Trina Robbins

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Trina Robbins (born 1938) is an American comics artist and writer. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one the few female artists in underground comix when she started. Her first comics were printed in the East Village Other. She later joined the staff of a feminist underground newspaper It Ain't Me, Babe, with whom she produced the first all-woman comic book titled It Ain't Me Babe. She became increasingly involved in creating outlets for and promoting female comics artists, through projects such as the comics anthology Wimmen's Comix. She was also the penciller on Wonder Woman for a time in the '80s.

Some of her work includes:

An adaptation of Sax Rohmer's Dope for Eclipse Comics.
GoGirl with artist Anne Timmons for Image Comics

She lives in San Francisco with her long-term partner, comic artist Steve Leialoha.

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In addition to her own comics work, Robbins is an author of non-fiction books, including several with an emphasis on the history of women in cartooning. Among her books are:

Women and the Comics by catherine yronwode and Trina Robbins (Eclipse, 1983) ISBN 0-913035-01-7
A Century of Women Cartoonists (Kitchen Sink, 1993) ISBN 0-87816-206-2
The Great Women Superheroes (Kitchen Sink, 1997) ISBN 0-87816-482-0
From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women’s Comics from Teens to Zines (Chronicle, 1999) ISBN 0-8118-2199-4
The Great Women Cartoonists (Watson-Guptill, 2001) ISBN 0-8230-2170-X
Nell Brinkley and the New Woman in the Early 20th Century (McFarland & Co., 2001) ISBN 0-7864-1151-1
Eternally Bad: Goddesses with Attitude (Conari Press, 2001) ISBN 1-57324-550-X
Tender Murderers: Women Who Kill (Conari Press, 2003) ISBN 1-57324-821-5
Wild Irish Roses: Tales of Brigits, Kathleens, and Warrior Queens (Conari Press, 2004) ISBN 1-57324952-1