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This is a list of women who have been involved with producing comic books and comic strips. Many notable
female comics creators Although, traditionally, female comics creators have long been a minority in the industry, they have made a notable impact since the very beginning, and more and more female artists are getting recognition along with the maturing of the medium. W ...
exist even though the field of comics
creation Creation may refer to: Religion *''Creatio ex nihilo'', the concept that matter was created by God out of nothing * Creation myth, a religious story of the origin of the world and how people first came to inhabit it * Creationism, the belief tha ...
is traditionally male-dominated.


Africa


Congo

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Fifi Mukuna Fifi Mukuna (born 1968) is a Congolese cartoonist and caricaturist. Biography Fifi Mukuna was born in Kinshasa in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1968. Her father was a diplomat. She attended elementary school in Belgium ...


Egypt

* Bahiga Thomassian, aka Bhiga * Amaal Khattab


Gabon

* Sophie Endamne


Ivory Coast

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Marguerite Abouet Marguerite Abouet (born 1971) is an Ivorian writer of bandes dessinées, best known for her graphic novel series '' Aya''.Aya of Yop City ''Aya of Yop City'' is a series of six bande dessinée comics written by Marguerite Abouet and drawn by Clément Oubrerie. The original French albums were published by Gallimard between 2005 and 2010. All six volumes have been translated into E ...
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Madagascar

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Jenny Jenny may refer to: * Jenny (given name), a popular feminine name and list of real and fictional people * Jenny (surname), a family name Animals * Jenny (donkey), a female donkey * Jenny (gorilla), the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of ...
* M'Aa - (makes comics together with her husband Xhi)


Mauritius

* Annick Sadonnet, aka Sadon, Ajol or Sade


Tanzania

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South Africa

* Karen Botha * Marieke Blomerus * Marisa Cloete - (''Gebuza'', ''To Dig a Big Hole'') * Lara-Ann Jibrail * Mariette Kemp * Sian Kuiken * Ingrid van der Merwe * Ina van Zyl


Americas


Argentina

* Maitena Burundarena - ''Superadas'' * Gisela Dester *
Isol Marisol Misenta (born 6 March 1972), known professionally under the mononym Isol, is an Argentine creator of children's picture books and a pop singer. For her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" ...
* Daniela Kantor * María Delia Lozupone


Brazil

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Chantal Chantal () is a feminine given name of French origin. The name Chantal can be traced back to the Old Occitan word ''cantal'', meaning "stone." It came into popular use as a given name in honor of the Catholic saint, Jeanne de Chantal. It may als ...
- (''Juventude'') * Priscila Farias * Raquel Gompy * Seung Joo-Kang - ( Disney comics) * Ana-Luiza Koehler - (''Awrah'') *
Adriana Melo Adriana, also spelled Adrianna, is a Latin name and feminine form of Adrian. It originates from present day Italy. Translations *Arabic: أدريان * Belorussian: Адрыяна (Adryjana) * Bulgarian: Адриана (Adriana) *Chinese Simplif ...
- notable for her work on the Star Wars: Empire franchise * Bianca Pinheiro * Germana Viana


Canada

* Isabelle Arsenault *
Kate Beaton Kathryn Moira Beaton (born 8 September 1983) is a Canadian comics artist best known as the creator of the comic strip ''Hark! A Vagrant'', which ran from 2007 to 2018. Her other major works include the children's books '' The Princess and the Po ...
* Sandra Bell-Lundy - '' Between Friends'' * Sheree Bradford-Lea * Peti Buchel *
Emily Carroll Emily Carroll (born 1983) is a comics author from Ontario, Canada. Carroll started making comics in 2010, and her horror webcomic ''His Face All Red'' went viral around Halloween of 2010. Since then, Carroll has published two books of her own wor ...
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Svetlana Chmakova Svetlana Chmakova (russian: Светлана Шмакова) (b. October 7, 1979) is a Russian-Canadian comic book artist. She is best known for '' Dramacon'', an original English-language (OEL) manga spanning three volumes and published in Nor ...
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Dramacon ''Dramacon'' is an original English-language manga written and illustrated by Svetlana Chmakova. It was published in three volumes by Tokyopop from October 11, 2005 to December 11, 2007. ''Dramacon'' is considered one of Tokyopop's best OEL manga. ...
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Julie Delporte Julie Delporte (born in 1983) is a Canadian cartoonist and illustrator. She lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Biography Delporte immigrated to Montreal from Saint-Malo, France, in 2005. She had studied journalism in France because of her love ...
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Julie Doucet Julie Doucet (born December 31, 1965)
is a Canadian
* Susan Dewar * Leanne Franson * Odette Fumet (newspaper comic strip adaptations of
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novels), dies at age 94. *
Pia Guerra Pia Jasmin Guerra is an American-born Canadian comic book artist and editorial cartoonist, best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo title '' Y: The Last Man''. She has worked in the comics industry since the 1990s, a ...
- artist,
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's '' Y The Last Man'' *
Lynn Johnston Lynn Johnston (born May 28, 1947) is a Canadian cartoonist and author, best known for her newspaper comic strip '' For Better or For Worse''. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award. Ea ...
- '' For Better or For Worse''. *
Molly Kiely Molly Maud Kiely (born October 10, 1969)
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Sophie Labelle Sophie Labelle is a Canadian cartoonist, public speaker, and writer. She is known for her webcomic '' Assigned Male'', which draws upon her experiences as a trans girl and woman. She is an activist in the transgender rights movement, and spea ...
* Yvette Lapointe - ''Les Petits Espiègles'' *
Kate Leth Katrina Jade "Kate" Leth (born 1988) is a Canadian comic book creator, known for works such as '' Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!''. Career Leth was born in Ottawa and lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and attended NSCAD University, studying photogra ...
- writer, ''Bravest Warriors'' (Boom! Comics), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (IDW), ''Adventure Time'' (Boom! Comics) *
Gisèle Lagacé Gisèle Lagacé (born June 16, 1970, in New Brunswick, Canada) is a Canadian comics writer and artist, writer and illustrator of webcomics. She is best known for her series '' Ménage à 3''. Biography She was born in 1970 in New Brunswick, Can ...
- ''Cool Cat Studio'', ''Penny and Aggie'', '' Ménage à 3'' *
Sam Maggs Sam Maggs (born November 10, 1988) is a Canadian-American author of books, comics and video games, and is known especially for her work on ''The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy'' and ''Marvel Action: Captain Marvel''. Early life and education Ma ...
- ''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 Diane Obomsawin (born 1959) is a Quebec-based author, illustrator and animated filmmaker, often known by her pseudonym, Obom. Some of her notable works have explored the issue of lesbian first love, including a 2014 graphic novel, published in ...
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Rina Piccolo Rina Piccolo is a Canadian cartoonist, best known for her comic strip '' Tina's Groove'', distributed by King Features Syndicate since 2002. She has been a professional cartoonist for more than two decades and recently gained recognition as an au ...
- (''Six Chix'', ''Tina's Groove'') *
Doris Slater Doris Slater Titus ( – ) was a Canadian cartoonist, painter, and art teacher. She was the first female cartoonist in the Canadian comic book industry. Life and career Doris Slater was born on on a farm near Chatham, Ontario. Her family m ...
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Fiona Staples Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as ''North 40'', '' DV8: Gods and Monsters'', ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', '' Archie'', and '' Saga''. She has been described as one of the best artists working in the in ...
- '' Saga'' *
Jillian Tamaki Jillian Tamaki (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian American illustrator and comic artist known for her work in ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker'' in addition to the graphic novels ''Boundless'', as well as '' Skim'' and ''This One Summ ...
- '' Skim'' and ''
This One Summer ''This One Summer'' is a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki published by First Second Books in 2014. It is a coming of age story about two teenage friends, Rose and Windy, during a summer in Awago, a small ...
'' * Olga Urbansky - ''Sergeant Renfrew'', based on the comedy character by
Dave Broadfoot Dave Broadfoot (December 5, 1925 – November 1, 2016) was a Canadian comedian and satirist. He is best known for his performances as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce.Chrissie Zullo * Zviane


