Michele Brand
| Michele Wrightson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michele Robinson October 25, 1941 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | May 30, 2015 (aged 73) Saugerties, New York |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Colourist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Michele Brand Michele Robinson Brand |
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Notable works
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It Ain't Me, Babe Wimmen's Comix |
| Spouse(s) |
Roger Brand (m. mid-1960s, div. c. 1974) Bernie Wrightson (m. c. 1976 – div.) |
Michele Wrightson (née Robinson) (October 25, 1941 – May 30, 2015), also known as Michele Brand, was an American artist who worked in the comic book industry. The former wife of underground cartoonist Roger Brand, she started out as an underground comix cartoonist. Later, when she was married to comics artist Bernie Wrightson, she made her name as a colorist. She was a key contributor to the first all-female underground comic, It Ain't Me, Babe, as well as its follow-up series, Wimmen's Comix.
Michele Robinson grew up in New Orleans, where her parents were on the faculty at Tulane University.
In 1966, she and Roger Brand (who were already married at that point), moved from Oakland, California, to New York City, specifically to break into the comics business. Roger Brand began working for Wally Wood and Bill Pearson on witzend and other projects. Michele assisted Gil Kane on His Name is Savage #1 (Adventure House Press, 1968). By the late 1960s the couple were back in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Michele's first comics credit was in the groundbreaking all female one-shot It Ain't Me, Babe (Last Gasp, 1970), with the story "Tirade Funnies." She later became a contributor to the follow-up series Wimmen's Comix, as well as anthologies like Arcade. She and her husband were part of the group of cartoonists who formed the United Cartoon Workers of America, an informal union designed to safeguard creators' rights.
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