This is a list of women who have been involved with producing comic books and comic strips. Many notable

female comics creators Although, traditionally, female comics creators have long been a minority in the industry, they have made a notable impact since the very beginning, and more and more female artists are getting recognition along with the maturing of the medium. Wo ...

exist even though the field of

comics a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate ...

creation Creation may refer to: Religion *''Creatio ex nihilo'', the concept that matter was created by God out of nothing * Creation myth, a religious story of the origin of the world and how people first came to inhabit it * Creationism, the belief tha ...

is traditionally male-dominated.

Africa

Congo

Fifi Mukuna Fifi Mukuna (born 1968) is a Congolese cartoonist and caricaturist. Biography Fifi Mukuna was born in Kinshasa in Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1968. Her father was a diplomat. She attended elementary school in Belgium ...

Egypt

* Bahiga Thomassian, aka Bhiga * Amaal Khattab

Gabon

* Sophie Endamne

Ivory Coast

Marguerite Abouet Marguerite Abouet (born 1971) is an Ivorian writer of bandes dessinées, best known for her graphic novel series '' Aya''.Aya of Yop City ''Aya of Yop City'' is a series of six bande dessinée comics written by Marguerite Abouet and drawn by Clément Oubrerie. The original French albums were published by Gallimard between 2005 and 2010. All six volumes have been translated into E ...

'')

Madagascar

Jenny Jenny may refer to: * Jenny (given name), a popular feminine name and list of real and fictional people * Jenny (surname), a family name Animals * Jenny (donkey), a female donkey * Jenny (gorilla), the oldest gorilla in captivity at the time of ...

* M'Aa - (makes comics together with her husband Xhi)

Mauritius

* Annick Sadonnet, aka Sadon, Ajol or Sade

Tanzania

Martha Gellege Martha (Hebrew: מָרְתָא‎) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to ...

- (''Anti Bwalo'')

South Africa

* Karen Botha * Marieke Blomerus * Marisa Cloete - (''Gebuza'', ''To Dig a Big Hole'') * Lara-Ann Jibrail * Mariette Kemp *

Sian Kuiken Sian or Siyan may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Siân, a Welsh girl's name; list of people with this name Places *Sian, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran *Sian, Russia, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia *Xi'an, China, formerly roman ...

* Ingrid van der Merwe * Ina van Zyl

Americas

Argentina

Maitena Burundarena Maitena Burundarena (Buenos Aires, May 19, 1962), better known as Maitena, is an Argentine cartoonist. Early works Maitena drew erotic strips for several European publications, for example ''Makoki'', in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is ...

- ''Superadas'' *

Gisela Dester Gisela is the name of: People Full name * Gisela, Abbess of Chelles (757–810), daughter of Pepin the Short, sister of Charlemagne ** Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne (781–808) * Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious (born 821), consort of Eberhar ...

* Isol * Daniela Kantor *

María Delia Lozupone Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

Brazil

Erica Awano Erica or ERICA may refer to: * Erica (given name) * ''Erica'' (plant), a flowering plant genus * Erica (chatbot), a service of Bank of America * ''Erica'' (video game), a 2019 FMV video game * ''Erica'' (spider), a jumping spider genus * Eric ...

- ''

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'' *

Chantal Chantal () is a feminine given name of French origin. The name Chantal can be traced back to the Old Occitan word ''cantal'', meaning "stone." It came into popular use as a given name in honor of the Catholic saint, Jeanne de Chantal. It may als ...

- (''Juventude'') * Priscila Farias *

Raquel Gompy Raquel or Racquel is a variation of the given name Rachel. Notable people with the name include: Raquel * Raquel (wrestler), Brazilian professional wrestler *Raquel Alessi (born 1983), American former actress and model * Raquel Naa Ayorkor Ammah ...

Seung Joo-Kang The ''sueng'' ( th, ซึง, Burmese: ၄ကြိုးထပ်ပို (ဆီုင်), , also spelled ''seung'' or ''süng'') is a plucked fretted lute from the northern (Lanna) region of Thailand. The instrument is made from hardwood ...

- (

Disney comics Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge. The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with ...

) * Ana-Luiza Koehler - (''Awrah'') * Adriana Melo - notable for her work on the Star Wars: Empire franchise *

Bianca Pinheiro Bianca Pinheiro (Rio de Janeiro, September 21, 1987) is a Brazilian comics artist and illustrator. She graduated from Graphic Arts by UTFPR and did postgraduate studies in Comics by the Grupo Educacional Opet. Bianca began publishing webcomics i ...

* Germana Viana

Canada

Isabelle Arsenault Isabelle Arsenault (born 1978) is a Canadian award winning illustrator living in Montreal, Quebec. She is known for her elaborate yet simplified artwork in children's literature. Biography Arsenault was born in Sept-Îles, Quebec. She received a ...

* Kate Beaton * Sandra Bell-Lundy - '' Between Friends'' * Sheree Bradford-Lea * Peti Buchel * Emily Carroll *

Svetlana Chmakova Svetlana Chmakova (russian: Светлана Шмакова) (b. October 7, 1979) is a Russian Canadians, Russian-Canadian comic book artist. She is best known for ''Dramacon'', an original English-language manga, original English-language (OEL) ...

- ''

Dramacon ''Dramacon'' is an original English-language manga written and illustrated by Svetlana Chmakova. It was published in three volumes by Tokyopop from October 11, 2005 to December 11, 2007. ''Dramacon'' is considered one of Tokyopop's best OEL manga. ...

'' (Tokyopop) *

Julie Delporte Julie Delporte (born in 1983) is a Canadian cartoonist and illustrator. She lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Biography Delporte immigrated to Montreal from Saint-Malo, France, in 2005. She had studied journalism in France because of her love ...

* Julie Doucet * Susan Dewar *

Leanne Franson Leanne Franson (born 1963 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist. She illustrates picture books, children's novels, educational texts, pamphlets, and magazines. She currently lives in Martensville, Saskatchewan, near Sas ...

* Odette Fumet (newspaper comic strip adaptations of swashbuckler novels), dies at age 94. * Pia Guerra - artist, Vertigo's '' Y The Last Man'' *

Lynn Johnston Lynn Johnston (born May 28, 1947) is a Canadian cartoonist and author, best known for her newspaper comic strip '' For Better or For Worse''. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award. Ea ...

- '' For Better or For Worse''. * Molly Kiely *

Sophie Labelle Sophie Labelle is a Canadian cartoonist, public speaker, and writer. She is known for her webcomic ''Assigned Male'', which draws upon her experiences as a trans girl and woman. She is an activist in the transgender rights movement, and speak ...

* Yvette Lapointe - ''Les Petits Espiègles'' * Kate Leth - writer, ''Bravest Warriors'' (Boom! Comics), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (IDW), ''Adventure Time'' (Boom! Comics) *

Gisèle Lagacé Gisèle Lagacé (born June 16, 1970, in New Brunswick, Canada) is a Canadian comics writer and artist, writer and illustrator of webcomics. She is best known for her series '' Ménage à 3''. Biography She was born in 1970 in New Brunswick, Can ...

- ''Cool Cat Studio'', ''Penny and Aggie'', '' Ménage à 3'' *

Sam Maggs Sam Maggs (born November 10, 1988) is a Canadian-American author of books, comics and video games, and is known especially for her work on ''The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy'' and ''Marvel Action: Captain Marvel''. Early life and education Ma ...

- ''Marvel Action: Captain Marvel'', ''Rick & Morty Ever After'', ''Transformers'', ''My Little Pony'' * Maia Matches (born in Canada, later moved to the Netherlands) * Caroline Merola *

Diane Obomsawin Diane Obomsawin (born 1959) is a Quebec-based author, illustrator and animated filmmaker, often known by her pseudonym, Obom. Some of her notable works have explored the issue of lesbian first love, including a 2014 graphic novel, published in ...

Rina Piccolo Rina Piccolo is a Canadian cartoonist, best known for her comic strip '' Tina's Groove'', distributed by King Features Syndicate since 2002. She has been a professional cartoonist for more than two decades and recently gained recognition as an au ...

- (''Six Chix'', ''Tina's Groove'') * Doris Slater *

Fiona Staples Fiona Staples is a Canadian comic book artist known for her work on books such as ''North 40'', '' DV8: Gods and Monsters'', ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', '' Archie'', and '' Saga''. She has been described as one of the best artists working in the in ...

- ''

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'' *

Jillian Tamaki Jillian Tamaki (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian American illustrator and comic artist known for her work in ''The New York Times'' and ''The New Yorker'' in addition to the graphic novels ''Boundless'', as well as ''Skim (comics), Skim'' and ' ...

- '' Skim'' and ''

This One Summer ''This One Summer'' is a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki published by First Second Books in 2014. It is a coming of age story about two teenage friends, Rose and Windy, during a summer in Awago, a small be ...

'' *

Olga Urbansky Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russia, ...

- ''Sergeant Renfrew'', based on the comedy character by

Dave Broadfoot Dave Broadfoot (December 5, 1925 – November 1, 2016) was a Canadian comedian and satirist. He is best known for his performances as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce.Chrissie Zullo Chrissie Zullo is a comic book artist whose notable works include the covers for '' Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love''. Her work been compared to that of Tara McPherson. Early life Chrissie Zullo was born in Canada. She has since lived in Sout ...

Zviane Zviane (pen name of Sylvie-Anne Ménard; born in 1983 in Longueuil) is a comics creator (writer and artist) and a musician from Montréal, Quebec. Biography A musician since her youth, Zviane earned a baccalaureate in music from . She teaches mus ...

Mexico

* Cecilia Pego

United States

Platinum Age (1897–1937)

Nell Brinkley Nell Brinkley (September 5, 1886 – October 21, 1944) was an American illustrator and comic artist who was sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Comics" during her nearly four-decade career working with New York newspapers and magazines. Sh ...

- (''The Brinkley Girl'') * Mildred Burleigh - (''Pigtails'') * Dot Cochran - (''Dot and Dodo'', ''Me and My Boyfriend'') *

Fanny Cory Fanny Young Cory (October 17, 1877 – July 28, 1972) was a cartoonist and book illustrator best known for her comic strips ''Sonnysayings'' and ''Little Miss Muffet''. Cory was one of America's first female syndicated cartoonists. She went by s ...

- (''Other People's Children'', ''Sonny Sayings'', ''Little Miss Muffet'') * Grace G. Drayton - (''Dolly Drake and Bobby Blake in Storyland'', ''The Terrible Tales of Captain Kiddo'', ''Toodles'', ''Dolly Dimples'', ''The Campbell Kids'', ''The Pussycat Princess'') * Edwina Dumm - (''

Cap Stubbs and Tippie ''Cap Stubbs and Tippie'' is a syndicated newspaper comic strip created by the cartoonist Edwina Dumm that ran for 48 years, from August 21, 1918, to September 3, 1966.Goulart, Ron. ''The Funnies:100 years of American comic strips''. Holbrook, Mas ...

'') * Lovrien Gregory - (''The Pioneers'') * Carol Hager - (continued ''The Adventures of Waddles'') *

Ethel Hays Ethel Hays (March 13, 1892 – March 19, 1989) was an American syndicated cartoonist specializing in flapper-themed comic strips in the 1920s and 1930s. She drew in Art Deco style. In the later part of her career, during the 1940s and 1950s, sh ...

- (''Ethel'', ''

Flapper Fanny Says ''Flapper Fanny Says'' was a single-panel daily cartoon series starting on January 26, 1925, with a Sunday page (called ''Flapper Fanny'') following on August 7, 1932. Created by Ethel Hays, each episode featured a flapper illustration and a witti ...

'', ''Marianne'', ''Vic and Ethel''). *

Margaret G. Hays Margaret G. Hays (née Margaret Parker Gebbie; July 3, 1874 – September 13, 1925) was an American illustrator, cartoonist, and children's author. Biography Hays was born Margaret Parker on July 3, 1874, to George, an art publisher, and Mary J ...

- (''Jennie and Jack, Also The Little Dog Jap'') * Mary A. Hays - (''Kate and Karol, the Cranford Kids''). *

Louise Hirsch Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

- (''Tessie Tish'', ''Charlie Chirps'') *

Virginia Huget Virginia Clark (December 22, 1899 – June 27, 1991), better known as Virginia Huget, was a prolific and versatile American comic strip artist and writer. She is known for her comic strips depicting flappers and for broadening the flapper image b ...

- (''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'', ''Flora's Fling'', ''Campus Capers'', ''Miss Aladdin'', ''Molly the Manicure Girl'', continued '' Skippy'' and ''Oh Diana''). * Fay King - (1910s-1930s cartoons and early autobiographical comics) *

Rose O'Neill Rose Cecil O'Neill (June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer. She rose to fame for her creation of the popular comic strip characters, Kewpies, in 1909, and was also the first published fema ...

- (''

Kewpie Kewpie is a brand of dolls and figurines that were conceived as comic strip characters by cartoonist Rose O'Neill. The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby cupid characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic ...

'') *

Marjorie Organ Marjorie Organ Henri (December 3, 1886 – July 1930) was an Irish-born American illustrator, cartoonist and caricaturist. One of five children of an Irish wallpaper designer, Organ came to the United States with her family when she was 13. She ...

- (''Reggie and the Heavenly Twins'', ''Strange What a Difference a Mere Man Makes'', ''The Wrangle Sisters'' * Louise Quarles - (''Bun's Puns'') * Katharine P. Rice - (''Flora Flirt'') *

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(born in the U.K., later moved to the U.S.) - (''Gretchen Gratz'', ''Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins''). * Dorothy Urfer - (''

Annibelle ''Annibelle'' was a comic strip created in 1929 by Dorothy Urfer. It was first published as a single panel cartoon on December 29, 1929, on the women's page of Newspaper Enterprise Association, Inc.'s ''Everyweek'' section. The humorous strip re ...

'')

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/ Silver Age (1930s-c. 1970)

Nina Albright Nina Dorothy Albright (February 15, 1907 – February 7, 1997) was an American comic book artist for nine years during the Golden Age of Comic Books. She was one of the few women illustrating and writing comic books during the period. Early ...

- (artist for comics packager Bernard Baily Studio) * Rosie Arima - (''Chig'', ''Li'l Eva-Cue'') *

Ruth Atkinson Ruth Atkinson Ford, née Ruth Atkinson and a.k.a. R. Atkinson (June 2, 1918 – June 1, 1997), Includes obituary for Ruth Atkinson Ford, giving date of death date as June 1, 1997.Date of death given as May 31, 1997 at that the Lambiek Comiclope ...

a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson - (worked for Fiction House, Timely Comics, Lev Gleason Publications) *

Violet Barclay Violet A. Barclay (November 5, 1922 – February 26, 2010), who also worked under the name Valerie Barclay and the married name Valerie Smith, was an American illustrator best known as one of the pioneering List of women in comics, female comi ...