Mexico

* Cecilia Pego


United States


Platinum Age (1897–1937)

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Nell Brinkley Nell Brinkley (September 5, 1886 – October 21, 1944) was an American illustrator and comic artist who was sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Comics" during her nearly four-decade career working with New York newspapers and magazines. Sh ...
- (''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 Frances Edwina Dumm (1893 – April 28, 1990) was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip ''Cap Stubbs and Tippie'' for nearly five decades; she is also notable as America's first full-time female editorial cartoonist. She used her middle name fo ...
- ('' Cap Stubbs and Tippie'') * Lovrien Gregory - (''The Pioneers'') * Carol Hager - (continued ''The Adventures of Waddles'') *
Ethel Hays Ethel Hays (March 13, 1892 – March 19, 1989) was an American syndicated cartoonist specializing in flapper-themed comic strips in the 1920s and 1930s. She drew in Art Deco style. In the later part of her career, during the 1940s and 1950s, sh ...
- (''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 Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...
- (''Tessie Tish'', ''Charlie Chirps'') *
Virginia Huget Virginia Clark (December 22, 1899 – June 27, 1991), better known as Virginia Huget, was a prolific and versatile American comic strip artist and writer. She is known for her comic strips depicting flappers and for broadening the flapper image b ...
- (''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
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Rose O'Neill Rose Cecil O'Neill (June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer. She rose to fame for her creation of the popular comic strip characters, Kewpies, in 1909, and was also the first published fema ...
- (''
Kewpie Kewpie is a brand of dolls and figurines that were conceived as comic strip characters by cartoonist Rose O'Neill. The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby cupid characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic ...
'') * 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 The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the '' Works and Days'' of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages, Gold being the first and the one during which the G ...
/ Silver Age (1930s-c. 1970)

* Nina Albright - (artist for comics packager Bernard Baily Studio) * Rosie Arima - (''Chig'', ''Li'l Eva-Cue'') *
Ruth Atkinson Ruth Atkinson Ford, née Ruth Atkinson and a.k.a. R. Atkinson (June 2, 1918 – June 1, 1997), Includes obituary for Ruth Atkinson Ford, giving date of death date as June 1, 1997.Date of death given as May 31, 1997 at that the Lambiek Comiclop ...
a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson - (worked for
Fiction House Fiction House was an American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. It was founded by John B. "Jack" Kelly and John W. Glenister.Saunders, David"JACK BYRNE (1902-1972),"Field Guide to Wild American P ...
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Timely Comics Timely Comics is the common name for the group of corporations that was the earliest comic book arm of American publisher Martin Goodman, and the entity that would evolve by the 1960s to become Marvel Comics. "Timely Publications became the name ...
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Lev Gleason Publications Lev Gleason Publications, founded by Leverett Stone Gleason (1898–1971), was the publisher of a number of popular comic books during the 1940s and early 1950s, including '' Daredevil Comics'', '' Crime Does Not Pay'', and '' Boy Comics''. Backg ...
) * Violet Barclay - (worked as an inker for Timely/ Atlas Comics) *
Toni Blum Audrey Anthony Blum (c. January 12, 1918 Note: The Social Security Death Index lists no Toni Blum, Audrey Blum, or Audrey Bossert born 1918. – 1972 Bails, Jerry and Hames Ware, eds"Blum, Toni"at ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928-1999'' o ...
- (writer for
Eisner & Iger Eisner & Iger was a comic book "packager" that produced comics on demand for publishers entering the new medium during the late-1930s and 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. Many of comic books' most significant c ...
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Ann Brewster Ann Brewster (November 20, 1918 – July 9, 2005) was an American cartoonist and illustrator during the Golden Age of comics. She provided art for many different publishers, including Ace Magazines, Fiction House, and Atlas Comics (later to bec ...
* 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 Linda Fite is an American writer and editor who wrote the entire run of the Marvel Comics series '' The Cat'' (1972). Biography Linda Fite was hired by Marvel as an editorial assistant/production assistant. Though she continually appealed to edit ...
- (writer for ''Tigra, The Cat'', Marvel Comics) *Ramona Fradon - (worked on ''Aquaman'' and ''Metamorpho'', ''DC Comics'', drew ''Brenda Starr, Reporter'') *Barbara Fiske Calhoun, Barbara Hall - (drew for ''Black Cat (Harvey Comics), 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 Lev Gleason Publications, founded by Leverett Stone Gleason (1898–1971), was the publisher of a number of popular comic books during the 1940s and early 1950s, including '' Daredevil Comics'', '' Crime Does Not Pay'', and '' Boy Comics''. Backg ...
' ''Crime Does Not Pay'').Hajdu, David. The Ten-Cent Plague - The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America, page 5. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. ; . *Alice Kirkpatrick *Virginia Krausmann - (continued '' Annibelle'' and ''Marianne'') *Lee Marrs - (worked for ''Star Reach'') *Alice Marble - (associate editor on ''Wonder Woman'' from 1941-1945, creator/writer of ''Wonder Women of History'' feature from 1942-1946) *Elizabeth Holloway Marston - (co-creator of ''Wonder Woman'') *Joye Hummel - (wrote several scripts of ''Wonder Woman'' when the original script writer, William Moulton Marston, was too ill to continue on his own.) *Tarpe Mills, pseudonym of June Mills - (''Cat-Man and Kitten, Cat-Man'' (Holyoke Comics), ''Black Fury (comics)#Miss Fury, Miss Fury'') *Jackie Ormes - (''Torchy Brown'', ''Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger''). *Ramone Patenaude, aka Pat *Albertine Randall - (''The Dumbunnies'') *Lily Renée a.k.a. Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips) - (worked for Fiction House and St. John Publications) *Ruth Roche (comics), Ruth Roche - (writer of ''Phantom Lady'' (Fox Comics)) *Marie Severin - (worked for EC Comics, EC and Marvel Comics) *Barbara Shermund *Virginia Smith (comic artist), 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 ''Bunty'') *Tatjana Wood - (colorist) *Dorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek - (DC Comics' first woman editor)


