Trina Robbins (born Trina Perlson; August 17, 1938, in

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cartoonist. She was an early participant in the

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movement, and one of the first female artists in that movement. In the 1980s, Robbins became the first woman to draw ''

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'' comics. She is a member of the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.

Career

Early work

Robbins was an active member of

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in the 1950s and 1960s. Her illustrations appeared in science fiction fanzines like the Hugo- nominated ''Habakkuk''.

Comics

Robbins' first comics were printed in the '' East Village Other''; she also contributed to the spin-off underground comic '' Gothic Blimp Works''. In 1969, Robbins designed the costume for the Warren Publishing character Vampirella for artist Frank Frazetta in ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969). She left New York for

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in 1970, where she worked at the feminist underground newspaper ''It Ain't Me, Babe''. The same year, she and fellow female artist

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co-produced the first all-woman comic book, the

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''It Ain't Me, Babe Comix''.Krensky, p. 74.Kaplan, p. 79. Robbins became involved in creating outlets for and promoting female comics artists, through projects such as the comics anthology ''

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'', with which she was involved for twenty years. ''Wimmen's Comix'' #1 featured Robbins' "Sandy Comes Out", the first-ever comic strip featuring an "out"

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. During this time, Robbins also became a contributor to the San Francisco-based underground paper ''

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'', along with art director Harry Driggs and Guy Colwell. Robbins became increasingly outspoken in her beliefs, criticizing underground comix artist Robert Crumb for the perceived misogyny of many of his comics, saying, "It's weird to me how willing people are to overlook the hideous darkness in Crumb's work ... What the hell is funny about rape and murder?"Sabin, Roger (1996). "Going underground". ''Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History Of Comic Art''. London, United Kingdom: Phaidon Press. pp. 92. . In the early 1980s Robbins created adaptations of Sax Rohmer's '' Dope'' and Tanith Lee's '' The Silver Metal Lover''. In the mid-1980s she wrote and drew ''Misty'' for the

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children's imprint Star Comics. The short-lived series was a reinterpretation of the long-standing character Millie the Model, now an adult running her own modeling agency and minding her niece Misty. She followed ''Misty'' with ''California Girls'', an eight-issue series published by

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in 1987–1988. In 1990, Robbins edited and contributed to ''Choices: A

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Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women'', published under Robbins' own imprint, Angry Isis Press. The all-star list of contributors, who were mostly but not all women, included representatives of the underground — Lee Marrs, Sharon Rudahl, Harry Driggs, Diane Noomin, Harry S. Robins, and Robbins herself;

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, Phoebe Gloeckner,

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& Kate Worley,

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— Leslie Ewing, Jennifer Camper,

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, Ramona Fradon, Steve Leialoha, William Messner-Loebs, and Bill Koeb — comics communities. A number of contributors —

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, and Jules Feiffer — were

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creators whose work in the anthology was reprinted from their syndicated strips. In 2000 Robbins introduced ''GoGirl!'' — superhero stories designed to appeal to young girls. Robbins wrote the stories, with Anne Timmons providing the bulk of the art. The series ran for five issues with

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, and then was picked up by

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, with the final issue coming out in 2006. In 2010, she began writing comics adventures of the Honey West female detective character for a series published by

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Wonder Woman

Robbins' official involvement with

began in 1986. At the conclusion of the first volume of the series (in conjunction with the series ''

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''),

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published a four-issue

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titled ''The Legend of Wonder Woman'', written by

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and drawn by Robbins. Robbins was the first woman to draw Wonder Woman comics. The series paid homage to the character's

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roots. She also appeared as herself in ''Wonder Woman Annual 2'' (1989). In the mid-1990s, Robbins criticized artist Mike Deodato's " bad girl art" portrayal of Wonder Woman, calling Deodato's version of the character a "barely clothed hypersexual pinup." In the late 1990s, Robbins collaborated with

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on the

graphic novel ''Wonder Woman: The Once and Future Story'', on the subject of

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Writing and activism

In addition to her comics work, Robbins is an author of nonfiction books on the history of women in cartooning. Her first book, co-written with

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, was ''Women and the Comics,'' a history of female comic-strip and comic-book creators. Subsequent Robbins volumes on women in the comics industry include ''A Century of Women Cartoonists'' (Kitchen Sink, 1993), ''The Great Women Superheroes'' (Kitchen Sink, 1997), ''From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women’s Comics from Teens to Zines'' (Chronicle, 1999), and ''The Great Women Cartoonists'' (Watson-Guptill, 2001). More recent work includes ''Pretty In Ink'', published by Fantagraphics in 2013, which covers the history of North American women in comics from Rose O'Neill's 1896 strip ''The Old Subscriber Calls'' to present. Robbins was a co-founder of Friends of Lulu, a nonprofit formed in 1994 to promote readership of comic books by women and the participation of women in the comic book industry. Robbins is featured in the feminist history film ''

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''.

Personal life

Robbins was intimately involved in the 1960s rock scene, where she was close friends with

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and

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. She is the first of the three "Ladies of the Canyon" in

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's classic song from the album of the same name.Weller, p. 293 In the late 1960s she ran an East Village clothing boutique called "Broccoli" and made clothes for

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, David Crosby and others. She wrote a memoir entitled ''Last Girl Standing'', released in 2017 from Fantagraphics. Her partner is artist Steve Leialoha.