- (worked as an inker for Timely/

Atlas Comics Atlas Comics may refer to * Atlas Comics (1950s) Atlas Comics is the 1950s comic book, comic-book publishing label that evolved into Marvel Comics. Magazine and mass market paperback, paperback novel publisher Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin ...

) *

Toni Blum Audrey Anthony Blum (c. January 12, 1918 Note: The Social Security Death Index lists no Toni Blum, Audrey Blum, or Audrey Bossert born 1918. – 1972 Bails, Jerry and Hames Ware, eds"Blum, Toni"at ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928-1999'' o ...

- (writer for Eisner & Iger) * Ann Brewster *

Hannah Carter Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a famil ...

- (continued her husband,

Ad Carter August Daniel Carter (1895–1957) was an American comic strip cartoonist who created the long-running ''Just Kids'' strip. He was known as Ad Carter, the signature he used on his strips. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Carter was 11 years old wh ...

's series ''Just Kids'' as ''Mush Stebbins and his Sister''.) *

- (''Little Miss Muffet'') *Jill Elgin - (continued ''Girl Commandos''). * Linda Fite - (writer for '' The Cat'',

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

) * Ramona Fradon - (worked on '' Aquaman'' and '' Metamorpho'', ''

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

'', drew ''

Brenda Starr, Reporter ''Brenda Starr, Reporter'' (often referred to simply as ''Brenda Starr'') is a comic strip about a glamorous, adventurous reporter. It was created in 1940 by Dale Messick for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate. History Although set in Chicago, ''B ...

'') * Barbara Hall - (drew for ''

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, Girl Commandos, the Blonde Bomber'') * Ray Herman - (1940s editor at

Holyoke Publishing The Holyoke Publishing Company was an American magazine and comic-book publisher with offices in Holyoke, and Springfield, Massachusetts, and New York City, Its best-known comics characters were Blue Beetle and the superhero duo Cat-Man (later r ...

and elsewhere.) *

Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novel ...

- (worked for Nedor/Standard/Better Comics and others) * Virginia Hubbell - ( Charles Biro's ghost writer, Lev Gleason Publications' ''Crime Does Not Pay'').Hajdu, David. The Ten-Cent Plague - The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America, page 5. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. ; . * Alice Kirkpatrick * Virginia Krausmann - (continued ''

'' and ''Marianne'') *

Lee Marrs Lee Marrs (born September 5, 1945) is an American cartoonist and animator, and one of the first female underground comix creators. She is best known for her comic book series ''The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp'', which lasted ...

- (worked for ''

Star Reach ''Star Reach'' (also spelled ''Star*Reach'') was an American science fiction and fantasy comics anthology published from 1974 to 1979 by Mike Friedrich. Publication history One of the first American mainstream independent comic books, ''Star*R ...

'') *

Alice Marble Alice Marble (September 28, 1913 – December 13, 1990) was an American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam championships between 1936 and 1940: five in singles, six in women's doubles, and seven in mixed doubles. She was ranked world No. 1 in 193 ...

- (associate editor on ''

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...

'' from 1941-1945, creator/writer of ''Wonder Women of History'' feature from 1942-1946) *

Elizabeth Holloway Marston Sarah Elizabeth Marston ( Holloway; February 20, 1893 – March 27, 1993) was an American attorney and psychologist. She is credited, with her husband William Moulton Marston, with the development of the systolic blood pressure measurement used ...

- (co-creator of ''

'') * Joye Hummel - (wrote several scripts of ''

'' when the original script writer, William Moulton Marston, was too ill to continue on his own.) * Tarpe Mills,

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of June Mills - ('' Cat-Man'' (Holyoke Comics), ''

Miss Fury Miss Fury is a fictional superheroine from the Golden Age of Comics. She first appeared as ''The Black Fury'' on April 6, 1941, a Sunday comic strip distributed by the Bell Syndicate, and created by artist June Tarpé Mills (writing as Tarpé M ...

'') *

Jackie Ormes Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was an American cartoonist. She is known as the first African-American woman cartoonist and creator of the ''Torchy Brown'' comic strip and the ''Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger'' panel. Early life and ...

- (''Torchy Brown'', '' Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger''). * Ramone Patenaude, aka Pat *

Albertine Randall Albertine Randall Wheelan (May 27, 1863 - January 9, 1954) was an American illustrator, cartoonist, and costume designer. Early life Albertine Randall was born May 27, 1863, in San Francisco, California. A 1921 article in the '' American Mag ...

- (''The Dumbunnies'') *

Lily Renée Lily Renée Phillips (''née'' Willheim; May 12, 1921 – August 24, 2022), often credited as L. Renée, Lily Renée, or Reney, was an Austrian-born American artist best known as one of the earliest women in the comic-book industry, beginning in ...

a.k.a. Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips) - (worked for Fiction House and

St. John Publications St. John Publications was an American publisher of magazines and comic books. During the 1947-1958 existence of its comic-book division, St. John established several industry firsts. Founded by Archer St. John, the firm was located in Manhattan a ...

) * Ruth Roche - (writer of '' Phantom Lady'' (Fox Comics)) * Marie Severin - (worked for EC and Marvel Comics) *

Barbara Shermund Barbara Shermund (June 26, 1899 – September 9, 1978) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in ''The New Yorker'' from its first year in 1925. She was one of the first three women cartoonists inducted into the National Cartoonists Soci ...

* Virginia Smith - (co-creator of ''The Smith Family''). *

Marcia Snyder Marcia Louise Snyder (sometimes spelled "Snider") was a comic book artist and newspaper cartoonist who worked for the Binder Studio, Timely Comics, Fawcett Comics, and Fiction House during the Golden Age of Comic Books. Biography Snyder was bor ...

- (worked for Fiction House) *Daisy Swayze - (lettered for Fawcett Comics, sister of artist

Marc Swayze Marcus Desha Swayze, known as Marc Swayze (July 17, 1913 – October 14, 2012), was an American comic book artist from 1941 to 1953 for Fawcett Comics of New York City. He is best known for his work on Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel ...

) * Esther Takei - (''Ama-Chan'') * Mercy Van Vlack - (''Miranda the Tease'', ''Green Ghost and Lotus'') * Linda Walter - (''Susie Q. Smith'' and as illustrator ''Bunty'') * Tatjana Wood - (colorist) * Dorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek - (DC Comics' first woman editor)

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and
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Laura Allred Laura Allred is an American comics artist who is best known for her work as a colorist with her husband, the writer/artist Mike Allred. Awards * 1995: Won "Favorite Colorist" Wizard Fan Award * 1998: Nominated for "Best Colorist" Eisner Awa ...

Sana Amanat Sana Amanat is an American comic book editor and an executive of production and development at Marvel Studios, having formerly been the Director of Content and Character Development at Marvel Comics.

- editor, ''

Ms. Marvel Ms. Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was originally conceived as a female counterpart to Captain Marvel. Like Captain Marvel, most of the bearers of the Ms. M ...

'' (Marvel) * Sarah Andersen - creator, ''

Sarah's Scribbles ''Sarah's Scribbles'' is a webcomic by Sarah Andersen started in 2011. Andersen initially published the webcomic on Tumblr, but has since released it on various services, such as Facebook, Instagram, Tapas and her own website. ''Sarah's Scribbles ...

''; co-creator, '' Cheshire Crossing'' * Fiona Avery * Samm Barnes - Marvel Comics writer * Amber Benson - writer, ''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...

'' (

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

) *

Karen Berger Karen Berger (; born February 26, 1958) is an American comic book editor. She is best known for her role in helping create DC Comics' Vertigo imprint in 1993 and serving as the line's Executive Editor until 2013. She currently oversees Berger B ...

- editor, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint * Maddie Blaustein - writer, Milestone Comics' '' Hardware'' *

June Brigman June Brigman (born October 25, 1960) Miller, John Jackson"Comics Industry Birthdays" ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', June 10, 2005. Accessed January 1, 2011WebCitation archive is an American comic book artist and illustrator. She is best known for cr ...

- artist and co-creator, '' Power Pack'' (Marvel Comics); final artist ''

'' comic strip (1995-2011) * Madeline Brogan * Sarah Byam - writer,

Black Canary The Black Canary is the name of two superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics: Dinah Drake and her daughter Dinah Laurel Lance. The original version was created by the writer-artist team of Robert Kanigher and ...

(DC Comics), ''Mode Extreme'' (Marvel/ Razorline) *

Roz Chast Rosalind Chast (born November 26, 1954) is an American cartoonist and a staff cartoonist for ''The New Yorker''. Since 1978, she has published more than 800 cartoons in ''The New Yorker''. She also publishes cartoons in ''Scientific American'' and ...

- ''New Yorker'' staff cartoonist ''The Party After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995-2003'' *

Bobbie Chase Barbara "Bobbie" Chase (born August 21) is an editor and writer in the comic book industry. She worked for Marvel Comics throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1994–1995, she was one of Marvel Group's Editors-in-Chief, the highest level a female edi ...

- Marvel Comics editor *

Jo Chen Jo Chen (; born July 4, 1976) is an American comic book artist and writer best known for her highly detailed painted comic book covers. In the Japanese comic industry she is also known by the pen name TogaQ and is known as Jun Togai ("Togai Jun" ...

- cover artist,

's '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight'' *

Joyce Chin Joyce Chin is a comic book penciler, inker, colorist, and cover artist. She has created content under the Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dynamite Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and '' IDW Publishing'' labels. A large portion of Chin's work ha ...

- artist, ''Wynonna Earp'' (IDW), *

Becky Cloonan Becky Cloonan (born 23 June) is an American comic book creator, known for work published by Tokyopop and Vertigo. In 2012 she became the first female artist to draw the main '' Batman'' title for DC Comics.Beck, Laura (February 8, 2013)"Meet the F ...

- writer and artist. *

Nancy A. Collins Nancy A. Collins (born September 10, 1959) is an American horror fiction writer best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonja Blue. Collins has also written for comic books, including the ''Swamp Thing'' (vol. 2) se ...

- writer, DC/Vertigo's '' Swamp Thing'' * Amanda Conner - artist, ''The Pro'' (Image Comics), '' Disney's Gargoyles'' (Marvel Comics) *

Colleen Coover Colleen Coover (born July 14, 1969) is a comic book artist and author based in Portland, Oregon and is known for creating the lesbian-themed erotic comic book ''Small Favors'' from Eros Comix, illustrator of the comic book limited series ''Banana ...

- writer and artist. *

Rosario Dawson Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama ''Kids''. Her subsequent film roles include '' He Got Game'' (1998), ''Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Men in Bl ...

- writer and co-creator, '' Occult Crimes Taskforce''

Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...

* Kelly Sue DeConnick - writer, ''Captain Marvel'', ''Avengers Assemble'' (Marvel) *

Tania del Rio Tania del Rio (born November 16) is an American cartoonist working mainly in comic books. She is a graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a BFA in animation. In 2003, Tania's manga entry, ''Lovesketch'', was selected to a ...

- artist/writer, ''

Sabrina the Teenage Witch ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional character, fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo ...

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Archie Comics Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York.Rachel Dodson - inker, Marvel and DC *

Colleen Doran Colleen Doran is an American writer-artist and cartoonist. She illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, including the autobiographical graphic novel of Marvel Comics editor and writer Stan Lee entitled ''Amazing Fant ...

- writer and artist, ''

A Distant Soil ''A Distant Soil'' is an epic space opera comic book series published by American company Image Comics, combining science fiction and fantasy with Arthurian themes. It is written and illustrated by Colleen Doran. "A forerunner of queer-friendly c ...

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Valerie D'Orazio Valerie D'Orazio (born February 23, 1974) is an American comic book writer and editor. Career D'Orazio was hired as assistant editor at Acclaim in 1997. She joined the Creative Services Department at DC Comics in 2000. In 2002, she became assist ...

- assistant editor,

* Leigh Dragoon - artist, ''By the Wayside'' *

Jo Duffy Mary Jo Duffy (born February 9, 1954) is an American comic book editor and writer, known for her work for Marvel Comics in the 1980s and DC Comics and Image Comics in the 1990s. Biography A native of the New York City area, Duffy attended Welles ...

a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy - writer and Marvel Comics editor *

Jan Duursema Jan Duursema (born October 27, 1954) is an American comics artist known for her work on the ''Star Wars'' comics franchise. She is the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and the Kiffar Jedi Quinlan Vos. Career ...

- artist, '' Star Wars: Legacy'' (Dark Horse Comics) * Mary Fleener - artist and writer, ''Slutburger'' *

Kaja Foglio Kaja Foglio (born January 12, 1970) is a Seattle-based writer, artist, and publisher. Foglio co-won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2009 for ''Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones'', a series which went ...

- writer and co-creator, ''

Girl Genius ''Girl Genius'' is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment. The comic won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic ...

'' (Studio Foglio) *

Robin Furth Robin Furth is the personal research assistant to Stephen King and the author of Stephen King's '' The Dark Tower: A Complete Concordance'', which was published by Scribner on December 5, 2006. It is a compilation of her two previous encyclopedic ...

- plotter, '' The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born'' (Marvel Comics) *

Shaenon K. Garrity Shaenon K. Garrity is a webcomic creator and science-fiction author best known for her webcomics ''Narbonic'' and '' Skin Horse''. She collaborated with various artists to write webcomics for the Modern Tales-family of webcomic subscription serv ...

- writer,

' ''Marvel Holiday Special'' * Megan Rose Gedris - writer, artist and creator, ''YU+ME:dream'', '' I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space'' (

Platinum Studios Platinum Studios, Inc. is a media company based in the United States. It controls a library of thousands of comic-book characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media. The company has released films and/or telev ...

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Devin Grayson Devin Kalile Grayson is an American writer of comic books and novels. Titles that she has written include ''Catwoman'', '' Gotham Knights'', '' The Titans'', the Vertigo series ''USER'', and ''Nightwing''. Early life Grayson was born in New Hav ...

- writer, ''

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

'', '' Batman: Gotham Knights'', ''

Catwoman Catwoman is a fictional character created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Debuting as "the Cat" in ''Batman'' #1 (spring 1940), she ...

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Nightwing Nightwing is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character has appeared in various incarnations; the identity was adopted by Dick Grayson when he left his role as Batman's vigilante partner Robin. Although ...

'' (all DC Comics) * Pia Guerra - artist, Vertigo's '' Y The Last Man'' *

Stephanie Hans Stephanie Hans is a French illustrator and comics artist. She is best known for co-creating the series '' Die'', a three-time Hugo Award-finalist, and British Fantasy Award winner, with writer Kieron Gillen. Hans has worked with Marvel Comics, ...

- artist and co-creator, ''

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Jody Houser Jody Houser is an American professional comics writer known for her work on licensed properties. She was nominated for the Eisner Award in 2017 for her writing in the comic series ''Faith'' (2016). She was also the writer on the second volume ...

- writer,

Faith Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often ...