Bronze Age of comics, Bronze Age and Modern Age of Comic Books, Modern Age

*Laura Allred *Sana Amanat - editor, ''Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan), Ms. Marvel'' (Marvel) *Sarah Andersen - creator, ''Sarah's Scribbles''; co-creator, ''Cheshire Crossing'' *Fiona Avery *Samm Barnes - Marvel Comics writer *Amber Benson - writer, ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)#Expanded universe, Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (Dark Horse Comics) *Karen Berger - editor, DC Comics' Vertigo Comics, Vertigo imprint *Maddie Blaustein - writer, Milestone Comics' ''Hardware (comics), Hardware'' *June Brigman - artist and co-creator, ''Power Pack'' (Marvel Comics); final artist ''Brenda Starr, Reporter'' comic strip (1995-2011) *Madeline Brogan *Sarah Byam - writer, Black Canary (DC Comics), ''Mode Extreme'' (Marvel/Razorline) *Roz Chast - ''New Yorker'' staff cartoonist ''The Party After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995-2003'' *Bobbie Chase - Marvel Comics editor *Jo Chen - cover artist, Dark Horse Comics's ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight'' *Joyce Chin - artist, ''Wynonna Earp'' (IDW), *Becky Cloonan - writer and artist. *Nancy A. Collins - writer, Vertigo (DC Comics), DC/Vertigo's ''Swamp Thing'' *Amanda Conner - artist, ''The Pro'' (Image Comics), ''Gargoyles (TV series)#Marvel, Disney's Gargoyles'' (Marvel Comics) *Colleen Coover - writer and artist. *Rosario Dawson - writer and co-creator, ''Occult Crimes Taskforce'' Image Comics *Kelly Sue DeConnick - writer, Carol Danvers, ''Captain Marvel'', ''Avengers Assemble'' (Marvel) *Tania del Rio - artist/writer, ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' (Archie Comics) *Rachel Dodson - inker, Marvel and DC *Colleen Doran - writer and artist, ''A Distant Soil'' (Image Comics) *Valerie D'Orazio - assistant editor, DC Comics *Leigh Dragoon - artist, ''By the Wayside'' *Jo Duffy a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy - writer and Marvel Comics editor *Jan Duursema - artist, ''Star Wars: Legacy'' (Dark Horse Comics) *Mary Fleener - artist and writer, ''Slutburger'' *Kaja Foglio - writer and co-creator, ''Girl Genius'' (Studio Foglio) *Robin Furth - plotter, ''The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born'' (Marvel Comics) *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, ''Roy Harper (comics), Arsenal'', ''Batman: Gotham Knights'', ''Catwoman'', ''Dick Grayson (Nightwing), Nightwing'' (all DC Comics) *
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- artist,
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's '' Y The Last Man'' *Stephanie Hans - artist and co-creator, ''Die (comics), DIE''
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Adriana Melo Adriana, also spelled Adrianna, is a Latin name and feminine form of Adrian. It originates from present day Italy. Translations *Arabic: أدريان * Belorussian: Адрыяна (Adryjana) * Bulgarian: Адриана (Adriana) *Chinese Simplif ...
- artist, ''Ms. Marvel'' (Marvel Comics) *Denise Mina - writer,
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's ''Hellblazer'' *Leah Moore - writer, Wildstorm's ''Albion (comics), Albion'' *Mindy Newell - writer/editor, Marvel Comics, Marvel, DC Comics, DC, and First Comics, First *Ann Nocenti - writer, ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'' (Marvel Comics) *Sonia Oback - colorist, "Uncanny X-Men", "X-23: Target X" (Marvel Comics) *Glynis Oliver - colorist, ''X-Men'' (Marvel Comics) *Sara Pichelli - artist, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team), Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics) *Jodi Picoult - writer, DC Comics, DC's ''Wonder Woman'' *Tamora Pierce - writer, Marvel Comics' ''White Tiger'' *Wendy and Richard Pini, Wendy Pini - artist and co-creator, ''Elfquest'' (WaRP Graphics), and ''Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death, Masque of the Red Death'' (Go! Comi) *Janice Race - editor, DC Comics *Barb Rausch *Amy Reeder - artist and co-creator, ''Rocket Girl'' (Image Comics) *Emma Rios - artist, "Pretty Deadly" *Trina Robbins - artist, Warren Publishing *Sara Ryan - writer, ''Me and Edith Head'' *Nicola Scott - artist, ''Birds of Prey (comic), Birds of Prey'' (DC Comics) *Diana Schutz - editor, Dark Horse Comics *Erica Schultz - writer, "Daredevil Annual" 2018, "Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne" (Marvel Comics) *Cara Sherman Tereno *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) *Barbara Slate *Roxanne Starr - letterer *ND Stevenson - cartoonist, ''Nimona'' and ''Lumberjanes'' *Christina Strain - colorist, ''Runaways (comics), Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'' (all Marvel Comics) *Margaret Stohl - writer, ''Mighty Captain Marvel'', ''Life of Captain Marvel'', ''Spider-Man Noir'' (Marvel) *Lilah Sturges - writer, "Jack of Fables", "Everafter", "House of Mystery" *Laurie S. Sutton - writer and editor, DC Comics and Marvel Comics *Babs Tarr - artist, ''Batgirl'' (DC Comics) *Cara Sherman Tereno (''Arion, Lord of Atlantis'', ''Life With The Vampire'') *Jill Thompson - artist and writer, ''Wonder Woman'', ''The Sandman (DC Comics Modern Age), Sandman'', and her own ''Scary Godmother'' series *Kelly Thompson - writer, ''Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel, Rogue & Gambit, Mr. & Mrs. X, Black Widow (Natasha Romanova), Black Widow, West Coast Avengers'' (Marvel) *Maggie Thompson - editor, ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' magazine *Kathleen Webb - writer, ''Betty Cooper, Betty'' (Archie Comics) *Christina Weir - writer, Oni Press *G. Willow Wilson - writer, ''Cairo (graphic novel), Cairo'' (Vertigo), ''Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan), Ms. Marvel'' (Marvel) *Kim Yale - writer/editor, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Warp Graphics


OEL manga

*Tina Anderson - writer, ''Only Words'' (Iris Print), ''Games With Me'' (The Wild Side), ''Loud Snow'' (Gynocrat INK) *Jo Chen - artist, Digital Manga's ''In These Words'' *Becky Cloonan - artist, AiT/Planet Lar's ''Demo (comics), Demo'' *Alex de Campi - writer, ''Kat & Mouse'' (Tokyopop) *Amy Kim Ganter - artist/writer, ''Sorcerers & Secretaries'' (Tokyopop) *Holly Golightly (comic-book artist), Holly Golightly a.k.a. Holly G!, Fauve - artist/writer, ''School Bites'' (Broadsword Comics) *Priscilla Hamby - artist *Lea Hernandez - artist, Marvel Comics' ''Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher'' *Gisele Lagace - artist, writer, Pixie Trix Comix, Archie Comics *Nina Matsumoto - artist/writer, "Yōkaiden" (Del Rey Manga) *Amy Reeder - artist/writer, ''Fool's Gold (manga), Fool's Gold'' (Tokyopop) *Rivkah (artist), Rivkah - artist/writer, ''Steady Beat'' (Tokyopop)


Alternative comics

*Jessica Abel - (''La Perdida'') *Donna Barr - (''Stinz'', ''The Desert Peach'') *Alison Bechdel - (''Dykes to Watch Out For'') *Gabrielle Bell - (''Lucky'') *Lee Binswanger *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 (comics), 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 (comics), It Ain't Me, Babe'') *Geneviève Castrée *Chynna Clugston - (''Blue Monday (comic), Blue Monday'') *Colleen Coover - (''Small Favors'') *Molly Crabapple - (''Scarlett Takes Mahattan'', ''Backstage at Act-i-vate'') *Sophie Crumb - (''Belly Button'') *Dame Darcy - (''Meat Cake (comics), Meat Cake'') *Vanessa Davis (cartoonist), Vanessa Davis - (''Spaniel Rage'', ''Make Me a Woman'') *Abby Denson - (''Tough Love: High School Confidential'') *Diane DiMassa - ''Hothead Paisan, Hothead Paisan - Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist'' *Colleen Doran - (''A Distant Soil'') *
Julie Doucet Julie Doucet (born December 31, 1965)
is a Canadian
- (''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 *Carol Lay — (''Story Minute'', ''Way Lay'') *Hope Larson - (''Gray Horses'' and ''Salamander Dream'') *Amara Leipzig *Caryn Leschen - (''Ask Aunt Violet'') *Marisa Acocella Marchetto - (''Cancer Vixen'') *Carla Speed McNeil - (''Finder (comics), Finder'') *Linda Medley *Erika Moen - (''DAR!''; artist, ''Bucko (comics), Bucko'' (Dark Horse Comics), Oh Joy Sex Toy *Diane Noomin - (''DiDi Glitz'') *Christine Norrie - (''Hopeless Savages'') *Liz Prince - (''Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed'') *Trina Robbins - (''Ms. Tree (comic book), 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 - (''Slave Labor Graphics'', ''Gloom Cookie'') *Sara Varon *Lauren Weinstein (comic book artist), 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

