Trina Robbins
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Trina Robbins at a 2010 Underground Comix art exhibit in San Francisco.
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| Born | August 17, 1938 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Editor |
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Notable works
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Wimmen's Comix Vampirella Women and the Comics |
| Awards | 1977 Inkpot Award 2002 Special John Buscema Haxtur Award |
| http://www.trinarobbins.com | |
Trina Robbins (born 1938) is an American cartoonist. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the few female artists in the fledgling underground comix movement. Both as a cartoonist and historian, Robbins has long been involved in creating outlets for and promoting female comics artists.
Robbins was an active member of science fiction fandom in the 1950s. Her illustrations appeared in science fiction fanzines like the Hugo-nominated Habakkuk.
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 San Francisco in 1970, where she worked at the feminist underground newspaper It Ain't Me, Babe. That same year she established the first all-woman comic book, the one-shot It Ain't Me, Babe Comix. From this period on, Robbins became increasingly involved in creating outlets for and promoting female comics artists, through projects such as the comics anthology Wimmen's Comix, 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" lesbian.
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