( Valiant Comics), ''

Mother Panic Mother Panic, also known as Violet Paige, is a fictional vigilante appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and its imprint Young Animal, focused on mature readers. The character was created by writers Jody Houser and Gerard Way and illus ...

'' ( Young Animal), '' Supergirl'' (DC Comics), '' Vox Machina Origins'' (Dark Horse) * Jenna Jameson - creator and plotter, '' Shadow Hunter'' ( Virgin Comics) * Avy Jetter - creator ''Nuthin' Good Ever Happens at 4 a.m'' *

Jenette Kahn Jenette Kahn (; born May 16, 1947) is an American comic book editor and executive. She joined DC Comics in 1976 as publisher, and five years later was promoted to president. In 1989, she stepped down as publisher and assumed the title of editor ...

- editor and executive, DC Comicshttps://imagecomics.com/creators/stephanie-hans *

Carol Kalish Carol Kalish (February 14, 1955Kraft, David Anthony. 1984, "Sales Director Carol Kalish: Marvel's Direct Sales Manager Tells Her Side," ''Comics Interview'', vol. 1, no. 18, pp. 57-71. – September 5, 1991) was an American writer, editor, comic bo ...

- executive, Marvel Comics *

Shawn Kerri Shawn Kerri (born Shawn Maureen Fitzgerald, 1958) is an American cartoonist who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. She is known for her work as one of the few female contributors to ''CARtoons Magazine,'' and as part of the early Southern Califor ...

- cartoonist, Cracked, CARtoons Magazine *

Barbara Kesel Barbara Randall Kesel (born October 2, 1960) is an American writer and editor of comic books. Her bibliography includes work for Crossgen, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, and Marvel Comics. Biography Barbara Kesel init ...

a.k.a. Barbara Randall Kesel - writer, ''Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales'' (IDW Publishing) *

Irene Koh Irene Koh is a comics artist from Seoul, South Korea. She has previously worked with large comics publishers like Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics. She was the main artist for Turf Wars trilogy of ''The Legend of Korra'' comics. ...

- artist of ''The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars'', creator of ''Afrina and the Glass Coffin'' *

Kim Krizan Kim Krizan (born November 1, 1961) is an American writer and actress best known for originating the story and characters in the "Before Sunrise" trilogy with her writing on ''Before Sunrise'' (1995) and ''Before Sunset'' (2004), for which she was ...

- writer, BOOM! Studio comics * Elaine Lee - writer, ''Vamps'' (DC Comics), ''Saint Sinner'' (Marvel/Razorline) *

Marjorie Liu Marjorie M. Liu is an American ''New York Times'' best-selling author and comic book writer. She is acclaimed for her horror fantasy comic '' Monstress'', and her paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels including ''The Hunter Kiss'' and ''Tig ...

- writer, ''

X-23 Laura Kinney (born X-23; codename Wolverine) is a fictional superhero appearing in media published by Marvel Entertainment, most commonly in association with the X-Men. The character was created by writer Craig Kyle for the '' X-Men: Evolution' ...

'', '' Black Widow'', ''

Dark Wolverine Daken (; birth name: Akihiro) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daken was created by writer Daniel Way and artist Steve Dillon and first appeared in '' Wolverine: Origins'' #10 (March 2007). ...

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NYX Nyx (; , , "Night") is the Greek goddess and personification of night. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation and mothered other personified deities, such as Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), with Erebus (Darknes ...

'', '' Astonishing X-Men'' (Marvel Comics) * Nilah Magruder - writer, artist, illustrator, animator * Cynthia Martin - artist for (among others)

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Laura Martin Laura DePuy (credited later in her career as Laura Martin, having married Randy Martin in 2001) is a colorist who has produced work for several of the major comics companies, including DC Comics, Marvel Comics and CrossGen. Career A sometimes comi ...

- colorist, '' Planetary'' (DC Comics/

WildStorm Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wilds ...

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CrossGen Cross Generation Entertainment or CrossGen was an American comic book publisher and entertainment company that operated from 1998 to 2004. The company's assets were acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 2004, and designated to Disney Publishing ...

) * Tara McPherson - cover artist, Vertigo * Adriana Melo - artist, ''

'' (Marvel Comics) * Denise Mina - writer, Vertigo's '' Hellblazer'' *

Leah Moore Leah Moore (born 4 February 1978) is a British comic book writer and columnist. The daughter of comics writer Alan Moore, she frequently collaborates with her husband, writer John Reppion, as Moore & Reppion. Biography Moore was born to comics ...

- writer,

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, (stylized as WildStorm), is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee under the name "Aegis Entertainment" and expanded in subsequent years by other creators, Wilds ...

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Albion Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than 'Britain' today. The name for Scot ...

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Mindy Newell Mindy Newell (born October 24, 1953) is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for her work with DC Comics. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Newell graduated from high school in 1971. She then attended the Beth Israel Deacon ...

- writer/editor, Marvel, DC, and

First First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...

Ann Nocenti Ann "Annie" Nocenti (; born January 17, 1957) is an American journalist, filmmaker, teacher, comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work at Marvel in the late 1980s, particularly the four-year stint as the editor of ''Uncanny X-Me ...

- writer, ''

Daredevil Daredevil may refer to: * A stunt performer Arts and media Comics * Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications), a fictional 1940s superhero popularized by writer-artist Charles Biro * Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), a Marvel comic book superher ...

'' (Marvel Comics) *

Sonia Oback Sonia Oback is an American comic book colorist who is best known for her work on the Top Cow Productions series ''Witchblade''. Career Oback started on ''Witchblade'' with issue #75, in a back-up story assisting Brian Buccellato. In 2006, she wo ...

- colorist, " Uncanny X-Men", " X-23: Target X" (Marvel Comics) *

Glynis Oliver Glynis Oliver, also credited as Glynis Wein (), is an artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry. For several years, she was married to Len Wein. She returned to her maiden name in 1985. Work In the fall of 1972, Len Wein and wr ...

- colorist, ''

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in ...

'' (Marvel Comics) *

Sara Pichelli Sara Pichelli (born 15 April 1983) is an Italian comics artist best known for first illustrating the Miles Morales version of ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. After starting her career in animation, Pichelli entered the comic book industry working for ID ...

- artist, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics) *

Jodi Picoult Jodi Lynn Picoult () is an American writer. Picoult has published 28 novels, accompanying short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into 34 ...

- writer, DC's ''

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Tamora Pierce Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, '' The Song of the Lioness'' (1983–1988), wh ...

- writer,

' ''White Tiger'' *

Wendy Pini Wendy Pini ''née'' Fletcher, (born June 4, 1951) and Richard Pini (born July 19, 1950) are the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known '' Elfquest'' series of comics, graphic novels and prose works. They are also known a ...

- artist and co-creator, '' Elfquest'' ( WaRP Graphics), and ''

Masque of the Red Death "The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague ...

'' (Go! Comi) *

Janice Race Janice Race is an American former comic book editor best known for her work at DC Comics in the 1980s. Biography Raised in The Bronx,Race, Janice, brief autobiographical essay for Dick Giordano's "Meanwhile" column, ''Wonder Woman'' #317 (July 19 ...

- editor, DC Comics *

Barb Rausch Barbara Ann Rausch (1941–2001) was a Los Angeles-based comics artist and writer. Biography Barb Rausch was born on 7 June 1941, and worked on a number of comic books, cartoons and newspaper comic strips. She worked on comic books including ''B ...

Amy Reeder Amy Reeder (born August 25, 1980), formerly known as Amy Reeder Hadley, is an American comic book artist and writer known for her work on titles such as ''Fool's Gold'', ''Madame Xanadu'', ''Batwoman'', and '' Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur''. Ea ...

- artist and co-creator, ''

Rocket Girl Rocket Girl is a London-based independent record label. It has released records by Robin Guthrie, Pieter Nooten, God Is an Astronaut, Ulrich Schnauss, A Place to Bury Strangers, Bell Gardens (band), Bell Gardens among others, including many a ...

'' (Image Comics) *

Emma Rios Emma may refer to: * Emma (given name) Film * ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown * ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow * ''Emma'' (1996 TV film), a British television film starring Kate Be ...

- artist, "

Pretty Deadly ''Pretty Deadly'' is a creator-owned American comic book series by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Spanish artist Emma Ríos, distributed by Image Comics. The story combines elements from western and horror genres, and draws on aspects from mythology a ...

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Trina Robbins Trina Robbins (born Trina Perlson; August 17, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first female artists in that movement. In the 1980s, Robbins beca ...

- artist, Warren Publishing *

Sara Ryan Sara Ryan (born 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in Portland, Oregon. Biography Ryan was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she graduated from Pioneer High School in 1989. Her first novel, '' Empress of the World'', was publ ...

- writer, ''Me and Edith Head'' * Nicola Scott - artist, '' Birds of Prey'' (DC Comics) *

Diana Schutz Diana Schutz (born February 1, 1955) is a Canadian-born comic book editor, serving as editor in chief of Comico during its peak years, followed by a 25-year tenure at Dark Horse Comics. Some of the best-known works she has edited are Frank Miller ...

- editor, Dark Horse Comics * Erica Schultz - writer, "Daredevil Annual" 2018, "Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne" (Marvel Comics) * Cara Sherman Tereno *

Gail Simone Gail Simone (aka Gladys Simonetti) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's ''Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other ...

- writer, ''Birds of Prey'', ''Wonder Woman'' (all DC Comics) * Louise Simonson a.k.a. Louise Jones - Marvel Comics editor; writer and co-creator, '' Power Pack'' (Marvel Comics); *

Mary Skrenes Mary Skrenes is a comic book writer and screenwriter. She may be best known as co-creator (with Steve Gerber) of Omega the Unknown for Marvel Comics, although she worked on other Marvel characters such as the Defenders and Guardians of the Galaxy ...

- writer and co-creator, ''

Omega the Unknown Omega the Unknown is an American comic book published by Marvel Comics from 1976 to 1977, featuring the eponymous fictional character. The series, written by Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes and illustrated by Jim Mooney, ran for 10 issues before ...

'' (Marvel Comics) *

Barbara Slate Barbara Slate (born May 9, 1947) is an American artist, cartoonist, graphic novelist, comic book creator, and writer. She is one of the few female artists who has created, written, and drawn comics for both DC Comics, DC and Marvel Comics. Her te ...

* Roxanne Starr - letterer *

ND Stevenson Nate Diana Stevenson or simply ND "Indy" Stevenson (formerly Noelle Diana Stevenson; born December 31, 1991) is an American cartoonist and animation producer. He is the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the animated television seri ...

- cartoonist, ''

Nimona ''Nimona'' is a fantasy graphic novel by ND Stevenson, an American cartoonist. The story follows Nimona, a shapeshifter who joins the villain Ballister Blackheart in his plans to destroy the over-controlling Institute. Blackheart tries to oper ...

'' and ''

Lumberjanes ''Lumberjanes'' is a comic book series created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson and published via the ''Boom Box!'' imprint of Boom! Studios. The story follows a group of girls named Mal, Ripley, Molly, April, and Jo ...

'' *

Christina Strain Christina Strain is an American comic book colorist, writer and screenwriter. Strain formerly worked for Marvel Comics as a colorist before pursuing a career as a writer. Strain's notable works include; the award-winning Marvel series '' Runaways ...

- colorist, ''

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Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane ''Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'' is an American comic book series focusing on a teenage Mary Jane Watson, Mary Jane, the Romantic interest, love interest of superhero Spider-Man. The series, published by Marvel Comics, is a teen drama set outside th ...

'' (all Marvel Comics) *

Margaret Stohl Margaret Stohl (; born 1967) is an American novelist. She is the author of 14 novels, as well as 5 volumes of comics and several videogames. She lives in Santa Monica, California. Early life and education Margaret Stohl was born in Pasadena, ...

- writer, ''Mighty Captain Marvel'', ''Life of Captain Marvel'', ''Spider-Man Noir'' (Marvel) * Lilah Sturges - writer, "Jack of Fables", "Everafter", "House of Mystery" * Laurie S. Sutton - writer and editor, DC Comics and Marvel Comics *

Babs Tarr Barbara Tarr (also known as Babs Tarr) is an American freelance comic book artist who has worked for DC Comics and Image Comics. She is best known for her work on ''Batgirl'' and for her Japanese-style illustrations. Early life Babs Tarr grew ...

- artist, ''

Batgirl Batgirl is the name of several superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts and allies to the superhero Batman. Although the character Betty Kane was introduced into publication in ...

'' (DC Comics) * Cara Sherman Tereno (''Arion, Lord of Atlantis'', ''Life With The Vampire'') * Jill Thompson - artist and writer, ''

'', '' Sandman'', and her own ''Scary Godmother'' series * Kelly Thompson - writer, '' Hawkeye,

Jessica Jones Jessica Campbell Jones Cage is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos and first appeared in ''Alias'' #1 (November 2001) ...

, Captain Marvel, Rogue & Gambit, Mr. & Mrs. X, Black Widow, West Coast Avengers'' (Marvel) *

Maggie Thompson Maggie Thompson (born Margaret Curtis; November 29, 1942), is an American longtime editor of the now-defunct comic book industry news magazine ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', science fiction fan, and collector of comics. Early life Margaret (nickname ...

- editor, '' Comics Buyer's Guide'' magazine *

Kathleen Webb Kathleen Webb (born October 6, 1956) is an American comic book writer and artist and one of the first female writers for Archie Comics. Biography Kathleen Webb was born in Puyallup, Washington. Mentored by Archie Comics writer-artist Dan DeCar ...

- writer, '' Betty'' (Archie Comics) *

Christina Weir Christina Weir is a writer of comic books and television. She writes with her husband, Nunzio DeFilippis, whom she met while they were both students at Vassar College. The two have written for two seasons on HBO's '' Arli$$'', and have sold story ...

- writer, Oni Press *

G. Willow Wilson Gwendolyn Willow Wilson (born August 31, 1982) is an American comics writer, prose author, and essayist. Her best-known prose works include the novels ''Alif the Unseen'' and '' The Bird King''. She is most well known for relaunching the '' Ms. Ma ...

- writer, ''

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

'' (Vertigo), ''

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Kim Yale Kim Yale (November 22, 1953 – March 7, 1997) was an American writer and editor of comic books for several publishers including DC Comics, Eclipse Comics, First Comics, Marvel Comics, and WaRP Graphics. Biography Yale was born in Evanston, Illi ...

- writer/editor,

, First Comics, and Warp Graphics

OEL manga

* Tina Anderson - writer, ''Only Words'' (Iris Print), ''Games With Me'' (The Wild Side), ''Loud Snow'' (Gynocrat INK) *

- artist,

Digital Manga Digital Manga is a California-based publishing company that licenses and releases Japanese manga, anime, and related merchandise in the English language. Digital Manga also owns and operates eManga, a digital publishing site for manga and l ...

's ''In These Words'' *

- artist,

AiT/Planet Lar AiT/Planet Lar is an American comic book publishing company based in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1999 by Larry Young and Mimi Rosenheim. The company focuses on releasing original graphic novels into the mass market, although the ...