*Isabella Bannerman - (''Six Chix'') *Lynda Barry - (''Ernie Pook's Comeek'') *
Sandra Bell-Lundy - (''Between Friends (comic strip), Between Friends'') *Barbara Brandon-Croft - (''Where I'm Coming From'') *Marjorie Henderson Buell - (''Little Lulu'') *Carol Carlson - (''The Adventures of Waddles'') *Kate Carew - (''Handy Andy'', ''The Angel Child'') *Studio cards#Nellie Caroll and Joel Beck, Nellie Caroll - (''Lady Chatter'') *Natalie d'Arbeloff - (''Augustine'', ''Blaugustine'') *Melissa DeJesus - (''My Cage'') *
Edwina Dumm Frances Edwina Dumm (1893 – April 28, 1990) was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip ''Cap Stubbs and Tippie'' for nearly five decades; she is also notable as America's first full-time female editorial cartoonist. She used her middle name fo ...
- (''The Meanderings of Minnie''; '' Cap Stubbs and Tippie'') *Jan Eliot - (''Stone Soup (comic), 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 (comic strip), 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 (comic strip), Sylvia'') *Judith Hunt - (''Evangeline (comics), Evangeline'', ''The Timbertoes'') *Olivia Jaimes - (current author of ''Nancy (comic strip), Nancy'') *Kelley Jarvis - (continued comics starring ''Tom & Jerry'', ''Mighty Mouse'') *
Lynn Johnston Lynn Johnston (born May 28, 1947) is a Canadian cartoonist and author, best known for her newspaper comic strip '' For Better or For Worse''. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award. Ea ...
- ('' For Better or For Worse'') *Carolyn Kelly - (worked on ''Pogo (comic strip), Pogo'') *Selby Kelly - (worked on ''Pogo (comic strip), Pogo'') *Terri Libenson - (''The Pajama Diaries'') *Marty Links - (''Marty Links#Bobby Sox becomes Emmy Lou, Emmy Lou'') *Karen Matchette (worked on ''Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics), 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 - (''Goofus and Gallant'')


Uruguay

* Raquel Orzuj


Chile

* Elena Poirier


Asia


China

*Shuhui Wang *Zhang Xiaobai - (''Si loin et si proche'') *Luo Yin


India

*Shreyas Krishnan *Parismita Singh


Iran

*Marjane Satrapi - (''Persepolis (comics), Persepolis'')


