Amara Leipzig •
Caryn Leschen –
Ask Aunt Violet •
Marisa Acocella Marchetto –
Cancer Vixen •
Carla Speed McNeil –
Finder •
Linda Medley •
Erika Moen –
DAR!; artist,
Bucko (
Dark Horse Comics),
Oh Joy Sex Toy •
Diane Noomin –
DiDi Glitz •
Christine Norrie –
Hopeless Savages •
Mimi Pond - ''Mimi's Page
, Famous Waitress School
, Over Easy
, The Customer Is Always Wrong'' •
Liz Prince –
Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed •
Trina Robbins –
Ms. Tree •
Vanessa Satone –
Wasted Minds •
Mari Schaal –
Estrus •
Gail Schlesser •
Ariel Schrag –
Awkward •
Dori Seda •
Tara Seibel – co-creator/artist/writer,
Rock City Terminally Ill (
Newcity) •
Christine Shields •
Carole Sobocinski •
Raina Telgemeier –
Smile (A Dental Drama) •
Carol Tyler –
The Job Thing •
Serena Valentino –
Gloomcookie,
Slave Labor Graphics •
Sara Varon •
Lauren Weinstein –
The Goddess of War •
Julia Wertz –
Fart Party,
Drinking at the Movies •
Kate Worley –
Omaha the Cat Dancer •
Catherine Yronwode – editor-in-chief of
Eclipse Comics Comic strips •
Margaret Ahern Beano and continued
Speck the Altar Boy; under the name "Margarita",
Little Reggie; under the name "Peg O'Connell",
Our Parish •
Isabella Bannerman –
Six Chix •
Lynda Barry – ''
Ernie Pook's Comeek'' •
Sandra Bell-Lundy –
Between Friends •
Barbara Brandon-Croft – ''Where I'm Coming From'' •
Marjorie Henderson Buell –
Little Lulu •
Kate Carew –
Handy Andy,
The Angel Child •
Carol Carlson –
The Adventures of Waddles •
Edwina Dumm –
The Meanderings of Minnie;
Cap Stubbs and Tippie •
Jan Eliot –
Stone Soup •
Emily Flake –
Lulu Eightball •
Allison Garwood –
moo •
Anne Gibbons – ''Eve 'n Steven
, continued Six Chix'' •
Jan Green –
Hey Swingy! (also known as
Julie) •
Cathy Guisewite –
Cathy •
Alex Hallatt –
Arctic Circle •
Marion Hull Hammel – continued
Goofus and Gallant • Leslie Harrington – continued
Goofus and Gallant •
Marian Henley –
Maxine,
The Little Bald Headed Girl •
Bunny Hoest – writer
The Lockhorns •
Nicole Hollander –
Sylvia •
Judith Hunt –
Evangeline,
The Timbertoes • Olivia Jaimes – current author of
Nancy •
Kelley Jarvis – continued comics starring
Tom & Jerry,
Mighty Mouse •
Lynn Johnston –
For Better or For Worse •
Carolyn Kelly – worked on
Pogo •
Selby Kelly – worked on
Pogo •
Terri Libenson –
The Pajama Diaries •
Marty Links –
Emmy Lou •
Karen Matchette – worked on
Dennis the Menace,
The Flintstones comics and assisted on
For Better or For Worse •
Anni Matsick – continued
Goofus and Gallant •
Linda Medley •
Dale Messick –
Brenda Starr, Reporter •
Karen Montague-Reyes –
Clear Blue Water •
Gladys Parker –
Mopsy •
Stephanie Piro –
Fair Game,
Six Chix •
Mary Schmich – final writer of
Brenda Starr, Reporter (1985–2011) •
Margaret Shulock –
Apartment 3-G,
Six Chix •
Elena Steier –
The Ramp Rats,
The Goth Scouts,
The Vampire Bed and Breakfast •
Hilda Terry –
Teena •
Carla Ventresca –
On A Claire Day, continued
Six Chix •
Maurieta Wellman –
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