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Kathleen Webb (born October 6, 1956) is an
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writer and artist and one of the first female writers for
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Biography

Kathleen Webb was born in
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. Mentored by
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, she sold her first script to that
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company in 1985. As of 2008, she continued to write for, primarily, Archie Comics'
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and Veronica titles. Webb has also
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-licensed
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stories for
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.


Christian comics

For Christian comics, Webb wrote and drew the ''Holly and the Ivy Halls'' comic strip for
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's ''Brio Magazine'' from 1993 to 2004. She has also illustrated Sunday-school papers for Gospel Light Publications; pencilled pages in the comics ''Aida-Zee'' and ''Paro-Dee''; scripted and pencilled the tract ''The Monster''; and contributed to the anthology ''Proverbs & Parables''. A comic strip of her personal testimony appeared in the first issue of ''Christian Comics & Games Magazine'' in 1996. She was also a panelist for the second Christian-comics panel of the
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in 1995.


Footnotes


References


Kathleen Webb Official SiteGrand Comics Database: Kathleen Webb
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, 1993) *Listing, ''Comic-Book Superstars'' by Don Thompson & Maggie Thompson (
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, 1993)
Kathleen Webb – Christian Comics Pioneer
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