Israel

* Mira Friedmann * Batia Kolton * Rutu Modan * Elisheva Nadal


Japan

*Chako Abeno - (''Sola (manga), Sola'', ''My-Otome Zwei'') *Akira Amano - (''Reborn!'') *Kozue Amano - (''Aria (manga), Aria'') *Yasuko Aoike *Kotomi Aoki - (''Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru'', ''Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru'') *Ume Aoki - (''Hidamari Sketch'') *Kiyoko Arai - (''Angel Lip'', ''Ask Dr. Rin!'') *Hiromu Arakawa - (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') *Sakura Asagi *Yū Asagiri - (''Golden Cain'', ''Midnight Panther'') *George Asakura - (''A Perfect Day for Love Letters'') *Hinako Ashihara - (''Sand Chronicles'', ''Forbidden Dance'', ''Piece - Kanojo no Kioku'') *Izumi Aso *Yuki Azuma - (''Schoolmate'') *Ippongi Bang *Toriko Chiya - (''Clover (Toriko Chiya manga), Clover'', ''Tokyo Alice'') *Nanae Chrono - (''Peacemaker Kurogane'', ''Senki Senki Momotama'', ''Vassalord'') *Clamp (manga artists), Clamp - (''RG Veda'', ''Magic Knight Rayearth'', ''Cardcaptor Sakura'', ''Angelic Layer'', ''Chobits'', ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', ''xxxHolic'') *Eiki Eiki - (''Dear Myself'', ''Train Train (manga), Train Train'', ''Color (manga), Color'' * - (''Shinobi Life'') *Nariko Enomoto *Mihona Fujii - (''Gals!'') * - (''Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu.'') *Kazuko Fujita - (''Makoto Call!'', ''Four Steps to Romance'') *Cocoa Fujiwara - (''dear (manga), dear'', ''Inu x Boku SS'') *Hiro Fujiwara - (''Kaichō wa Maid-sama!'') *Moto Hagio *Machiko Hasegawa - (''Sazae-san'') *Nanae Haruno *Bisco Hatori - (''Ouran High School Host Club'') *Akiko Higashimura - (''Kisekae Yuka-chan'', ''Himawari - Kenichi Legend'', ''Mama ha Temparish'') *Asa Higuchi - (''Big Windup!'') *Tachibana Higuchi - (''Portrait of M and N'', ''Gakuen Alice'') *Aoi Hiiragi - (''Mimi wo Sumaseba'') *Matsuri Hino - (''Vampire Knight'') *Saki Hiwatari - (''Please Save My Earth'', ''Internal Magic'') *Katsura Hoshino - (''D.Gray-man'') *Chieko Hosokawa - (''Attention Please'', ''Crest of the Royal Family'') *Yumi Hotta - (writer of ''Hikaru no Go'') *Hozumi - (''Shiki no Zenjitsu'', ''Sayonara Sorcier'') *Yukari Ichijo *Yumiko Igarashi *Riyoko Ikeda - (''The Rose of Versailles'') *Satomi Ikezawa - (''Guru Guru Pon-chan'', ''Othello (Satomi Ikezawa manga), Othello'') *Gō Ikeyamada - (''Uwasa no Midori-kun!!'', ''Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!!'', ''Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!'') *Ryo Ikuemi - (''Bara-Iro no Ashita'', ''Kiyoku Yawaku'') *Sukune Inugami - (''Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'', ''Renai Distortion'', ''Ashita mo Kotokoto'') *Risa Itō - (''Oi Pītan!!'', ''Oruchuban Ebichu'') *Natsumi Itsuki *Mariko Iwadate *Kaneyoshi Izumi - (''Sonnanja neyo'') *Yuna Kagesaki - (''Chibi Vampire'') *Narumi Kakinouchi - (illustrator of ''Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo'', ''Vampire Princess Miyu'') *Yoko Kamio - (''Boys Over Flowers'', ''Cat Street (manga), Cat Street'') *Aya Kanno - (''Soul Rescue'', ''Blank Slate (manga), Blank Slate'', ''Otomen'') *Junko Karube *Haruko Kashiwagi - (''Hanazono Merry Go Round'') *Kazune Kawahara - (''High School Debut'', writer of ''My Love Story!!'') *Yumiko Kawahara *Mizuki Kawashita - (''Strawberry 100%'', ''First Love Limited'', ''Anedoki'') *Kazumi Kazui - (''Dōse Mō Nigerarenai'') *Izumi Kazuto - (''Binbō Shimai Monogatari'') *Toshie Kihara *Renjūrō Kindaichi (:ja:金田一蓮十郎, 金田一蓮十郎) - (''Liar x Liar'') *Yuki Kiriga *Miyuki Kobayashi (writer), Miyuki Kobayashi *Momoko Kōda - (''Heroine Shikkaku'') *Yun Kōga *Fumiyo Kōno - (''Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms'', ''Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni'') *Mitsurō Kubo - (''Moteki'' and ''Again! (manga), Again!'') * - (''Terrarium in Drawer'', ''Dungeon Meshi'') *Fusako Kuramochi *Yuki Kure *Maki Kusumoto - (''Kissxxxx'', ''V. Eye'', ''K no Souretsu - The Funeral Procession of K'', ''Die Tödliche Dolis'') *Kei Kusunoki - (''Girls Saurus'', ''Ogre Slayer'', ''Diabolo'', ''Bitter Virgin'') *Nao Maita (:ja:まいた菜穂, まいた菜穂) - (''Age 12'') *Miyako Maki *Sanami Matoh - (''Fake (manga), Fake'', ''By the Sword (manga), By the Sword'') *Naoko Matsuda (:ja:松田奈緒子, ja) - (''Jūhan Shuttai!'') *Temari Matsumoto - (''Kyo Kara Maoh!'', ''Just My Luck (manga), Just My Luck'', ''The Loudest Whisper: Uwasa No Futari'', ''Shinobu Kokoro: Hidden Heart'', ''Cause of My Teacher'') *Akemi Matsunae *Hibari Meguro (目黒ひばり) - (''Seiyū Mashimashi Club'') *Mitsukazu Mihara - (''IC in a Sunflower'', ''Beautiful People (manga), Beautiful People'', ''Doll (manga), Doll'', ''Haunted House (manga), Haunted House'', ''R.I.P.: Requiem in Phonybrian'', ''The Embalmer (manga), The Embalmer'') *Rin Mikimoto (:ja:みきもと凜, ja) - (''Kin Kyori Renai'', ''Kyō no Kira-kun'') *Kanan Minami - (''Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu'') *Kazuka Minami - (''My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor'') *Tōko Minami (:ja:南塔子, ja) - (''ReRe Hello'') *Ai Minase (:ja:水瀬藍, ja) - (''Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi'') *Kazuya Minekura - (''Saiyuki (manga), Saiyuki'', ''Wild Adapter'', ''Saiyuki Ibun'', ''Saiyuki Reload Blast'') *Suzue Miuchi *Kyoko Mizuki - (writer ''Candy Candy'') *Hideko Mizuno - (''Fire!'', ''Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken'') *Junko Mizuno - (''Pure Trance'') *Setona Mizushiro - (''X-Day (manga), X-Day'', ''After School Nightmare'') *Jun Mochizuki - (''Pandora Hearts'') * - (''Deka Wanko'', ''Gokusen'', ''Kōdai-ke no Hitobito'') *Milk Morinaga - (''Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo'', ''Girl Friends (manga), Girl Friends'') *Akiko Morishima - (''Hanjuku-Joshi'') *Suu Morishita (森下suu) - (''Like a Butterfly'') *Milk Morizono *Maki Murakami *Mayu Murata (:ja:村田真優, 村田真優) - (''Nagareboshi Lens'') *Mayumi Muroyama *Aya Nakahara - (''Love Com'', ''Berry Dynamite'') *Hisaya Nakajo - (''Hana-Kimi'', ''Sugar Princess'') *Hikaru Nakamura (artist), Hikaru Nakamura - (''Arakawa Under the Bridge'', ''Saint Young Men'') *Yoshiki Nakamura - (''Skip Beat!'', ''Tokyo Crazy Paradise'') *Junko Nakano (中野純子) - (''B-Shock!'', ''Chisa × Pon'', ''Hetakoi'') * - (''Parfait Tic!'') *Kiriko Nananan - (''Blue (manga), blue'', ''Strawberry Shortcakes'') *Atsuko Nanba (:ja:南波あつこ, 南波あつこ) - (''Senpai to Kanojo'') *Minako Narita - (''Cipher (manga), Cipher'', ''Alexandrite'', ''Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku'') *Tomoko Ninomiya - (''Nodame Cantabile'') *Keiko Nishi - (''Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin'', ''Love Song'') *Yoshiko Nishitani *Miho Obana - (''Kodomo no Omocha'') *Akane Ogura - (''Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen'') *Saori Oguri - (''Is He Turning Japanese?'') *Shinobu Ohtaka - (''Sumomomo Momomo'', ''Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'') *Reiko Okano - (''Fancy Dance (manga), Fancy Dance'') *Hiromu Ono - (''Lady Love'') *Natsume Ono - (''Ristorante Paradiso'', ''House of Five Leaves'') *Yumiko Ōshima - (''The Star of Cottonland'') *Minami Ozaki *Mari Ozawa *Peach-Pit (manga artist duo), Peach-Pit *Marimo Ragawa - (''Baby and Me'') *Akizuki Risu *Robico - (''My Little Monster'') *Rieko Saibara - (''Bokunchi'', ''Mainichi Kaasan'', ''Onnanoko Monogatari'', ''Jōkyō Monogatari'') *Fumi Saimon *Mayu Sakai - (''Rockin' Heaven'') *Io Sakisaka - (''Strobe Edge'') *Momoko Sakura - (''Chibi Maruko-chan'') *Koharu Sakuraba - (''Kyō no Go no Ni'', ''Minami-ke'') *Kanoko Sakurakoji - (''Backstage Prince'', ''Black Bird (manga), Black Bird'') *Erica Sakurazawa *Machiko Satonaka *Karuho Shiina - (''Kimi ni Todoke'') * - creator of ''37.5°C no Namida'' *Reiko Shimizu *Takako Shimura - (''Aoi Hana'', ''Wandering Son'') *Chie Shinohara - (''Ao no Fūin'', ''Romance of Darkness'', ''Red River (manga), Red River'', ''Purple Eyes in the Dark'') *Mayu Shinjo - (''Sensual Phrase'', ''Akuma na Eros'', ''Haou Airen'', ''Love Celeb'', ''Ai Ore!''- *Aya Shouoto - (''S.L.H Stray Love Hearts!'', ''Kiss of Rose Princess'', ''He's My Only Vampire'') *Yuki Suetsugu - (''Chihayafuru'') * - (''Boku Girl'') *Miwako Sugiyama (:ja:杉山美和子, 杉山美和子) - (''True Love (manga), True Love'') *Fuyumi Soryo *Keiko Suenobu - (''Life (manga), Life'', ''Limit (manga), Limit'') *Hinako Sugiura *Hiro Suzuhira - (''Ginban Kaleidoscope'') *Julietta Suzuki *Haruko Tachiiri *Megumi Tachikawa *Kaoru Tada *Rumiko Takahashi - (''Urusei Yatsura'', ''Ranma ½'', ''InuYasha'') *Hinako Takanaga - (''Challengers (manga), Challengers'', ''Little Butterfly'', ''Liberty Liberty!'', ''The Tyrant Falls in Love'') *Rica Takashima - (''Rica 'tte Kanji!?'') *Natsuki Takaya - (''Phantom Dream'', ''Tsubasa: Those with Wings'', ''Songs to Make You Smile'', ''Fruits Basket'', ''Hoshi wa Utau'', ''Liselotte and Witch's Forest'') *Yuyuko Takemiya - (writer of ''Evergreen (manga), Evergreen'') *Naoko Takeuchi - (''Sailor Moon'') *Keiko Tobe - (''With the Light'') *Yana Toboso - (''Black Butler'') *Asami Tojo (東城麻美) - (''Chimera'', ''X-Kai'', ''Thunderbolt Boys Excite'', ''Love Prism'', ''Only You'') *Ichigo Takano (:ja:高野苺, ja) - (''Yume Miru Taiyō'', ''Orange (manga), Orange'') *Yumi Tamura - (''Basara (manga), Basara'', ''Chicago (manga), Chicago'', ''7 Seeds'') *Yellow Tanabe - (''Kekkaishi'') *Meca Tanaka - (''Meteor Prince'') *Arina Tanemura - (''Full Moon o Sagashite'', ''Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne'', ''Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura'') *Ema Tōyama - (''Pixie Pop'', ''Koko ni iru yo!'') *Masami Tsuda - (''Kare Kano'', ''Eensy Weensy Monster'', ''Chotto Edo Made'') *Mikiyo Tsuda - (''The Day of Revolution'', ''Family Complex'', ''Princess Princess (manga), Princess Princess'') *Shungicu Uchida - (''Minami-kun no Koibito'') *Miwa Ueda - (''Peach Girl'') *Kimiko Uehara *Chica Umino - (''Honey and Clover'', ''March Comes in Like a Lion'') *Tsunami Umino (:ja:海野つなみ, ja) - (''Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu'') *Yuki Urushibara - (''Mushishi'') *Masako Watanabe *Taeko Watanabe - (''Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!'', ''Kaze Hikaru'') *Yuu Watase - (''Fushigi Yūgi'', ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'', ''Absolute Boyfriend'') *Yū Yabūchi - (''Mizuiro Jidai'', ''Naisho no Tsubomi'', ''Hitohira no Koi ga Furu'') *Murasaki Yamada *Ryoko Yamagishi *Ebine Yamaji *Sumika Yamamoto *Kazumi Yamashita (manga artist), Kazumi Yamashita - (''The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa'') *Kyoko Yamashita *Waki Yamato *Mari Yamazaki - (''Thermae Romae'') *Ai Yazawa - (''Nana (manga)'') *Akimi Yoshida *Yuki Yoshihara *Miki Yoshikawa - (''Yankee-kun to Megane-chan'') *Fumi Yoshinaga - (''Antique Bakery'', ''Ōoku: The Inner Chambers'') *Wataru Yoshizumi - (''Handsome na Kanojo'', ''Marmalade Boy'', ''Ultra Maniac'') *Kaori Yuki - (''Earl Cain'', ''Angel Sanctuary'') *Sumomo Yumeka *Yumi Unita (:ja:宇仁田ゆみ, ja) - (''Sukimasuki'', ''Bunny Drop'')