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Demo Demo, usually short for demonstration, may refer to: Music and film *Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than release * ''Demo'' (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes * ''Demo'' (Deafhea ...

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Alex de Campi Alex de Campi is a British-American music video director, comics writer and columnist. Career Comics Alex de Campi wrote 2005's mini-series ''Smoke'' (published by IDW Publishing, art by Igor Kordey), which was nominated for the Eisner Award ...

- writer, ''Kat & Mouse'' (Tokyopop) *

Amy Kim Ganter Amy Kim Kibuishi (born 1980 in Binghamton, New York),Democrat and Chronicle staff. (April 9, 2006). "Especially for teens". ''Rochester Democrat and Chronicle''. Pg. 7C is an American author and illustrator of original English-language manga. C ...

- artist/writer, ''

Sorcerers & Secretaries ''Sorcerers & Secretaries'' is a manga-influenced comic created by Amy Kim Ganter and was published by Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, mang ...

'' (Tokyopop) * Holly Golightly a.k.a. Holly G!, Fauve - artist/writer, ''School Bites'' (

Broadsword Comics Jim Balent () is an American comics artist, writer, and publisher from Pennsylvania. He is best known for his long run on ''Catwoman'' between 1993 and 1999. Balent has also drawn '' Batman'' and '' Lobo'' for DC Comics, as well as some of the is ...

) *

Priscilla Hamby Priscilla Hamby (born August 5, 1982) is an American illustrator and comic book artist. She specializes in Japanese manga style comics and uses the pen name Rem when published. She lives in Houston, Texas where graduated from the University of Ho ...

- artist *

Lea Hernandez Lea Hernandez (born March 11, 1964) is an American comic book and webcomic creator, known primarily for working in a manga-influenced style, and for doing lettering and touch-ups on manga imports. She is the co-creator of '' Killer Princesses'', wr ...

- artist,

' ''Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher'' *

Gisele Lagace Gisele or Gisèle may refer to: Persons * Gisele (given name) * Gisele, mononym of Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen See also * Giselle (disambiguation) '' Giselle'' is a ballet. Giselle may also refer to: * ''Giselle'' (film), a film based on th ...

- artist, writer, Pixie Trix Comix, Archie Comics *

Nina Matsumoto Nina Matsumoto (born 18 November 1984) is a Japanese-Canadian cartoonist, also known as "space coyote", and most known for creating the comic book series ''Yōkaiden'' for Del Rey Manga. She created the webcomic ''Saturnalia'', and has worked as ...

- artist/writer, "

Yōkaiden ''Yōkaiden'' is an original English-language manga written and illustrated by Nina Matsumoto and published by Del Rey Manga. The story features Hamachi, a boy fascinated by the Japanese monsters called ''yokai''. When one of these monsters steals ...

" (Del Rey Manga) *

- artist/writer, '' Fool's Gold'' (Tokyopop) * Rivkah - artist/writer, ''

Steady Beat ''Steady Beat'' is a manga-inspired comic by Rivkah. It tells the story of Leah, a sixteen-year-old girl who finds a love letter addressed to her older sister Sarai, from a girl called Jessica. It tells of how Leah learns to accept her sister's ...

'' (Tokyopop)

Alternative comics

* Jessica Abel - (''La Perdida'') *

Donna Barr Donna Barr (born August 13, 1952) is an American comic book author and cartoonist. She is best known for ''The Desert Peach'' and '' Stinz''. She was born in Everett, Washington, the second child in a family of six siblings. Life and educatio ...

- (''Stinz'', ''The Desert Peach'') *

Alison Bechdel Alison Bechdel ( ; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the long-running comic strip ''Dykes to Watch Out For'', she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir ''Fun Home'', which ...

- ('' Dykes to Watch Out For'') * Gabrielle Bell - (''Lucky'') * Lee Binswanger *

Angela Bocage Angela Bocage (b. 1959)
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Our Cancer Year ''Our Cancer Year'' is a nonfiction graphic novel written by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner and illustrated by Frank Stack. Overview Published in 1994 by Four Walls Eight Windows, ''Our Cancer Year'' (an offshoot of the cult favorite comic book ...

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Paige Braddock Paige Braddock is an American cartoonist best known for her Eisner-nominated comic strip, ''Jane's World'', the first gay-themed comic work to receive online distribution by a national media syndicate in the U.S. Braddock concluded the comic str ...

- ''

Jane's World ''Jane's World'' was a comic strip by cartoonist Paige Braddock that ran from March 1998 to October 2018. Featuring lesbian and bisexual women characters, the strip stars Jane Wyatt, a young lesbian living in a trailer in Northern California w ...

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Vera Brosgol Vera Brosgol, also known as the Verabee (born August 2, 1984, in Moscow), is an Eisner Award and Harvey Award winning cartoonist and a graduate in Classical Animation of Sheridan College in Canada. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon. She wor ...

M.K. Brown M. K. Brown is an American cartoonist and painter whose work has appeared in many publications, including '' National Lampoon'' (1972-1981), ''Mother Jones'', ''Wimmen's Comix'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Playboy, among others.'' She has written seve ...

- (''Aunt Mary's Kitchen'', ''Dr. N!Godatu'') * Dot Bucher *

Nancy Burton Nancy may refer to: Places France * Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine ** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ...

, also known as Nancy Kalish or Hurricane Nancy - (''Gentle's Tripout'', contributed to '' It Ain't Me, Babe'') *

Sophie Campbell Sophie Campbell (formerly Ross Campbell) is a comic writer and artist known for her indie comics such as ''Wet Moon'' and ''Shadoweyes'', and for her art on the ''Jem and the Holograms'' comics. She primarily writes and draws characters who are a ...

- (''Too Much Hopeless Savages'', ''Spooked'') * Jennifer Camper *

Carole Carole is a feminine given name (see Carl for more information) and occasionally a surname. Carole may refer to: Given name * Carole B. Balin (born 1964), American Reform rabbi, professor of Jewish history *Carole Bayer Sager (born 1947), America ...

- (published in ''Breakin' Out'' in '' It Ain't Me, Babe'') *

Geneviève Castrée Geneviève Elverum ( Gosselin; April 9, 1981 – July 9, 2016), also known as Geneviève Castrée, was a Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician from Quebec. An early admirer of comics, she began creating them at a young age. L'Oie de Cra ...

Chynna Clugston Chynna Clugston Flores (born August 19, 1975) is a freelance American comic book creator known for her manga-influenced teen comedy series '' Blue Monday''. Based in Coarsegold, Clugston Flores has been drawing comics since 1994 and has worked w ...

- ('' Blue Monday'') *

- ('' Small Favors'') *

Molly Crabapple Molly Crabapple (born Jennifer Caban; 1983) is an American artist and writer. She is a contributing editor for ''Vice (magazine), VICE'' and has written for a variety of other outlets, as well as publishing books, including an illustrated memoir, ...

- (''Scarlett Takes Mahattan'', ''Backstage at Act-i-vate'') *

Sophie Crumb Sophia Violet "Sophie" Crumb (born September 27, 1981) is an American-French comics artist. She is the daughter of underground comix artists Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb. Crumb was born in Woodland, California, and lived in the nearby fa ...

- (''Belly Button'') *

Dame Darcy Darcy Megan Stanger (born June 19, 1971, Caldwell, Idaho), better known by the pen name Dame Darcy, is an alternative comics, alternative cartoonist, fine artist, musician, cabaret performer, and animator/filmmaker. Her "Neo-Victorian" comic boo ...

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Meat Cake ''Meat Cake'' is a comic book series written and drawn by Dame Darcy. Originally published by Caliber Press, ''Meat Cake'' was published by Fantagraphics in the United States from 1993 to 2008. ''Meat Cake'' has been described as "neo- Victorian, ...

'') * Vanessa Davis - (''Spaniel Rage'', ''Make Me a Woman'') * Abby Denson - (''Tough Love: High School Confidential'') *

Diane DiMassa Diane DiMassa (born 1959) is an American feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorpora ...

- '' Hothead Paisan - Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist'' *

- (''

'') * Julie Doucet - (''Dirty Plotte'') *

Debbie Dreschler Debbie Drechsler (born 1953) is an American illustrator and comic book creator. Her semi-autobiographical graphic novel about incest, ''Daddy's Girl'' (1996), was nominated for an Ignatz Award. Biography Drechsler was born in Champaign, Ill ...

Sarah Dyer Sarah Dyer is an Americans, American comic book writer and artist with roots in the Zine, zine movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1998, ''Action Girl'' was awarded with the "Lulu of the Year" award of Friends of Lulu. Early life Dyer ...

* Joyce Farmer - (''Tits & Clits Comix'') * Karen Favreau - creator, ''So It Goes...'' *

Emil Ferris Emil Ferris (; born 1962) is an American writer, cartoonist, and designer. Ferris debuted in publishing with her 2017 graphic novel '' My Favorite Thing Is Monsters''. The novel tells a coming-of-age story of Karen Reyes, a girl growing in 1960s ...

Jess Fink Jess Fink is an American comic book creator known for her webcomic turned graphic novel ''Chester 5000 XYV'' and graphic novel ''We Can Fix It'', both published by Top Shelf Comics. Her work has appeared in North American Review among other public ...

- creator, ''Chester 5000 XYV'' (Top Shelf) * Ali Fitzgerald - (''Drawn to Berlin'') * Mary Fleener - (''Fleener'' ( Zongo Comics) * Shary Flenniken - (''Trots and Bonnie'') * Ellen Forney - (''I Love Led Zeppelin'') *

Shaenon Garrity Shaenon K. Garrity is a webcomic creator and science-fiction author best known for her webcomics ''Narbonic'' and '' Skin Horse''. She collaborated with various artists to write webcomics for the Modern Tales-family of webcomic subscription serv ...

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Narbonic ''Narbonic'' is a webcomic written and drawn by Shaenon K. Garrity. The storylines center on the misadventures of the staff of the fictional Narbonic Labs, which is the domain of mad scientist Helen Narbon. The strip started on July 31, 2000, and f ...

'') *

Melinda Gebbie Melinda Gebbie (born 1937) is an American comics artist and writer, known for her participation in the underground comix movement. She is also known for creating the controversial work ''Fresca Zizis'' and her contributions to ''Wimmen's Comix ...

- (''Lost Girls'') *

Nicole Georges Nicole J. Georges (born 10 December 1981 in Kansas) is an American illustrator, writer, zinester, podcaster, and educator. She is well known for authoring the autobiographical comic zine ''Invincible Summer'', whose individual issues have been co ...

- (''Invincible Summer'') * Roz Gibson - (''Jack Salem'') * Tatiana Gill *

Phoebe Gloeckner Phoebe Louise Adams Gloeckner (born December 22, 1960), is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and novelist. Early life Gloeckner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother was a librarian and her father, David Gloeckner, was ...

- creator, ''A Child's Life'' and ''The Diary of a Teenage Girl'' *

Roberta Gregory Roberta Gregory (born May 7, 1953)
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Mary Hanson-Roberts - (''Here Comes A Candle'') * Jessie Hartland - (''Steve Jobs: Insanely Great!'') * Maria Hoey - (works with her brother Peter Hoey on the series ''Coin-Op'') *

G.B. Jones G. B. Jones (born 1965) is a Canadian artist, filmmaker, musician, and publisher of zines born in Bowmanville, Canada. She is known for producing J.D.s with her acclaimed''Tom Girls'' drawings before going on to create more musically, cinematica ...

Megan Kelso Megan Kelso (born 1968 in Seattle, Washington) is an American comic book artist and writer. Early life and education Kelso received her B.A. from Evergreen State University, where she studied history and political science. Career Kelso st ...

- (''Artichoke Tales'') *

Lucy Knisley Lucy Knisley (born January 11, 1985) is an American comic artist and musician. Her work is often autobiographical, and food is a common theme. Knisley's drawn travel journal ''French Milk'' was published through Simon & Schuster in October 2008 ...

- (''French Milk'', ''Relish'', ''An Age of License'', ''Displacement'' (Fantagraphics), ''Something New'') *

Aline Kominsky-Crumb Aline Kominsky-Crumb (née Goldsmith; August 1, 1948 – November 29, 2022) was an American underground comics artist. Kominsky-Crumb's work, which is almost exclusively autobiographical, is known for its unvarnished, confessional nature. In 201 ...

- (''The Bunch'', ''Dirty Laundry Comix'') * Krystine Kryttre * Carol Lay — (''Story Minute'', ''Way Lay'') * Hope Larson - (''Gray Horses'' and ''Salamander Dream'') * Amara Leipzig * Caryn Leschen - (''Ask Aunt Violet'') *

Marisa Acocella Marchetto Marisa Acocella Marchetto (born 1962 in New Jersey) is an American cartoonist. She is the author of the ''New York Times'' best-selling graphic novel ''Ann Tenna'', the graphic memoir ''Cancer Vixen'', and ''Just Who the Hell is She, Anyway?'' Sh ...

- (''Cancer Vixen'') *

Carla Speed McNeil Carla Speed McNeil is an American science fiction writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series '' Finder''. Career McNeil's chief work is the ongoing science fiction comic series '' Finder'', ...

- ('' Finder'') * Linda Medley * Erika Moen - (''DAR!''; artist, '' Bucko'' (

), Oh Joy Sex Toy *

Diane Noomin Diane Robin Noomin ( Rosenblatt, May 13, 1947 – September 1, 2022) was an American comics artist associated with the underground comics movement. She is best known for her character DiDi Glitz, who addresses transgressive social issues such as ...

- (''DiDi Glitz'') * Christine Norrie - (''Hopeless Savages'') *

Liz Prince Liz Prince (born 1981) is an American comics creator, noted for her sketchbook-style autobiographical comics. Prince initially started publishing on her own on the internet and later became a published author with Top Shelf Comics. She currently l ...

- (''Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed'') *

- ('' Ms. Tree'') * Vanessa Satone - (''Wasted Minds'') * Mari Schaal - (''Estrus'') * Gail Schlesser *

Ariel Schrag Ariel Schrag (born December 29, 1979) is an American cartoonist and television writer who achieved critical recognition at an early age for her autobiographical comics. Her novel ''Adam'' provoked controversy with its theme of a heterosexual tee ...

- (''Awkward'') * Dori Seda - *

Tara Seibel Tara Seibel (born February 4, 1973) is an American cartoonist, graphic designer and illustrator from Cleveland. Her work has been published in '' Chicago Newcity, Funny Times, The Austin Chronicle, Cleveland Scene, Heeb Magazine, SMITH Magazine, ...

- (co-creator/artist/writer, ''Rock City Terminally Ill '' (

Newcity Newcity is a media company based in Chicago, founded in 1986 by Brian and Jan Hieggelke." It started as the ''Newcity'' independent, free weekly newspaper in Chicago. Effective March 2017, the founders changed the newspaper into a glossy monthly ...

