Trina Robbins

Trina Robbins
Robbins in 1982
BornTrina Perlson
(1938-08-17)August 17, 1938
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 10, 2024(2024-04-10) (aged 85)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area(s)Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Editor
Notable works
It Ain't Me, Babe
Wimmen's Comix
Wonder Woman
Women and the Comics
Awards
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Trina Robbins (née Perlson; August 17, 1938 – April 10, 2024) was an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first women in the movement. She co-produced the 1970 underground comic It Ain't Me, Babe, which was the first comic book entirely created by women. She co-founded the Wimmen's Comix collective, wrote for Wonder Woman, and produced adaptations of Dope and The Silver Metal Lover. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2013 and received Eisner Awards in 2017 and 2021.

As a scholar and historian, Robbins researched the history of women in cartooning. She wrote several nonfiction books including Women and the Comics (1985), A Century of Women Cartoonists (1993), The Great Women Superheroes (1996), From Girls to Grrrlz (1999), Pretty In Ink (2013), and Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age (2020). She co-founded the organization Friends of Lulu in 1993.