Kazakhstan

*Dilyara Nassyrova


Lebanon

*Zeina Abirached


Malaysia

*Sandra Khoo - (''Claude and Chunkie'')


Mongolia

* Zolzaya Batkhuyag


South Korea

*Iwan - (''Jiburo Ganeungil'', ''Jumping''). *Lee Jung-Hyoun *Kwon Gyo-jung *Kwon Yoon-joo - (''Snowcat'') *Kang Kyung-ok *Lee So-young (artist), Lee So-young * You - (born in South Korea, later moved to Belgium)


Taiwan

* Belle Yang - (''Hannah Is My Name'', ''Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale'')


Europe


Austria

*Dora Dimow *Marianne Frimberger (''Die Fünf Negerlein'') *Ulli Lust: Ignatz Award-winning ''Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life'' *Hella Schiefer *Else Weichberger *Susi Weigel *Susanne Wenger


Belgium

*Rosita Cappaert (born as a woman, later became a transgender man) - (''Cleef Combe'', scriptwriter of ''De Ever en de Roos'') *Eva Cardon, aka Ephameron - (''Us Two, Together'') *Nathalie Carpentier *Chayé *May Claerhout - (made comics for the magazine ''Ohee'') *Veerle Colle - (''Colle'', graphic novel based on the film ''Ben X'') *Antoinette Collin - (''Les Naufragés de l'Escalator'', ''Christobald'') *Nine Culliford - (wife of Peyo, who colorized his comics). *Blanche Dumoulin - (made comics for ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' and was the wife of Rob-Vel). *Carine De Brab *Marianne Duvivier *Liliane Funcken - (made comics for the magazine Tintin (magazine), Tintin with her husband Fred) *Dominique Gillain *Jeanne and Laure Hovine - (''Nic et Nac''), notable for being the first Belgian female comics artists. *Ilah (cartoons), Ilah - (''Cordelia#Fictional characters with the name, Cordelia'') *Nina Jacqmin - (''La Tristesse de l'Éléphant'') *Kari (advertising comics) *Karo *Greet Liégeois - (scripted ''Bessy (comics), Bessy'' and ghosted ''Zilverpijl, Silberpfeil'') *Viviane Nicaise *Erika Raven - (''Ripley'', ''Thomas Rindt'') * Séraphine, aka Séraphine Claeys *Cécile Schmitz *Tonet Timmermans *Sylvia Tops - (''Team Lou'') *Ann Van de Velde, aka Carrie Anne - (''Ridder Geert'') *Leen van Hulst *Katrien Van Schuylenbergh - (''Oh Dierbaar Vlaanderen...'', ''Merel'') *Judith Vanistendael - (''Dance By The Light of the Moon'') *Tine Vercruysse *Virginie Vertonghen - (''La Vavache'') *You - (born in South Korea, later moved to Belgium)


Bosnia

*Enisa Bravo *Helena Klakočar


Bulgaria

* Elena Stoilova - (''Is Vasko Alive?'')


Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

* Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová - (''Z Mého Dětství (From my Childhood'') *Lucie Lomová


Denmark

*Birthe Aksby - (''Lillegut'')https://www.eudor.dk/shop/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Komplet-liste-over-kvindelige-serieskabere-i-Danmark.pdf *Sussi Bech - (''Nofret'') *Lillian Brøgger - (''Fuglemanden'') *Christy Bentzon - (''Lone og lille Lasse'') *Sofie Louise Dam - (''Hviskeleg'') *Ida Gantriis - (''Frederik og Joachim'') *Tatiana Goldberg - (''Anima, Kijara'') *Carla Hansen - (co-creator of ''Rasmus Klump'') * - (''Lone og Lille Lasse'') *Kirsten Hoffmann - (''Dorte og Clas'') *Line Høj Høstrup - (''Det rette element'') *Angelica Inigo - (''On/off (comics), On/off'') *Ina Korneliussen - (''Små fisk, Æg'') *Ingerlise Kristoffersen - (''Pigen der ledte efter sin egen skygge'') *Sabine Lemire - (''Mira'') *Anne Mette Kærulf Lorenzen - (''Skamlebben'') *Tove Norgaard - (continued ''Rasmus Klump'') *Gerda Nystad - (''Evas Hverdag'') *Kristina Ricken - (''Live fra Lolland'') *Stine Spedsberg - (''Stinestregen, Vox'') *Karoline Stjernfelt - (''I morgen bliver det bedre'') *Frederikke Tornager - (''Min nat med dig'') *Lisbeth Valgreen - (''Gaven, Arret'') *Rikke Villadsen - (''Et knald til'') *Gerda Wegener *Nikoline Werdelin - (''Café, Homo Metropolis'') *Henriette Westh - (''Dorthea'') *Pernille Ørum - (''Hit-Girl'')


Finland

*Mari Ahokoivu *Terhi Ekebom *Tove Jansson - (''The Moomins'') *Arja Kajermo - (''Dublin Four'', ''Tuula'') *Ina Kallis *Kati Kovàcs *Kaisa Leka *Aino Louhi *Pauliina Mäkelä *Hanneriina Moisseinen *Nora Paakanen - (''Ted Dally'') *Tiina Paju *Milla Paloniemi - (''Kiroileva siilli'', ''Tassutellen'') *Kaija Papu *Kati Rapia - (''Lonkka'', ''Yellow Bird'') *Jenni Rope - (''Miss Simon Ginlemon'') *Anna Sailamaa - (''Paimen'') *Katri Supiläinen *Minna Sundberg - (''A Redtail's Dream'' and ''Stand Still. Stay Silent'') *Aino Sutinen *Tiitu Takalo *Katja Tukiainen *Riita Uusitalo *Amanda Vähämäki *Emmi Valve *Julia Vuori - (''Sika'')


France

*
Marguerite Abouet Marguerite Abouet (born 1971) is an Ivorian writer of bandes dessinées, best known for her graphic novel series '' Aya''. *Sandrine Lemoult *Patricia Lyfoung - (''La Rose Écarlate'') *Lisa Mandel *Jul Maroh - (''Blue Is the Warmest Colour'') *Catherine Meurisse - (''Elza'') *Laureline Michaut, aka Laurel - (''Le Journal de Carmilla'', ''Cerise'', ''Les Énigmes de Violette'') *Marion Montaigne - (''Tu Mourras Moins Bête'') *Chantal Montellier - (''1996'') *Aurélien Morinière *Françoise Mouly *Catel Muller *Aurélie Neyret, aka Clo *Collette Pattinger *Françoise Pichard (Chard, Pscharr) *Marie Pommepuy - (half of the duo Keracoët) *Anouk Ricard *Rosalys * Annick Sadonnet, aka Sadon, Ajol or Sade *Marjane Satrapi (born in Iran, later moved to France) - (''Persepolis (comics), Persepolis'') *Joëlle Savey * - (author of ''The Song of Aglaia'' (Fantagraphics)) *Maly Siri *Solveg (''Betty'') *Roxanne Starr *Irène Stegmann *Caroline Sury *Tanxxx *Annette Tison - (''Barbapapa'') *Vanyda * Valérie Vernay - (''Agathe Saugrenu'') *Claire Wendling