) * Christine Shields * Carole Sobocinski *

Raina Telgemeier Raina Diane Telgemeier (/'ɹeɪna 'tɛlgə'maɪəɹ/, born May 26, 1977) is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiography, autobiographical webcomic ''Smile (comic book), Smile'', which was published as a full-color graphic novel i ...

- (''Smile (A Dental Drama)'') * Carol Tyler - (''The Job Thing'') *

Serena Valentino Serena Valentino is an American comic book writer, author, and storyteller. She created the comic book series '' Gloomcookie'' and '' Nightmares & Fairy Tales''. She also authored the ''Villain'' novels published by Disney Press, which have earned ...

- ('' Slave Labor Graphics'', '' Gloom Cookie'') * Sara Varon * Lauren Weinstein - (''The Goddess of War'') *

Julia Wertz Julia Wertz (born December 29, 1982) is an American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer. Cartooning career Wertz was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. She made her name with a comic strip titled ''The Fart Party'', which Atomic Books antho ...

- (''Fart Party'', ''Drinking at the Movies'') *

Kate Worley Kathleen Louise Worley (March 16, 1958 – June 6, 2004) was an American comic book writer, best known for her work on '' Omaha the Cat Dancer'', a sexually explicit anthropomorphic animal comic book series about a female stripper. Worley was a ...

- (''

Omaha the Cat Dancer Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city ...

'') *

Catherine Yronwode Catherine Anna Yronwode (née Manfredi; May 12, 1947) is an American writer, editor, graphic designer, typesetter, and publisher with an extensive career in the comic book industry. She is also a practitioner of folk magic. Early life Catherine A ...

- (editor-in-chief of

Eclipse Comics Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market. It was ...

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Comic strips

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Lynda Barry Linda Jean Barry (born January 2, 1956) is an American cartoonist. Barry is best known for her weekly comic strip ''Ernie Pook's Comeek''. She garnered attention with her 1988 illustrated novel ''The Good Times are Killing Me'', about an interr ...

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Ernie Pook's Comeek Ernie Pook's Comeek is an American underground comic/alternative comic by Lynda Barry. It features the everyday lives of a young boy, Ernie Pook, and a young girl, Marlys Mullen. It was first published in 1979, without Barry's knowledge, by Matt Gr ...

'') * Sandra Bell-Lundy - ('' Between Friends'') *

Barbara Brandon-Croft Barbara Brandon-Croft (born November 27, 1958) is an American cartoonist, best known for creating the comic strip ''Where I'm Coming From'', and for being the first nationally syndicated African-American female cartoonist. Early life Brandon-Cro ...

- (''Where I'm Coming From'') *

Marjorie Henderson Buell Marjorie Henderson Buell (née Marjorie Lyman Henderson, December 11, 1904 – May 30, 1993) was an American cartoonist who worked under the pen name Marge. She was best known as the creator of ''Little Lulu''. Early life Marjorie Lyman Henderso ...

- ('' Little Lulu'') * Carol Carlson - (''The Adventures of Waddles'') * Kate Carew - (''Handy Andy'', ''The Angel Child'') * Nellie Caroll - (''Lady Chatter'') *

Natalie d'Arbeloff Natalie d'Arbeloff born 1929 in Paris of a French mother and Russian father is a British American artist, known for her work as painter, printmaker, book artist, cartoonist, and writer. Biography She lived in France, Paraguay, Brazil, Italy and ...

- (''Augustine'', ''Blaugustine'') *

Melissa DeJesus Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". ''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''Me ...

- (''My Cage'') * Edwina Dumm - (''The Meanderings of Minnie''; ''

'') *

Jan Eliot Jan Eliot (born 1950 in San Jose, California) is an American cartoonist. Life and career Before becoming a full-time cartoonist, Jan worked as a waitress, car salesperson, bookmobile driver, advertising copywriter, graphic designer, and greetin ...

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Stone Soup Stone Soup is a European folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal that everyone enjoys, and exists as a moral regarding the value of sharing. In varyin ...

'') * Emily Flake - (''Lulu Eightball'') * Allison Garwood - (''moo'') *

Anne Gibbons Anne Gibbons is an American cartoonist and greeting card illustrator. Her cartoons have been published in '' Redbook'',

- (''Eve 'n Steven'', continued ''Six Chix'') * Jan Green - (''Hey Swingy!'' (also known as ''Julie'')) *

Cathy Guisewite Cathy Lee Guisewite (born September 5, 1950) is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip ''Cathy'', which had a 34-year run. The strip focused on a career woman facing the issues and challenges of eating, work, relationships, and havi ...

- ('' Cathy'') *

Alex Hallatt Alex Hallatt (born c. 1970/1971) is a cartoonist. Early life Hallatt grew up in Dorset, England. She has a degree in biochemistry from the University of Kent at Canterbury. Career One of her first comic strips was for her university newspaper ...

- (''Arctic Circle'') * Marion Hull Hammel - (continued ''

Goofus and Gallant ''Goofus and Gallant'' is an American children's comic strip appearing monthly in ''Highlights for Children''. The comic contrasts the actions of the eponymous characters, presenting Gallant's actions as right and good and Goofus's as wrong and b ...

'') *

Leslie Harrington Leslie Harrington is a fictional character in the novel and movie '' Peyton Place'' as well as the television series of the same name. In the movie, Leslie was played by actor Leon Ames. Paul Langton played the role in the television series. Syno ...

- (continued ''

'') *

Marian Henley Marian may refer to: People * Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia * Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name * Marian (surname), a list of people so named Places * Marian, Iran (disambiguation) * Marian, Queensla ...

- (''Maxine'', ''The Little Bald Headed Girl'') * Bunny Hoest - (writer ''

The Lockhorns ''The Lockhorns'' is a United States panel (comic strips), single-panel cartoon created September 9, 1968 by Bill Hoest and distributed by King Features Syndicate to 500 newspapers in 23 countries. It is continued today by Bunny Hoest and John Re ...

'') *

Nicole Hollander Nicole Hollander (born April 25, 1939) is an American cartoonist and writer. Her daily comic strip '' Sylvia'' was syndicated to newspapers nationally by Tribune Media Services. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, Hollander was the daughter o ...

- ('' Sylvia'') * Judith Hunt - ('' Evangeline'', ''The Timbertoes'') *

Olivia Jaimes Olivia Jaimes is a Pseudonym, pseudonymous American cartoonist who began writing and illustrating the long-running daily comic strip ''Nancy (comic strip), Nancy'' in 2018, updating it for a modern audience. ''Nancy'' Jaimes began producing th ...

- (current author of '' Nancy'') * Kelley Jarvis - (continued comics starring ''

Tom & Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the riva ...

'', '' Mighty Mouse'') *

- ('' For Better or For Worse'') * Carolyn Kelly - (worked on '' Pogo'') * Selby Kelly - (worked on '' Pogo'') *

Terri Libenson Terri is an alternative spelling of Terry. It is a common feminine given name and is also a diminutive for Teresa. Notable people with the name include: *Terri Allard (born 1962), American country/folk singer/songwriter *Terri S. Armstrong, Amer ...

- ('' The Pajama Diaries'') *

Marty Links Marty Links (September 5, 1917 – January 6, 2008) was an People of the United States, American cartoonist best known for her syndicated comic strip ''Emmy Lou''. Biography Born Martha B. Links in Oakland, California, she moved with her family ...

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Emmy Lou Marty Links (September 5, 1917 – January 6, 2008) was an American cartoonist best known for her syndicated comic strip ''Emmy Lou''. Biography Born Martha B. Links in Oakland, California, she moved with her family to San Francisco, where she ...

'') *

Karen Matchette Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic ...

(worked on '' Dennis the Menace'', '' The Flintstones'' comics and assisted on ''For Better or For Worse''). * Anni Matsick - (continued ''

'') * Linda Medley *

Dale Messick Dalia Messick (April 11, 1906 – April 5, 2005) was an American comic strip artist who used the pseudonym Dale Messick. She was the creator of '' Brenda Starr, Reporter'', which at its peak during the 1950s ran in 250 newspapers. Early life Me ...

- (''

'') * Karen Montague-Reyes - (''Clear Blue Water'') *

Gladys Parker Gladys Parker (March 21, 1908 – April 28, 1966) was an American cartoonist for comic strips and a fashion designer in Hollywood. She is best known as the creator of the comic strip ''Mopsy'' (1929-1965), which had a long run over three decades ...

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Mopsy ''Mopsy'' was a comic strip created in 1937 by Gladys Parker, who was one of the few female cartoonists of the era. The strip had a long run over three decades. Parker modeled the character of Mopsy after herself. In 1946, she recalled, "I got t ...

'') *

Stephanie Piro Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, and Russian " Ste ...

- (''Fair Game'', ''Six Chix'') * Mary Schmich - (final writer of ''

'' (1985-2011)) * Margaret Shulock - (''

Apartment 3-G ''Apartment 3-G'' is an American newspaper soap opera comic strip about a trio of career women who share an apartment in Manhattan. Created by Nicholas P. Dallis with art by Alex Kotzky, the strip began May 8, 1961, initially distributed by t ...

'', ''Six Chix'') * Elena Steier - (''The Ramp Rats'', ''The Goth Scouts'', ''The Vampire Bed and Breakfast'') *

Hilda Terry Hilda is one of several female given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. The ...

- (''

Teena ''Teena'' is a comic strip about a teenage girl, created by Hilda Terry. It ran from July 1, 1944, to 1963, distributed by King Features Syndicate. The strip evolved from Terry's earlier Sunday feature, ''It's a Girl's Life'', a collection of ...

'') * Carla Ventresca - (''On A Claire Day'', continued ''Six Chix'') * Maurieta Wellman - (''

'')

Uruguay

* Raquel Orzuj

Chile

* Elena Poirier

Asia

China

* Shuhui Wang *

Zhang Xiaobai Zhang Xiaobai (; born 19 December 1982) is a Chinese comics artist. She won the Gold Award at the 4th International Manga Award in 2011. Biography Zhang was born in Anshan, Liaoning, China, on December 19, 1982. She graduated from Renmin Universi ...

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Si loin et si proche ''Si loin et si proche'' (lit. ''So distant and so close'') is a one-shot slice of life fantasy manhua written and illustrated by Zhang Xiaobai. It was published in French by Kana on 5 March 2010. Reception It won the Gold Award at the 4th Inter ...

'') * Luo Yin

India

* Shreyas Krishnan *

Parismita Singh Parismita Singh (born 1979/1980) is an Indian author, illustrator, graphic novelist, and educator. She is a founding member of the Pao Collective, and her work includes ''The Hotel at the End of the World'', which was shortlisted for the Shakti B ...

Iran

* Marjane Satrapi - ('' Persepolis'')

Israel

* Mira Friedmann * Batia Kolton * Rutu Modan * Elisheva Nadal

Japan

Chako Abeno is a female Japanese illustrator and manga artist. She publishes dōjinshi with the circle . She is also involved in the artwork of adult games. Works Manga * (2002, Kadokawa Shoten), Illustrator * (2003, Kadokawa Shoten) * (2006, Kadokawa Sho ...

- (''

Sola Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålandsm ...

'', '' My-Otome Zwei'') * Akira Amano - ('' Reborn!'') * Kozue Amano - (''

Aria In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompanime ...

'') *

Yasuko Aoike is a female Japanese manga artist. Most of her works are ''shōjo'' manga, predominantly focused on romance, adventure, and light comedy, and many of them contain elements of shōnen-ai. She is included in Year 24 group. Aoike grew up as the you ...

* Kotomi Aoki - ('' Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru'', ''

Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kotomi Aoki. As of 2013, it has over three million copies in circulation. On November 23, 2016, it was announced that his manga will end in the next four chapters. Synopsis Aki is a geni ...

'') *

Ume Aoki is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and dōjin artist from Hyōgo Prefecture. She officially romanizes her name as aokiume. She illustrates under the pennames apricot+ for many of her dōjinshi, and for the visual novel '' Sanarara''. Ao ...

- ('' Hidamari Sketch'') *

Kiyoko Arai , known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. She made her manga debut in the January 1984 issue of '' Ciao'' with her story ''Chotto dake Biyaku''. Since then, Arai has contributed many stories to ''Ciao'', its sister magazine '' ChuChu ...

- (''Angel Lip'', ''

Ask Dr. Rin! is an eight-volume manga series by Kiyoko Arai about a young girl named Meilin Kanzaki who is endowed with Feng shui powers which allow her to read people's fortunes and give advice on how to receive good luck. She does this on a website unde ...

'') * Hiromu Arakawa - ('' Fullmetal Alchemist'') * Sakura Asagi *

Yū Asagiri , better known by the pen name Yū Asagiri ( or ''Asagiri Yū''), was a female Japanese manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. She made her professional manga debut in 1976. Asagiri received the 1987 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for ''Nanairo Magic' ...

- ('' Golden Cain'', '' Midnight Panther'') * George Asakura - ('' A Perfect Day for Love Letters'') *

Hinako Ashihara is a Japanese manga artist. She wrote and illustrated various manga series, including, ''Homemade Home'', ''Forbidden Dance'', ''Sand Chronicles'', '' Piece: Kanojo no Kioku'', ''Tennen Bitter Chocolate'', ''SOS'', and ''Chouchou Kumo''. Ashiha ...

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Sand Chronicles is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Ashihara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Betsucomi'' magazine from the May 2003 issue (released in April) to the July 2006 issue (released in June). Shogakukan c ...

'', ''

Forbidden Dance is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Ashihara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' magazine from the June 1997 issue to the September 1998 issue. Shogakukan collected the individual chapters int ...

'', ''

Piece - Kanojo no Kioku ''Piece'', originally serialized as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Ashihara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Betsucomi'' magazine, premiering in the May 2008 issue and concluding in the May 2013 issue (eac ...

'') *

Izumi Aso is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist known for her ''Hikari no Densetsu'' series. Biography Izumi Aso at an early age was a very active young woman who enjoyed drawing. In her late teens she decided that she was going to become a manga artist ...

* Yuki Azuma - (''Schoolmate'') *

Ippongi Bang is a multimedia and manga artist,. She has been called "one of the most well-known manga artists in America in the mid-1990s." Life and career Ippongi was born in Yokohama City, and attended Den-En Chofu Hikiba High School, then Tamagawa Univer ...

Toriko Chiya is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for ''Clover'' as well as ''Tokyo Alice''. Works * (1990, '' Bouquet'', Shueisha, 1 volume) * (1991, ''Bouquet'', Shueisha, 2 volumes) * ''Miracle''(1992–1993, ''Bouquet'', Shueisha, 4 volumes) * ...

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Clover Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (from Latin ''tres'' 'three' + ''folium'' 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus ...

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Tokyo Alice is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toriko Chiya. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''josei'' manga magazine ''Kiss'' from October 25, 2005, to August 25, 2015. Its chapters were collected in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A liv ...

