Suzy Varty

Suzy Varty
Born	Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Editor, Letterer, Colourist
Notable works	Heröine, Mama! dramas, Nelson

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 Birmingham Arts Lab, and she has participated in the Underground Comix and Wimmen's Comix movements in the U.S. Varty remains active in the British Comics scene, frequently appearing at such conventions as Thought Bubble Comic Arts Festival in Leeds and the Canny Comic Con in Newcastle.

Suzy Varty's work has appeared alongside that of such renowned Underground Comix creators as Trina Robbins, Phoebe Gloeckner, and Hunt Emerson. Varty's first comic was published in Birmingham Arts Lab's Street Comix in 1976.

After Heröine was published in 1978, the Birmingham Women's Liberation Movement conference praised the work for its contribution to feminist art. As the first anthology of comics by women to be published in the U.K., Heröine is credited with opening doors for the creation of the British Women's Comic Collective in 1991.

In 2003, Varty discussed the lasting appeal of Wonder Woman on BBC Four, alongside comics expert Paul Gravett. In 2014, she was one of the judges for the British Comic Awards.

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