Germany

*Franziska Bilek *Naomi Fearn - (''Zuckerfish'') *Aisha Franz *Kristina Gehrmann - (''Im Eisland'') *Dagmar Geisler *Cornelia Geppert - (continued ''Abrafaxe'') *Edith Hegenbarth - (worked on ''Digedags'') *Jule K *Kathi Kaeppel *Hyuna Kang *Nora Krug * Anke Kuhl *Marie Marcks *Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (born in Germany, spent her life in Switzerland) - (''Papa Moll''). *Marika Paul *Elizabeth Pich - (''War and Peas'') *Annegret Reimann *Lona Rietschel - (''Abrafaxe'') *Elke Steiner *Ulrike Uhlig *Irmtraut Winkler-Wittig - (worked for Hannes Hegen) *Barbara Yelin *Minou Zaribaf *Gisela Zimmermann


Greece

* Alkmini Grammatopoulou * Zoe Skiadaresi - (''Bampoudas'')


Hungary

*Gabriella Baracsi *Miriam Katin *Lívia Rusz


Italy

* Bianca Bagnarelli * Laura Bozzano - ('' Disney comics'') * Lina Buffolente - (''Piccolo Ranger'', ''Comandante Mark'') * Anna Brandoli - (''La Strega'', ''Cuba 42'') * Barbara Canepa - ('' Disney comics'') * Giovanna Casotto * Barbara Ciardo * Adriana Cristina - ('' Disney comics'') * Iris De Paoli * Anna Maria Falcetti - (''Looney Tunes'' comics, '' Disney comics'', ''Bobo'') * Liliana Fantoni * Monica Ferrone - (''Xtina'') * Elena de' Grimani - (''Rigel (comics), Rigel'') * Adriana Lobello * Elisabetta Melaranci - ('' Disney comics'') * Anna Merli - ('' Disney comics'') * Gabriella Molisso * Grazia Nidasio - (''Valentina Mela Verde'', ''Steffi'') * Sara Pichelli - (Marvel comics) * Elisa Picuno - ('' Disney comics'') * Antonella Platano * Valeria Turati - (''Geronimo Stilton'', ''Bobo'', '' Disney comics'') * Antonella Vicari * Vanna Vinci - (''La Bambina Filosofica'') * Luisa Zancanella - (worked on ''Martin Mystère'') * Melissa Zanella * Rafaella Zardoni * Silvia Ziche - ( Disney comics) * Laura Zuccheri - (''Hardware'', ''Julia'', worked on ''Ken Parker (comics), Ken Parker''.)


Ireland

* Elizabeth Shaw (artist), Elizabeth Shaw - (''Sonntagmorgen'')


Latvia

*Ingrida Picukane *Dace Sietina - (''Life Is A Bitch'').


Luxemburg

*Pascale Velleine - (''Jamie Bond'')


Netherlands

* Fieke Asscher - (''De Rare Belevenissen van Professor Stap-door-den-Tijd'') * B. Carrot - (''Alle Dagen Ui'') * Merel Barends * Marjolein Bastin * Irene Berbee - (''Ulfbehrt'', worked on ''Jan, Jans en de Kinderen'') * Nelly Bodenheim * Wilma van den Bosch - ('' Disney comics'') * Peti Buchel * Rie Cramer * Renske de Greef - (''Renske Stript'') * Sandra de Haan * Margreet de Heer - (''Discoveries in Comics'') * Dilys de Jong - (''5x30'') * Aimée de Jongh - (''Snippers'') * Marloes de Vries (''Lotta'') * Juliette de Wit * Els Deckers, aka Vosje * Mies Deinum * Marissa Delbressine * Phiny Dick - (''Olle Kapoen'', ''Birre Beer'') * Henrieke Goorhuis - (''Het Lastpak'') * Dorith Graef - (''Nena's Vlog'') * Fritzi Harmsen van Beek - (continued ''Flipje van Tiel'') * Maaike Hartjes - (''Maaike's Dagboek'') * Nelleke Haverhals - (''Roos'') * Eva Hilhorst * Gerrie Hondius - (''Ansje Tweedehansje'') * Patty Klein - (''Noortje'') * Simone Koch - (made a promotional comic for comics store Lambiek) * Alice Kok - * Gradie Knipscheer - (''Keesje Konijntje'') * Greetje Kroone * Judy Koot * Rie Kooyman - (''Hoki en Poki'') * Marjolein Krijger * Andrea Kruis - (continued ''Jan, Jans en de Kinderen'') * Liesbeth Labeur * Freddie Langeler - (''Pietje Pluk en Kootje Kwak'', ''Bobby den Speurder'', ''Barendje Kwik'', ''Bello Blafmeier'') * Jolet Leenhouts - (''De Vier-Vijf-Zes'') * Lonneke Leever * Anne van de Leur * Maia Matches - (born in Canada, moved to the Netherlands) - (''Ruby Riveter'', ''Bitch'') * Ellen Meske - (''Merik de Meeuw'') * Johanna Bernardina Midderigh-Bokhorst * Sandra Nieuweboer - (''Karin'', ''Beppen'') * Evi Nijs - (''Alex en het feest van Jeroen Bosch'') * Coco Ouwerkerk (''Acception'') * Georgien Overwater - (''Sjanie, Bart en Bob'', ''Hungry Jack'') * Joanika Ring * Emma Ringelding * Maartje Schalkx * Coq Scheltens-Jongkind - (''Scoutertje'', ''Dikkie'') * Willy Schermelé * Marieke Scholten * Nora Schnitzler - (''Keesje Knabbel'') * Willy Smit - (''Tijs Wijs De Torenwachter'') * Anne and Eva Staal, aka ''De Stalinskis'' . * Sandra Kleine Staarman * Barbara Stok - (''Barbaraal'') * Gwen Stok - (comics adaptations of the short stories by Toon Tellegen) * Marlon Teunissen * Jip van den Toorn - * Anne van Baarle - (''De Ware Geschiedenis van Aspoetser'') * Nel van Beek - (''Dol en Mina'') * Agnes van Belle - (''Het zal wel'') * Linda van Bruggen * Eveline van Dijk - (made comics promoting trepanation, based on the theories of Bart Huges.) * Linda van Erve * Nans van Leeuwen - (''Piggelmee'') * Harriët van Reek * Marjorie Velthuyse - (''Izzie, Suul & Juul'') * Toby Vos, aka Neeltje Vos * Marijn Van der Waa - (''Hibou'') * Fiep Westendorp - (''Jip en Janneke'') * Henriette Willebeek le Mair * Nettie van Wijland - (''De Avonturen van Tijs Loerendraaier en Dikkie Duik''). * Leny Zwalve


Norway

*Anna Fiske *Karine Haaland *Lise Myhre *Solveig Muren Sanden - (continued ''Tuss og Troll'' and ''Smørbukk'') *Hanne Sigbjørnsen *Inga Sætre *Vivian Zahl Olsen - (''Småtte'')


Poland

*Elisabeth Brozowska - (''Josephine'')


Portugal

* * María Alcobre * Bixa - (''Laçarote e Pantalonas'', ''3 de Braço Dado'') * Teresa Camara Pestana * Maria Isabel Carvalho * Ana Cortesão * Helena Dias * Catherine Labey (born in France, later moved to Portugal) * Isabel Lobinho * Ofélia Marques, aka Ofélia * Susa Monteiro * Guida Ottolini * Maria Emília Roque Gameiro, aka Màmia * Raquel Roque Gameiro * Joana Rosa (TMG - The Mighty Gang, Dreamland Protectors) * Joana Mosi * Joana Afonso (O Bestiário de Isa) * Joana Lafuente (Transformers) * Rita Alfaiate