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Nanae Chrono Nanae Chrono, known in Japan as is a female Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the creator of the manga series ''Peacemaker Kurogane'', ''Senki Senki Momotama'', and ''Vassalord''. Works Serials *; (1999) :This was a oneshot manga or ...

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Vassalord is a josei manga series written and illustrated by Nanae Chrono. It was serialized in ''Comic Blade Avarus'' from March 30, 2006 until its conclusion on February 15, 2013. The individual chapters were collected and published in 7 bound volume ...

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Magic Knight Rayearth is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' were collected into three bound volum ...

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Cardcaptor Sakura , abbreviated as ''CCS'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. Serialized monthly in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 ''tankōbon'' ...

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Eiki Eiki is a Japanese manga artist who has been creating manga since 1998. Most of her manga are written under the yaoi and yuri genre. Biography She is the grandchild of former Prime minister of Japan Noboru Takeshita and the older sister of rock sin ...

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Dear Myself ''Dear Myself'' is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Eiki Eiki, with a sequel, ''World's End''. They are licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing which released ''Dear Myself'' in August 2006 and ''World's End'' in Octob ...

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Train Train ''Train+Train'' is a Japanese light novel series, written by Hideyuki Kurata (author of the ''Read or Dream'' series) and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. A manga series was serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' between January 2000 and May 2003 ...

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Color Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associ ...

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Nariko Enomoto Nariko Enomoto (榎本ナリコ) (born 1967) is a Japanese manga author and manga critic who uses this name for children's and women's magazines. She writes under the name for Boys Love and doujinshi, and for critical works. She made her profe ...

Mihona Fujii is a Japanese shōjo Mangaka, manga artist. She is best known for her manga ''Gals!, GALS!'', which was published in ''Ribon'' magazine, and adapted into an anime television series under the name ''Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran''. Her debut work was ...

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Gals! is a manga series written and illustrated by Mihona Fujii. It was published by Shueisha and serialized in '' Ribon'' ''shōjo'' manga magazine from 1998 to 2002. The manga was also published in the U.S. by CMX. In 2019, Mihona Fujii ann ...

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Kazuko Fujita (born 18 March 1957 in Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1977 in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' and she has written manga mainly for ''Flower Comics''. She is best known for ''Makoto Call!'' a ...

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Cocoa Fujiwara was a Japanese manga artist and illustrator from Fukuoka Prefecture. Her debut was with a work called ''Calling'', which she made when she was only fifteen. She chose not to go to high school so that she could draw manga. Fujiwara was a fan of R ...

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dear Dear(s) or The Dears may refer to: Organizations * Duearity – a Swedish medtech company which trades on Nasdaq First North under ticker symbol DEAR. Manga * ''Dear'' (manga), a 2002–2007 Japanese manga series by Cocoa Fujiwara * ''DearS'', ...

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Inu x Boku SS Inu or INU may refer to: * Krisnan Inu (born 1987), New Zealand professional rugby league * Irbid National University, Jordan * Incheon National University, South Korea * International Network of Universities * Nauru International Airport Na ...

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Hiro Fujiwara is a Japanese manga artist. The manga artist was once active under her previous pen name, at the end of the 1990s, but has abandoned the name after she won the Best Rookie award in the LMS for ''Kaeri Michi, Yuki no Netsu''. Her first series, ...

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Kaichō wa Maid-sama! is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly '' shōjo'' magazine ''LaLa'' from December 2005 to September 2013, with its chapters collected in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 26-episode anime adaptatio ...

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Moto Hagio is a Japanese manga artist. Regarded for her contributions to ''shōjo'' manga ( manga aimed at young and adolescent women), Hagio is considered the most significant artist in the demographic and among the most influential manga artists of a ...

* Machiko Hasegawa - ('' Sazae-san'') *

Nanae Haruno is a Japanese ''josei'' manga artist. Career She made her professional debut in 1979 with ''Kyupiido Beibi'' ("Cupid Baby") in ''Seventeen''. She was a steady writer for ''Young You'' magazine, until the magazine stopped publication. She is be ...

Bisco Hatori is a Japanese manga artist. Her name is a pen name that she has said "holds special meaning to her." Her first series was '' Millennium Snow'', however she is best known for her series ''Ouran High School Host Club''. Biography From Saitama ...

- ('' Ouran High School Host Club'') *

Akiko Higashimura is a Japanese manga artist from Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture. She debuted in the now-defunct manga magazine ''Bouquet Deluxe'' in 1999 with and later gained notoriety for her manga , which debuted in ''Cookie'' magazine in 2001. Higashimura ...

- (''Kisekae Yuka-chan'', '' Himawari - Kenichi Legend'', ''Mama ha Temparish'') *

Asa Higuchi is a Japanese manga artist, born in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture (now part of Saitama City). She graduated from Saitama Prefecture's prestigious Urawanishi High School and Hosei University's department of psychology, with a major in sports psycho ...

- ('' Big Windup!'') *

Tachibana Higuchi is a Japanese manga artist known for her works of ''Gakuen Alice'' and '' Portrait of M and N''. In year 1996, she first made her professional debut in ''Bessatsu Hana to Yume'' 5th issue, entitled . With an interview with Tokyopop she gave a ...

- ('' Portrait of M and N'', ''

Gakuen Alice , also known as ''Alice Academy'' or ''Alice School'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, serialized in the shōjo manga magazine ''Hana to Yume'' from 2003 to 2013. It was adapted into an anime serie ...

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Aoi Hiiragi is a Japanese manga artist born in Fukuoka (which became Kamifukuoka in 1972 and then Fujimino in 2005), Saitama Prefecture, Japan, though she grew up in Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi Prefecture. Hiiragi currently resides in Hakodate, Hokkaidō. H ...

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Vampire Knight is a Japanese manga series written by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''LaLa'' from 2004 to 2013, with its chapters collected in nineteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga series is licensed in Englis ...

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Saki Hiwatari is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga artist. Her first work, ''Mahōtsukai wa Shitteiru'' (''I Know a Magician'') was published in the weekly ''shōjo'' anthology ''Hana to Yume'' (''Flowers and Dreams'') in 1982. Her best-known work was ''Please S ...

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Please Save My Earth , sometimes abbreviated ''Bokutama'', is a '' shōjo'' manga by Saki Hiwatari. It was published by Hakusensha from 1986 to 1994 in the magazine ''Hana to Yume'' and collected in 21 volumes (''tankōbon''). The series was adapted as a six-p ...

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Katsura Hoshino is a Japanese manga artist from Shiga Prefecture. She made her debut in July 2003 with the publication of her first manga series ''Continue'' and is known for her work, '' D.Gray-man'', which began serialization in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōne ...

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D.Gray-man ''D.Gray-man'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. Set in an alternate 19th century, it tells the story of a young Allen Walker, who joins an organization of exorcists named the Black Order. They use an an ...

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Chieko Hosokawa is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1958 with . Her series ''Crest of the Royal Family'', which received the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for ''shōjo'', has been continuously serialized in ''Princess (magazine), Princes ...

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Attention Please is a manga by Chieko Hosokawa about the training of flight attendants for Japan Airlines originally serialized in ''Shōjo Friend'' from Kodansha beginning in 1970. Tokyo Broadcasting System adapted a TV drama from the manga in 1970. Thirty ...

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Crest of the Royal Family is a shōjo manga by Chieko Hosokawa. It has run in the monthly magazine ''Princess'' since 1976. In 1991, it received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. As of 2015, the collected volumes had sold 40 million copies in Japan, making ...

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Yumi Hotta is a Japanese manga artist. Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series ''Hikaru no Go'', which is widely credited for the late 90s-2000s boom of the game of go in Japan. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began whe ...

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Hikaru no Go is a Japanese manga series based on the board game Go, written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekl ...

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Shiki no Zenjitsu is a one-volume Japanese romance ''josei'' manga written and illustrated by Hozumi. It was serialized on Shogakukan's ''Flowers'' and ''Rinka'' manga magazines and the compiled volume was released on September 10, 2012. Reception It reached the ...

'', '' Sayonara Sorcier'') *

Yukari Ichijo is a Japanese '' shōjo'' and ''josei'' manga artist. She made her debut as a professional manga artist in 1968 with ''Yuki no Serenade''. In 1986 she received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for '' Yūkan Club'', and in 2007, she received a ...

Yumiko Igarashi is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for illustrating the manga series ''Candy Candy''. Career In 1968, as a third-year high school student at the Asahi Gaoka High School in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Igarashi made her debut in Shueisha's ''Ri ...

Riyoko Ikeda is a Japanese manga artist and singer. She is included in the Year 24 Group, by some, although her status as one of them has been debated due to a focus more on epic stories than the internal psychology of those mangaka. She was one of the most ...

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The Rose of Versailles , also known as ''Lady Oscar'' and ''La Rose de Versailles'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riyoko Ikeda. It was originally serialized in the manga magazine '' Margaret'' from 1972 to 1973, while a revival of the s ...

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Satomi Ikezawa is a Japanese manga artist. Her works include '' Guru Guru Pon-chan'', '' Othello'' and '' Sue-chan wa Himitsu''. In 2000, she received the Kodansha Manga Award in the '' shōjo'' category for ''Guru Guru Pon-chan''. Works *'' Anatomy of a Se ...

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Guru Guru Pon-chan is a Japanese manga series by Satomi Ikezawa about a Labrador puppy, named Ponta, who turns into a human and falls in love with Mirai Iwaki, who's very popular in his school. In 2000, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was publi ...

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Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...

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Gō Ikeyamada is a Japanese manga artist. She made her debut in 2002 with ''Get Love!!'', which was serialized in ''Shōjo Comic , formerly published under its full name until December 2007, is a ''shōjo'' manga magazine published semimonthly in Japan by ...

- ('' Uwasa no Midori-kun!!'', ''

Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!! , alternatively known as ''The Lovin' "S"'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gō Ikeyamada. It began its serialization in October 2008 in the magazine ''Sho-Comi'' and ended in June 2012. The chapters are collected and b ...

'', '' Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!'') * Ryo Ikuemi - (''Bara-Iro no Ashita'', '' Kiyoku Yawaku'') *Sukune Inugami - ('' Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl'', ''Renai Distortion'', ''Ashita mo Kotokoto'') * Risa Itō - (''Oi Pītan!!'', ''

Oruchuban Ebichu is a Japanese manga series by Risa Itō that was published by Futabasha Publishers. It first ran through Shufutoseikatsusha magazine ''Giga&chan'', beginning in the 1990 and next moving to ''Action Pizazz'', publication by Futabasha. It was ...

'') * Natsumi Itsuki *

Mariko Iwadate is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga artist who writes primarily for ''Margaret'' and ''Young You''. She made her debut as a manga artist in 1973. She won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for ''shōjo'' for ''Uchi no Mama ga iu Koto ni wa'', and her mang ...

* Kaneyoshi Izumi - (''

Sonnanja neyo is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kaneyoshi Izumi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Betsucomi'' magazine from October 2002 to May 2006 and later collected into nine bound volumes under the Flower Comic ...

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Yuna Kagesaki is a mangaka, manga artist, born on March 3, 1973, best known for being the author of the manga ''Chibi Vampire''. Her work has been published under four different names: (professionally published non-pornographic comics, except for ''Sakura n ...

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Chibi Vampire ''Chibi Vampire'', originally released in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuna Kagesaki. The story is about an unusual vampiress girl, who instead of drinking blood must inject it into others because she produc ...

'') * Narumi Kakinouchi - (illustrator of '' Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo'', '' Vampire Princess Miyu'') *

Yoko Kamio Yoko may refer to: People * Yoko (name), a Japanese feminine given name; variants include Yōko and Yohko * Yoko Gushiken (具志堅用高, born 1955), Japanese professional boxer * Yoko Taro (横尾太郎, born 1970), Japanese video game di ...

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Boys Over Flowers , is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio and set in Tokyo, Japan, and the fictional "Eitoku Academy" (an elite school for children from rich families). It tells the story of Tsukushi Makino, a girl fr ...

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Aya Kanno is a Japanese manga artist. After working as an assistant to Masashi Asaki of ''Psychometrer Eiji'' fame, she debuted as a professional manga artist in ''Hana to Yume'' in 2001 with her fantasy-action series ''Soul Rescue''. She has since publi ...

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Soul Rescue is a Japanese fantasy action manga series written and illustrated by Aya Kanno. It was serialized in Hakusensha's manga magazine from 2001 to 2002, with its chapters collected into two volumes. ''Soul Rescue'' was published in English by ...

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Otomen is a Japanese romantic comedy manga written and illustrated by Aya Kanno, which began in ''Bessatsu Hana to Yume'' in late 2006 and concluded on November 26, 2012. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been ...

'') * Junko Karube * Haruko Kashiwagi - (''Hanazono Merry Go Round'') *

Kazune Kawahara is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for creating the romantic comedy ''shōjo'' manga ''High School Debut'' (''Koukou Debut''). Kawahara has also published and authored several other manga series, most notably ''Ai no Tame ni'' and ''A ...

- ('' High School Debut'', writer of ''

My Love Story!! , is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written by Kazune Kawahara and illustrated by Aruko. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Bessatsu Margaret'' magazine from October 2011 to July 2016. Viz Media published the series in English. ...

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Yumiko Kawahara is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga artist born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. She made her professional debut in 1978 with '' Kotchi muite Marie!!'' in the weekly ''Shōjo Comic'', for which she won a Shogakukan New Artist Award. In 1985, she receiv ...

Mizuki Kawashita is a Japanese manga artist, best known for her romantic comedy ''Strawberry 100%'' which was published by Shueisha in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 2002 to 2005, and would later receive a television anime and OVA adaptation. During the early part ...

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Strawberry 100% is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuki Kawashita. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2002 to August 2005, with its chapters collected in 19 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series was li ...

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First Love Limited , also known as ''Hatsukoi Limited'', is a Japanese ''shōnen'' romantic comedy manga by Mizuki Kawashita. It was serialized by Shueisha in the manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 2007 to May 2008 and collected in four bound ...

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Anedoki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuki Kawashita. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2009 to January 2010, with its chapters collected into three ''tankōbon'' volumes. Plot The story of '' ...

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Kazumi Kazui is a Japanese manga artist. She made her debut in 2000 in a special edition of ''Petit Comic'' with ''Watashi no Iru Basho'' (''The Place Where I Am''), and later worked on the manga adaptation of ''Socrates in Love''. Her current work '' Dōse ...

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Dōse Mō Nigerarenai is a Japanese romance ''josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Kazumi Kazui. It is published by Shogakukan, with serialization on the ''Petit Comic'' manga magazine from July 8, 2011, to September 10, 2015, and is completed in ten v ...

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Izumi Kazuto is a female Japanese manga artist. Profile *She is currently living in Tokyo, but she was born in Ota, Tokyo. Works Manga *, published in ''Manga Time'' from 2003 to 2004. **Note: She published the manga under the name . *Volume 1: *Volume 2: ...