Awards and recognition

Robbins was a Special Guest of the 1977

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, when she was presented with an Inkpot Award. She won a Special Achievement Award from the San Diego Comic Con in 1989 for her work on ''

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'', a benefit book that she co-edited with Bill Sienkiewicz and Robert Triptow. She was the 1992 Guest of Honor of WisCon, the Wisconsin Science Fiction Convention. In 2002, Robbins was given the Special

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, a recognition for comics published in Spain. In 2011, Robbins' artwork was exhibited as part of the Koffler Gallery show ''Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women''. In July 2013, during the

, Robbins was one of six inductees into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame. The award was presented by '' Mad'' magazine cartoonist and '' Groo the Wanderer'' creator Sergio Aragonés. The other inductees were Lee Falk,

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, Joe Sinnott, and Spain Rodriguez. In a 2015 poll, Robbins was ranked #25 among the best female comics creators of all-time. In 2017, Robbins was chosen for the Wizard World Hall of Legends. Comics Alliance listed Robbins as one of twelve women cartoonists deserving of lifetime achievement recognition. Robbins' art and art from her collection of the work of women cartoonists was featured in the 2020 Society of Illustrators exhibit ''"Women in Comics: Looking Forward, Looking Back"''. It was later featured in the ''"Women in Comics"'' exhibit at the Palazzo Merulana in Rome, Italy.

Bibliography

Comics

: ''As writer/artist, unless otherwise noted''

Major works

* '' It Ain't Me, Babe Comix'' ( Last Gasp, 1970) — co-founder, contributor * ''All Girl Thrills'' ( Print Mint, 1971) — editor, contributor * ''

'' (Last Gasp, Renegade Press, Rip Off Press, 1972–1992) — co-founder, contributor * ''Mama! Dramas'' ( Educomics, June 1978) — editor and contributor, along with

Suzy Varty Suzy Varty is a noted British comics artist, writer, and editor. In the late 1970s, she compiled, contributed to and edited ''Heröine'', the first anthology of comics by women to be published in the U.K. Throughout the 70s, she was part of the B ...

, Joyce Farmer, and others * '' Dope'' (

, 1981–1983) — adaptation of the Sax Rohmer novel * '' The Silver Metal Lover'' (

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, 1985) — adaptation of the Tanith Lee novel * ''Misty'' ( Star Comics, 1985–1986) — limited series * ''The Legend of Wonder Woman'' (

, 1986) — limited series * ''California Girls'' #1–8 (

, 1987–1988) — writer/artist, with contributions from Barb Rausch * '' Strip AIDS U.S.A.: A Collection of Cartoon Art to Benefit People With

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'' (Last Gasp, 1988) — co-editor with Bill Sienkiewicz and Robert Triptow * ''Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women'' (Angry Isis Press, 1990) — editor and contributor * ''Wonder Woman: The Once and Future Story'' (DC Comics, 1998) — writer; drawn by

* ''GoGirl!'' #1–5 (

, 2000–2001) — writer * ''GoGirl!'' #1–3 (

, 2002–2006) — writer; issues #2–3 feature all new material * '' Honey West'' #1, 2, 6, 7 (

, 2010) — writer *''Honey West and The Cat'' #1–2 (Moonstone Books, 2013) — writer

Anthology contributions

* '' East Village Other'' (late 1960s) * '' Gothic Blimp Works'' (East Village Other, 1969) * ''Moonchild Comix'' #3 ( Nicola Cuti; Moonchild Productions, September 1970) * ''Swift Comics'' (

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, 1971) * ''Girl Fight Comics'' #1–2 ( Print Mint, 1972, 1974) * ''Tuff Shit Comics'' (Print Mint, 1972) * ''Barbarian Comics'' #4 (California Comics, 1972) * '' Comix Book'' (Marvel Comics, Kitchen Sink Press, 1974–1976) * '' Tits & Clits Comix'' #3 (Nanny Goat Productions, 1977) * ''Gates of Eden'' ( FantaCo Enterprises, 1982) * ''Good Girls'' (

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, 1985) * '' Gay Comix'' #6, #11, #25 ( Bob Ross, 1985, 1986, 1998) * ''War News'' ( Jim Mitchell, 1991) — underground newspaper launched to protest the first

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. * ''Alien Apocalypse 2006'' (Frog Ltd., 2000) * '' 9-11: September 11, 2001 (Artists Respond)'' (Dark Horse Comics/Chaos! Comics/Image Comics, 2002) * '' The Phantom Chronicles'' (Moonstone Books, 2007) * ''

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'' (Marvel Comics, 2010)

Nonfiction

* ''Women and the Comics'' by

and Trina Robbins (Eclipse, 1983) * ''A Century of Women Cartoonists'' (Kitchen Sink, 1993) * ''The Great Women Superheroes'' (Kitchen Sink, 1997) * ''From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women’s Comics from Teens to Zines'' (Chronicle, 1999) * ''The Great Women Cartoonists'' (Watson-Guptill, 2001) * ''Nell Brinkley and the New Woman in the Early 20th Century'' (McFarland & Co., 2001) * ''Eternally Bad: Goddesses with Attitude'' ( Conari Press, 2001) * ''Tender Murderers: Women Who Kill'' (Conari Press, 2003) * ''Wild Irish Roses: Tales of Brigits, Kathleens, and Warrior Queens'' (Conari Press, 2004) * "Girls on Top?", chapter 6 of Dez Skinn's ''Comix: The Underground Revolution'' (Collins & Brown/Thunder's Mouth, 2004) Robbins, Trina (Feb/Mar 2005). "Memo From Dez Skinn's Ghost Writer". ''

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'' 1 (266): 8. . * ''The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley's Cartoons from 1913–1940'' (

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, 2009) —introduction * ''Forbidden City: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs'' (Hampton Press, 2009) * ''Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer'' (

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, 2011) * ''Pretty In Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896–2013'' (Fantagraphics Books, 2013) * ''Babes in Arms: Women in Comics During the Second World War'' ( Hermes Press, 2017) * ''Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age'' (

, 2020)

References

Sources

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External links

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Trina Robbins Collection guide
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