Romania

*Aitch (artist), Aitch *
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Russia

*
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'' (Tokyopop) *Tatyana Gnisiuk *Tanja Neljubina


Scotland

*Karrie Fransman - (''The House That Groaned'', ''Death of the Artist'', ''The Darkness Behind Our Eyes'', ''Gender Swapped Fairy Tales'') *Lorna Miller - (Artist/Writer: ''Witch'' - Contributor: ''Girlfrenzy, The Comics Journal, The Ramones Box Set, Vice'', etc. - Artist/Colourist: ''Thomas the Tank Engine, Toxic, Ben 10, Powerpuff Girls, Moshi Monsters'')


Spain

*Sònia Albert - (''Professor Breinstein'', Disney comics) *Meritxell Andreu - ( Disney comics) *Lola Anglada *Flavita Banana *Carmen Barbará - (''Mary Noticias'') *Juliana Bach - (''Bunty and Mandy'', also known as ''Marnie en Sanne'') *Isabel Bas - (''Ana-Emilia y su Familia'') *Purita Campos - (''Patty's World'') *Cristina Durán Costell *Rosa Galcerán *Carmen Levi - (continued ''Pif le chien'', religious comics) * Pilar Mir - (''Ana Belén'') *Ana Miralles - (''Djinn (comics), Djinn'') *Roser Oduber *Ana Oncina *Pepita Pardell *Maria Pascual Alberich - (''Rosa Blancas'', ''Sissi'') *Moderna de Pueblo *Laura Pérez Vernetti *Margarita Querol Manzano - ( Disney comics) *Raquel Riba *Lourdes Rueda Sala - ( Disney comics)


Sweden

*Ottilia Adelborg *Christina Alvner - (''Coco'') *Inger Edelfeldt - (''Hondjuret'') *Åsa Ekström * Michaela Favilla - (worked on the ''Mamma Mu'' series) *Susanne Fredelius *Kerstin Frykstrand - (''Muff och Tuff'') * Anneli Furmark *Annika Giannini - (''Illustrator Man'', ''Övergångsstället'', ''Roberts vänne'', ''Folk och fä'') *Ester Gill - (''Lillans Morgongröt'', ''Den Egenkära Gunilla'', ''Sara'') *Gunna Grähs * *Jenny Holmlund *Johanna Kristiansson - (''Katten Nils'') *Eva Lindström *Bia Melin (continued ''Agust och Lotta'') *Coco Moodysson *Lina Neidestam *Gunila Stierngranat - (''Lila Lena och Jon Blund'', ''Lille Göran och Jon Blund'', ''Lasseman och Hans Vänner'', ''Snövit'', ''Morfars Barndomsminnen'', ''Eva-Maria och Ingegegerd''). *Liv Strömquist - (''100 Procent'') *Minna Sundberg - (''A Redtail's Dream'', ''Stand Still, Stay Silent'') *Cecilia Torudd - (''Ensamma mamman'') *Margit Uppenberg, aka Gobi - (''Pian'') *Natalie Zimmerman


Switzerland

* Frida Bünzli (pseudonym of Debra Bühlmann-Drenten) * Odrade * Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (born in Germany, spent her life in Switzerland) - (''Papa Moll''). * Corinne Schroff * Anna Sommer - (''Damen Dramen'') * Valentine Pasche, Valp (Valentine Pasche) - (''Lock'', ''Ashrel'') * Judith Zaugg


Turkey

* Selma Emiroğlu * Ramize Erer


United Kingdom

*Janet Ahlberg *Wendy Arnot - (worked on ''Rupert Bear'') *Mabel Lucie Attwell - (''Wot A Life'') *Gabrielle Bell - (''Lucky'') *Hannah Berry - (''Britten and Brülightly'', ''Adamtine'', ''Vox Pop'', ''LiveStock'', ''Premeditations'') *Hilda Boswell - (''Strongheart'') *Vera Bowyer *Jenny Butterworth - (''Tiffany Jones'') *Kate Charlesworth - (''Sally Heathcote: Suffragette'') * Katriona Chapman - (''Katzine'', ''Follow Me In'', ''Breakwater'') *Sue Coe * Gillian Crampton Smith *Evelyn Flinders - (''The Silent Three'') *Barbara C. Freeman *Dora Gibbon - (''Muffy in Moonland'') *Isabel Greenberg - (''The Encyclopedia of Early Earth'') *Alex Hallatt - (''Arctic Circle'') *Dawn Hargy - (''The Fabulous Baker Girls'') *Laura Howell - (''Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green'', ''Les Pretend'', ''Tricky Dicky (comics), Tricky Dicky'' and the manga adaptation of ''The Beano'') *Yvonne Hutton - (worked on ''Roy of the Rovers'') *Helen Jacobs *Lee Kennedy *Jennifer Kisler - (continued ''Rupert Bear'') * Kat Kon *Sonia Leong *Lucy Matthews - (assisted on ''Rupert Bear'') *Kathleen McDougall - (worked on ''Rupert Bear'') *Marjorie Owens - (worked on ''Rupert Bear'') *Annie Parkhouse *Philippa Perry - (''Couch Fiction'') * Dora Royle *Kate Sheppard - (''Horrible Histories'') *Posy Simmonds - (''Gemma Bovery'', ''Tamara Drewe'') *Mary M. Talbot - (''Sally Heathcote: Suffragette'', ''Dotter of Her Father's Eyes'') *Mabel Francis Taylor - (''The Little Sparrowkins'', continued ''Jungle Jinks'') *Pat Tourret - (''Tiffany Jones'') *Mary Tourtel - (''Rupert Bear'') * Inez Townsend (born in the U.K., later moved to the U.S.) - (''Gretchen Gratz'', ''Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins'') *Suzy Varty - (''Heröine'', ''Mama! dramas'', ''Nelson'') *Emma Vieceli *Laura Watton - (''Biomecha'')


Oceania


Australia

* Dr Jenia Meng *Moira Bertram - (''Jo'') *Queenie Chan - (''The Dreaming (Tokyopop comic), The Dreaming'', ''Tokyopop'') *Elizabeth Durack - (''Nungalla and Jungalla'') *May Gibbs, Cecilia May Gibbs - (''Bib and Bub'', ''Tiggy Touchwood'') *Nicki Greenberg *Sarah Howell *Marguerita - (''Zyg & Mea'') *Kathleen O'Brien - (''Wanda the War Girl'') *Mandy Ord *Carolyn Ridsdale *Madeleine Rosca - ''Hollow Fields'' *Nicola Scott *Nicole Skeltys - (''Pigeon Coup'') *Ruth Vickery - (''Betty and Bill'')


New Zealand

*Sharon Alston - (made comics for ''Broadsheet (magazine), Broadsheet'') *Kim Casali - (''Love is...'')


See also

*Friends of Lulu *List of 20th century women artists *List of feminist comic books *List of feminist literature *Portrayal of women in American comics *Women artists


References


External links

*
Complete list of female comics creators in Denmark 1929-2021
(PDF) by Frank Madsen, 2021


Further reading

*Maurice Horn, Horn, Maurice. ''Women in the Comics'' (Chelsea House; New York, London; 1977) ; (trade paperback) ISBN o-97754-205-8 *Trina Robbins, Robbins, Trina. ''A Century of Women Cartoonists'' (Kitchen Sink, 1993) *Robbins, Trina. ''From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines'' (Chronicle, 1999) *Robbins, Trina. ''The Great Women Cartoonists'' (Watson-Guptill, 2001) *Catherine Yronwode, Yronwode, Catherine and Robbins, Trina. ''Women and the Comics'' (Eclipse, 1983) {{DEFAULTSORT:Comics Creators, Female, List Of Lists of comics creators, female comics creators Female comics artists, Female comics writers, Lists of women writers by format Lists of women artists Women and comics,