- ('' Binbō Shimai Monogatari'') *

Toshie Kihara is a Japanese manga artist and a member of the Year 24 Group. She made her professional debut in 1969 with the short story in ''Bessatsu Margaret''. She is best known for her manga series , serialized from 1977 to 1984 in ''LaLa'', which follo ...

* Renjūrō Kindaichi ( 金田一蓮十郎) - ('' Liar x Liar'') * Yuki Kiriga * Miyuki Kobayashi * Momoko Kōda - (''

Heroine Shikkaku is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Kōda. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from March 2010 to March 2013, with its chapters compiled into ten ''tankōbon'' volumes. A l ...

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Yun Kōga , better known by her pen name is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. She is married to fellow manga artist Tatsuneko, from whom he took the name of . She is a graduate of Mita Senior High School, Tokyo. She currently lives in Setagaya, Tokyo with ...

Fumiyo Kōno , commonly romanized Fumiyo Kouno, is a Japanese manga artist from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, known for her 2004 manga ''Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms'' and her 2007 manga ''In This Corner of the World'' which got an anime film adapt ...

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Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni is a manga series written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno which ran from 2007 to 2009 in ''Weekly Manga Action''. It follows the life of Suzu Urano, a young bride with her new family living on the outskirts of Kure City during the Second W ...

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Mitsurō Kubo is the pen name of , a Japanese manga artist, writer, and radio personality. She is the co-creator of the 2016 anime series ''Yuri on Ice''. Biography Kubo was born on September 19, 1975 in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. As a child she developed ...

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Moteki is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsurō Kubo. It was serialized in ''Evening'' magazine from 2008 to 2010, with its chapters collected into four ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. It was adapted into a Japanese televis ...

'' and '' Again!'') * - ('' Terrarium in Drawer'', '' Dungeon Meshi'') * Fusako Kuramochi *

Yuki Kure is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist and illustrator born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She is the character designer for Koei's third Neoromance series, ''Kin'iro no Corda''. She also authors the manga adaptation of the game, which has been seri ...

Maki Kusumoto Maki Kusumoto ( jap. 楠本まき, Kusumoto Maki, July 15, 1967, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. Early life Kusumoto started her manga art work at the early age of 16. Following a two year break from drawing to study ...

- (''Kissxxxx'', ''V. Eye'', ''K no Souretsu - The Funeral Procession of K'', ''Die Tödliche Dolis'') *

Kei Kusunoki , better known by her pen name , is a Japanese manga artist known for her horror and comedy manga series. Her notable works include ''Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō'', ''Ogre Slayer'', and ''Girls Saurus''. Biography Kusunoki was born on 24 March ...

- (''Girls Saurus'', ''Ogre Slayer'', ''Diabolo'', ''Bitter Virgin'') * Nao Maita ( まいた菜穂) - (''

Age 12 is a Japanese slice of life romance manga, romance ''shōjo manga, shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Nao Maita. It began serialization in August 2012 in Shogakukan's ''Ciao (magazine), Ciao'' manga magazine and ended in Octobe ...

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Miyako Maki is a Japanese manga artist, and one of the earliest female manga artists. During the 1960s, Maki contributed significantly to the development of ''shōjo'' manga (manga for girls), and became one of the most popular ''shōjo'' authors of her gen ...

Sanami Matoh is a Japanese manga artist born in 1969. She debuted in 1990 with ''Next to an Angel'' published by Akita Shoten. Her other works include ''Fake'', '' By the Sword'', and ''Black x Blood''. She taught Kazuma Kodaka is a Japanese manga arti ...

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Fake Fake may refer to: * Deception, an act or a statement intended to deceive ** Charlatan, a person who practices deception to obtain money or other advantages ** Counterfeit, a reproduction of an item, intended to deceive ** Cover-up, an attempt to ...

'', '' By the Sword'') * Naoko Matsuda ( ja) - (''

Jūhan Shuttai! is a Japanese slice of life manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Matsuda. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Big Comic Spirits'' from September 2012 to June 2023, with its chapters collected in 19 ' ...

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Temari Matsumoto born April 8, is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator from Nagano Prefecture. She illustrates yaoi light novels and manga. She chose Temari as her pen name since the town she is from, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, is known for making temar ...

- ('' Kyo Kara Maoh!'', '' Just My Luck'', '' The Loudest Whisper: Uwasa No Futari'', '' Shinobu Kokoro: Hidden Heart'', ''

Cause of My Teacher is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Temari Matsumoto. The manga is licensed in English by Blu Manga, the boys love division of Tokyopop, and was released in September 2009. Plot A student who is fond of eyeglasses tells ...

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Akemi Matsunae is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga artist. She made her debut in 1977 with ''Yakusoku'' ("Promise") in ''Lyrica''. In 1988, she won the Kodansha Manga Award for ''shōjo'' for ''Junjō Crazy Fruits'', which was serialized in the manga magazine '' ...

* Hibari Meguro (目黒ひばり) - (''Seiyū Mashimashi Club'') *

Mitsukazu Mihara is a Japanese illustrator who helped to influence the Gothic Lolita look through her illustrations, particularly as the cover illustrator for the first eight volumes of the ''Gothic & Lolita Bible''. In 1994, she won a contest in the Japanese mang ...

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IC in a Sunflower is a science fiction ''josei'' (targeted towards women) manga written and illustrated by Mitsukazu Mihara. It is a collection of seven, unrelated short stories which appeared in the Japanese manga magazine ''Feel Young'' from 1994 to 1997. The ...

'', '' Beautiful People'', '' Doll'', '' Haunted House'', '' R.I.P.: Requiem in Phonybrian'', '' The Embalmer'') *

Rin Mikimoto Rin may refer to: *, yen, former Japanese currency * Rin (given name) * Rin (detergent), a brand of detergent sold by Unilever *Rin, a Japanese standing bell * ''Mnemosyne'' (anime) or ''RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne'', an anime *''Rin!'' (凛!), a J ...

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Kin Kyori Renai is a Japanese comedy romance '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Rin Mikimoto. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama that aired on Nippon Television from July 19 to October 11, 2014 and into a live action film that ...

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Kyō no Kira-kun is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Rin Mikimoto. It is published by Kodansha on ''Bessatsu Friend''. The first volume was published on 13 January 2012. A live-action adaptation was released on February 25, 2017. Plo ...

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Kanan Minami is a ''shōjo manga, shōjo'' mangaka, manga artist. She is best known for ''Honey x Honey Drops'', which has been licensed in multiple languages and adapted as an original video animation (OVA). Her current series, ''Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu'', ...

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Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series created by Kanan Minami. It started serialization in 2008 in the magazine '' Sho-Comi'', and completed in 2013, with 15 bound volumes have been released in Japan under the Flower Comics label. Plot ...

'') * Kazuka Minami - ('' My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor'') * Tōko Minami ( ja) - ('' ReRe Hello'') * Ai Minase ( ja) - (''

Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi is a Japanese slice of life romance ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Ai Minase and serialized on Shogakukan's ''Shōjo Comic'' magazine. 12 volumes were published. It is published in France by Panini. Characters *Koharu Shi ...

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Kazuya Minekura is a Japanese manga artist widely known for the ''Saiyuki'' series. Biography She was born in Kanagawa-ken, and still resides there. Her blood type is A. Her other manga series include ''Wild Adapter'', ''Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shik ...

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Saiyuki may refer to: *''Saiyūki'', the Japanese language title of the Chinese classic ''Journey to the West'' *''Saiyūki'', a 1960 anime film based on Osamu Tezuka's manga adaptation of ''Journey to the West'' titled ''Boku no Son Goku'', released in En ...

'', '' Wild Adapter'', ''Saiyuki Ibun'', ''Saiyuki Reload Blast'') *

Suzue Miuchi is a Japanese manga artist and author of long-running shōjo manga ''Glass Mask''. Life She was born in Nishinomiya, Japan and grew up in Osaka. She lived nearby a rental bookstore (kashi-hon) in her childhood and started drawing manga hersel ...

* Kyoko Mizuki - (writer '' Candy Candy'') * Hideko Mizuno - (''Fire!'', '' Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken'') *

Junko Mizuno is a Japanese manga artist. Her drawing style is often termed as ''Gothic kawaii'' or ''kawaii noir'' style. Art style Mizuno's drawing style, which mixes childish sweetness and cuteness with terror and erotica, has often been termed a ''Gothi ...

- ('' Pure Trance'') *

Setona Mizushiro is a Japanese manga artist. In 1985 she participated in the publication of a dōjinshi. She remained active in that world until her debut in 1993 with the short story ''Fuyu ga Owarou Toshiteita'' (Winter Was Ending) that ran in Shogakukan's m ...

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After School Nightmare is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Setona Mizushiro. It was serialized from 2004 to 2007 in the manga magazine ''Princess'' and collected in ten volumes. It was licensed in North America by Go! Comi, with all volumes ada ...

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* Mayu Murata (:ja:村田真優, 村田真優) - (''Nagareboshi Lens'') *Mayumi Muroyama *Aya Nakahara - (''Love Com'', ''Berry Dynamite'') *Hisaya Nakajo - (''Hana-Kimi'', ''Sugar Princess'') *Hikaru Nakamura (artist), Hikaru Nakamura - (''Arakawa Under the Bridge'', ''Saint Young Men'') *Yoshiki Nakamura - (''Skip Beat!'', ''Tokyo Crazy Paradise'') *Junko Nakano (中野純子) - (''B-Shock!'', ''Chisa × Pon'', ''Hetakoi'') * - (''Parfait Tic!'') *Kiriko Nananan - (''Blue (manga), blue'', ''Strawberry Shortcakes'') *Atsuko Nanba (:ja:南波あつこ, 南波あつこ) - (''Senpai to Kanojo'') *Minako Narita - (''Cipher (manga), Cipher'', ''Alexandrite'', ''Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku'') *Tomoko Ninomiya - (''Nodame Cantabile'') *Keiko Nishi - (''Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin'', ''Love Song'') *Yoshiko Nishitani *Miho Obana - (''Kodomo no Omocha'') *Akane Ogura - (''Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen'') *Saori Oguri - (''Is He Turning Japanese?'') *Shinobu Ohtaka - (''Sumomomo Momomo'', ''Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic'') *Reiko Okano - (''Fancy Dance (manga), Fancy Dance'') *Hiromu Ono - (''Lady Love'') *Natsume Ono - (''Ristorante Paradiso'', ''House of Five Leaves'') *Yumiko Ōshima - (''The Star of Cottonland'') *Minami Ozaki *Mari Ozawa *Peach-Pit (manga artist duo), Peach-Pit *Marimo Ragawa - (''Baby and Me'') *Akizuki Risu *Robico - (''My Little Monster'') *Rieko Saibara - (''Bokunchi'', ''Mainichi Kaasan'', ''Onnanoko Monogatari'', ''Jōkyō Monogatari'') *Fumi Saimon *Mayu Sakai - (''Rockin' Heaven'') *Io Sakisaka - (''Strobe Edge'') *Momoko Sakura - (''Chibi Maruko-chan'') *Koharu Sakuraba - (''Kyō no Go no Ni'', ''Minami-ke'') *Kanoko Sakurakoji - (''Backstage Prince'', ''Black Bird (manga), Black Bird'') *Erica Sakurazawa *Machiko Satonaka *Karuho Shiina - (''Kimi ni Todoke'') * - creator of ''37.5°C no Namida'' *Reiko Shimizu *Takako Shimura - (''Aoi Hana'', ''Wandering Son'') *Chie Shinohara - (''Ao no Fūin'', ''Romance of Darkness'', ''Red River (manga), Red River'', ''Purple Eyes in the Dark'') *Mayu Shinjo - (''Sensual Phrase'', ''Akuma na Eros'', ''Haou Airen'', ''Love Celeb'', ''Ai Ore!''- *Aya Shouoto - (''S.L.H Stray Love Hearts!'', ''Kiss of Rose Princess'', ''He's My Only Vampire'') *Yuki Suetsugu - (''Chihayafuru'') * - (''Boku Girl'') *Miwako Sugiyama (:ja:杉山美和子, 杉山美和子) - (''True Love (manga), True Love'') *Fuyumi Soryo *Keiko Suenobu - (''Life (manga), Life'', ''Limit (manga), Limit'') *Hinako Sugiura *Hiro Suzuhira - (''Ginban Kaleidoscope'') *Julietta Suzuki *Haruko Tachiiri *Megumi Tachikawa *Kaoru Tada *Rumiko Takahashi - (''Urusei Yatsura'', ''Ranma ½'', ''InuYasha'') *Hinako Takanaga - (''Challengers (manga), Challengers'', ''Little Butterfly'', ''Liberty Liberty!'', ''The Tyrant Falls in Love'') *Rica Takashima - (''Rica 'tte Kanji!?'') *Natsuki Takaya - (''Phantom Dream'', ''Tsubasa: Those with Wings'', ''Songs to Make You Smile'', ''Fruits Basket'', ''Hoshi wa Utau'', ''Liselotte and Witch's Forest'') *Yuyuko Takemiya - (writer of ''Evergreen (manga), Evergreen'') *Naoko Takeuchi - (''Sailor Moon'') *Keiko Tobe - (''With the Light'') *Yana Toboso - (''Black Butler'') *Asami Tojo (東城麻美) - (''Chimera'', ''X-Kai'', ''Thunderbolt Boys Excite'', ''Love Prism'', ''Only You'') *Ichigo Takano (:ja:高野苺, ja) - (''Yume Miru Taiyō'', ''Orange (manga), Orange'') *Yumi Tamura - (''Basara (manga), Basara'', ''Chicago (manga), Chicago'', ''7 Seeds'') *Yellow Tanabe - (''Kekkaishi'') *Meca Tanaka - (''Meteor Prince'') *Arina Tanemura - (''Full Moon o Sagashite'', ''Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne'', ''Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura'') *Ema Tōyama - (''Pixie Pop'', ''Koko ni iru yo!'') *Masami Tsuda - (''Kare Kano'', ''Eensy Weensy Monster'', ''Chotto Edo Made'') *Mikiyo Tsuda - (''The Day of Revolution'', ''Family Complex'', ''Princess Princess (manga), Princess Princess'') *Shungicu Uchida - (''Minami-kun no Koibito'') *Miwa Ueda - (''Peach Girl'') *Kimiko Uehara *Chica Umino - (''Honey and Clover'', ''March Comes in Like a Lion'') *Tsunami Umino (:ja:海野つなみ, ja) - (''Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu'') *Yuki Urushibara - (''Mushishi'') *Masako Watanabe *Taeko Watanabe - (''Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!'', ''Kaze Hikaru'') *Yuu Watase - (''Fushigi Yūgi'', ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'', ''Absolute Boyfriend'') *Yū Yabūchi - (''Mizuiro Jidai'', ''Naisho no Tsubomi'', ''Hitohira no Koi ga Furu'') *Murasaki Yamada *Ryoko Yamagishi *Ebine Yamaji *Sumika Yamamoto *Kazumi Yamashita (manga artist), Kazumi Yamashita - (''The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa'') *Kyoko Yamashita *Waki Yamato *Mari Yamazaki - (''Thermae Romae'') *Ai Yazawa - (''Nana (manga)'') *Akimi Yoshida *Yuki Yoshihara *Miki Yoshikawa - (''Yankee-kun to Megane-chan'') *Fumi Yoshinaga - (''Antique Bakery'', ''Ōoku: The Inner Chambers'') *Wataru Yoshizumi - (''Handsome na Kanojo'', ''Marmalade Boy'', ''Ultra Maniac'') *Kaori Yuki - (''Earl Cain'', ''Angel Sanctuary'') *Sumomo Yumeka *Yumi Unita (:ja:宇仁田ゆみ, ja) - (''Sukimasuki'', ''Bunny Drop'')

Kazakhstan

*Dilyara Nassyrova

Lebanon

*Zeina Abirached

Malaysia

*Sandra Khoo - (''Claude and Chunkie'')

Mongolia

* Zolzaya Batkhuyag

South Korea

*Iwan - (''Jiburo Ganeungil'', ''Jumping''). *Lee Jung-Hyoun *Kwon Gyo-jung *Kwon Yoon-joo - (''Snowcat'') *Kang Kyung-ok *Lee So-young (artist), Lee So-young * You - (born in South Korea, later moved to Belgium)

Taiwan

* Belle Yang - (''Hannah Is My Name'', ''Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale'')

Europe

Austria

*Dora Dimow *Marianne Frimberger (''Die Fünf Negerlein'') *Ulli Lust: Ignatz Award-winning ''Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life'' *Hella Schiefer *Else Weichberger *Susi Weigel *Susanne Wenger

Belgium

*Rosita Cappaert (born as a woman, later became a transgender man) - (''Cleef Combe'', scriptwriter of ''De Ever en de Roos'') *Eva Cardon, aka Ephameron - (''Us Two, Together'') *Nathalie Carpentier *Chayé *May Claerhout - (made comics for the magazine ''Ohee'') *Veerle Colle - (''Colle'', graphic novel based on the film ''Ben X'') *Antoinette Collin - (''Les Naufragés de l'Escalator'', ''Christobald'') *Nine Culliford - (wife of Peyo, who colorized his comics). *Blanche Dumoulin - (made comics for ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' and was the wife of Rob-Vel). *Carine De Brab *Marianne Duvivier *Liliane Funcken - (made comics for the magazine Tintin (magazine), Tintin with her husband Fred) *Dominique Gillain *Jeanne and Laure Hovine - (''Nic et Nac''), notable for being the first Belgian female comics artists. *Ilah (cartoons), Ilah - (''Cordelia#Fictional characters with the name, Cordelia'') *Nina Jacqmin - (''La Tristesse de l'Éléphant'') *Kari (advertising comics) *Karo *Greet Liégeois - (scripted ''Bessy (comics), Bessy'' and ghosted ''Zilverpijl, Silberpfeil'') *Viviane Nicaise *Erika Raven - (''Ripley'', ''Thomas Rindt'') * Séraphine, aka Séraphine Claeys *Cécile Schmitz *Tonet Timmermans *Sylvia Tops - (''Team Lou'') *Ann Van de Velde, aka Carrie Anne - (''Ridder Geert'') *Leen van Hulst *Katrien Van Schuylenbergh - (''Oh Dierbaar Vlaanderen...'', ''Merel'') *Judith Vanistendael - (''Dance By The Light of the Moon'') *Tine Vercruysse *Virginie Vertonghen - (''La Vavache'') *You - (born in South Korea, later moved to Belgium)

Bosnia

*Enisa Bravo *Helena Klakočar

Bulgaria

* Elena Stoilova - (''Is Vasko Alive?'')

Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

* Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová - (''Z Mého Dětství (From my Childhood'') *Lucie Lomová

Denmark

*Birthe Aksby - (''Lillegut'')https://www.eudor.dk/shop/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Komplet-liste-over-kvindelige-serieskabere-i-Danmark.pdf *Sussi Bech - (''Nofret'') *Lillian Brøgger - (''Fuglemanden'') *Christy Bentzon - (''Lone og lille Lasse'') *Sofie Louise Dam - (''Hviskeleg'') *Ida Gantriis - (''Frederik og Joachim'') *Tatiana Goldberg - (''Anima, Kijara'') *Carla Hansen - (co-creator of ''Rasmus Klump'') * - (''Lone og Lille Lasse'') *Kirsten Hoffmann - (''Dorte og Clas'') *Line Høj Høstrup - (''Det rette element'') *Angelica Inigo - (''On/off (comics), On/off'') *Ina Korneliussen - (''Små fisk, Æg'') *Ingerlise Kristoffersen - (''Pigen der ledte efter sin egen skygge'') *Sabine Lemire - (''Mira'') *Anne Mette Kærulf Lorenzen - (''Skamlebben'') *Tove Norgaard - (continued ''Rasmus Klump'') *Gerda Nystad - (''Evas Hverdag'') *Kristina Ricken - (''Live fra Lolland'') *Stine Spedsberg - (''Stinestregen, Vox'') *Karoline Stjernfelt - (''I morgen bliver det bedre'') *Frederikke Tornager - (''Min nat med dig'') *Lisbeth Valgreen - (''Gaven, Arret'') *Rikke Villadsen - (''Et knald til'') *Gerda Wegener *Nikoline Werdelin - (''Café, Homo Metropolis'') *Henriette Westh - (''Dorthea'') *Pernille Ørum - (''Hit-Girl'')

Finland

*Mari Ahokoivu *Terhi Ekebom *Tove Jansson - (''The Moomins'') *Arja Kajermo - (''Dublin Four'', ''Tuula'') *Ina Kallis *Kati Kovàcs *Kaisa Leka *Aino Louhi *Pauliina Mäkelä *Hanneriina Moisseinen *Nora Paakanen - (''Ted Dally'') *Tiina Paju *Milla Paloniemi - (''Kiroileva siilli'', ''Tassutellen'') *Kaija Papu *Kati Rapia - (''Lonkka'', ''Yellow Bird'') *Jenni Rope - (''Miss Simon Ginlemon'') *Anna Sailamaa - (''Paimen'') *Katri Supiläinen *Minna Sundberg - (''A Redtail's Dream'' and ''Stand Still. Stay Silent'') *Aino Sutinen *Tiitu Takalo *Katja Tukiainen *Riita Uusitalo *Amanda Vähämäki *Emmi Valve *Julia Vuori - (''Sika'')

France

Marguerite Abouet Marguerite Abouet (born 1971) is an Ivorian writer of bandes dessinées, best known for her graphic novel series '' Aya''. *Sandrine Lemoult *Patricia Lyfoung - (''La Rose Écarlate'') *Lisa Mandel *Jul Maroh - (''Blue Is the Warmest Colour'') *Catherine Meurisse - (''Elza'') *Laureline Michaut, aka Laurel - (''Le Journal de Carmilla'', ''Cerise'', ''Les Énigmes de Violette'') *Marion Montaigne - (''Tu Mourras Moins Bête'') *Chantal Montellier - (''1996'') *Aurélien Morinière *Françoise Mouly *Catel Muller *Aurélie Neyret, aka Clo *Collette Pattinger *Françoise Pichard (Chard, Pscharr) *Marie Pommepuy - (half of the duo Keracoët) *Anouk Ricard *Rosalys * Annick Sadonnet, aka Sadon, Ajol or Sade * Marjane Satrapi (born in Iran, later moved to France) - ('' Persepolis'') *Joëlle Savey * - (author of ''The Song of Aglaia'' (Fantagraphics)) *Maly Siri *Solveg (''Betty'') * Roxanne Starr *Irène Stegmann *Caroline Sury *Tanxxx *Annette Tison - (''Barbapapa'') *Vanyda * Valérie Vernay - (''Agathe Saugrenu'') *Claire Wendling

Germany

*Franziska Bilek *Naomi Fearn - (''Zuckerfish'') *Aisha Franz *Kristina Gehrmann - (''Im Eisland'') *Dagmar Geisler *Cornelia Geppert - (continued ''Abrafaxe'') *Edith Hegenbarth - (worked on ''Digedags'') *Jule K *Kathi Kaeppel *Hyuna Kang *Nora Krug * Anke Kuhl *Marie Marcks *Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (born in Germany, spent her life in Switzerland) - (''Papa Moll''). *Marika Paul *Elizabeth Pich - (''War and Peas'') *Annegret Reimann *Lona Rietschel - (''Abrafaxe'') *Elke Steiner *Ulrike Uhlig *Irmtraut Winkler-Wittig - (worked for Hannes Hegen) *Barbara Yelin *Minou Zaribaf *Gisela Zimmermann

Greece

* Alkmini Grammatopoulou * Zoe Skiadaresi - (''Bampoudas'')

Hungary

*Gabriella Baracsi *Miriam Katin *Lívia Rusz

Italy

* Bianca Bagnarelli * Laura Bozzano - (''

'') * Lina Buffolente - (''Piccolo Ranger'', ''Comandante Mark'') * Anna Brandoli - (''La Strega'', ''Cuba 42'') * Barbara Canepa - (''

'') * Giovanna Casotto * Barbara Ciardo * Adriana Cristina - (''

'') * Iris De Paoli * Anna Maria Falcetti - (''Looney Tunes'' comics, ''

'', ''Bobo'') * Liliana Fantoni * Monica Ferrone - (''Xtina'') * Elena de' Grimani - (''Rigel (comics), Rigel'') * Adriana Lobello * Elisabetta Melaranci - (''

'') * Anna Merli - (''

'') * Gabriella Molisso * Grazia Nidasio - (''Valentina Mela Verde'', ''Steffi'') *

- (Marvel comics) * Elisa Picuno - (''

'') * Antonella Platano * Valeria Turati - (''Geronimo Stilton'', ''Bobo'', ''

'') * Antonella Vicari * Vanna Vinci - (''La Bambina Filosofica'') * Luisa Zancanella - (worked on ''Martin Mystère'') * Melissa Zanella * Rafaella Zardoni * Silvia Ziche - (

) * Laura Zuccheri - (''Hardware'', ''Julia'', worked on ''Ken Parker (comics), Ken Parker''.)

Ireland

* Elizabeth Shaw (artist), Elizabeth Shaw - (''Sonntagmorgen'')

Latvia

*Ingrida Picukane *Dace Sietina - (''Life Is A Bitch'').

Luxemburg

*Pascale Velleine - (''Jamie Bond'')

Netherlands

* Fieke Asscher - (''De Rare Belevenissen van Professor Stap-door-den-Tijd'') * B. Carrot - (''Alle Dagen Ui'') * Merel Barends * Marjolein Bastin * Irene Berbee - (''Ulfbehrt'', worked on ''Jan, Jans en de Kinderen'') * Nelly Bodenheim * Wilma van den Bosch - (''

'') * Peti Buchel * Rie Cramer * Renske de Greef - (''Renske Stript'') * Sandra de Haan * Margreet de Heer - (''Discoveries in Comics'') * Dilys de Jong - (''5x30'') * Aimée de Jongh - (''Snippers'') * Marloes de Vries (''Lotta'') * Juliette de Wit * Els Deckers, aka Vosje * Mies Deinum * Marissa Delbressine * Phiny Dick - (''Olle Kapoen'', ''Birre Beer'') * Henrieke Goorhuis - (''Het Lastpak'') * Dorith Graef - (''Nena's Vlog'') * Fritzi Harmsen van Beek - (continued ''Flipje van Tiel'') * Maaike Hartjes - (''Maaike's Dagboek'') * Nelleke Haverhals - (''Roos'') * Eva Hilhorst * Gerrie Hondius - (''Ansje Tweedehansje'') * Patty Klein - (''Noortje'') * Simone Koch - (made a promotional comic for comics store Lambiek) * Alice Kok - * Gradie Knipscheer - (''Keesje Konijntje'') * Greetje Kroone * Judy Koot * Rie Kooyman - (''Hoki en Poki'') * Marjolein Krijger * Andrea Kruis - (continued ''Jan, Jans en de Kinderen'') * Liesbeth Labeur * Freddie Langeler - (''Pietje Pluk en Kootje Kwak'', ''Bobby den Speurder'', ''Barendje Kwik'', ''Bello Blafmeier'') * Jolet Leenhouts - (''De Vier-Vijf-Zes'') * Lonneke Leever * Anne van de Leur * Maia Matches - (born in Canada, moved to the Netherlands) - (''Ruby Riveter'', ''Bitch'') * Ellen Meske - (''Merik de Meeuw'') * Johanna Bernardina Midderigh-Bokhorst * Sandra Nieuweboer - (''Karin'', ''Beppen'') * Evi Nijs - (''Alex en het feest van Jeroen Bosch'') * Coco Ouwerkerk (''Acception'') * Georgien Overwater - (''Sjanie, Bart en Bob'', ''Hungry Jack'') * Joanika Ring * Emma Ringelding * Maartje Schalkx * Coq Scheltens-Jongkind - (''Scoutertje'', ''Dikkie'') * Willy Schermelé * Marieke Scholten * Nora Schnitzler - (''Keesje Knabbel'') * Willy Smit - (''Tijs Wijs De Torenwachter'') * Anne and Eva Staal, aka ''De Stalinskis'' . * Sandra Kleine Staarman * Barbara Stok - (''Barbaraal'') * Gwen Stok - (comics adaptations of the short stories by Toon Tellegen) * Marlon Teunissen * Jip van den Toorn - * Anne van Baarle - (''De Ware Geschiedenis van Aspoetser'') * Nel van Beek - (''Dol en Mina'') * Agnes van Belle - (''Het zal wel'') * Linda van Bruggen * Eveline van Dijk - (made comics promoting trepanation, based on the theories of Bart Huges.) * Linda van Erve * Nans van Leeuwen - (''Piggelmee'') * Harriët van Reek * Marjorie Velthuyse - (''Izzie, Suul & Juul'') * Toby Vos, aka Neeltje Vos * Marijn Van der Waa - (''Hibou'') * Fiep Westendorp - (''Jip en Janneke'') * Henriette Willebeek le Mair * Nettie van Wijland - (''De Avonturen van Tijs Loerendraaier en Dikkie Duik''). * Leny Zwalve

Norway

*Anna Fiske *Karine Haaland *Lise Myhre *Solveig Muren Sanden - (continued ''Tuss og Troll'' and ''Smørbukk'') *Hanne Sigbjørnsen *Inga Sætre *Vivian Zahl Olsen - (''Småtte'')

Poland

*Elisabeth Brozowska - (''Josephine'')

Portugal

* * María Alcobre * Bixa - (''Laçarote e Pantalonas'', ''3 de Braço Dado'') * Teresa Camara Pestana * Maria Isabel Carvalho * Ana Cortesão * Helena Dias * Catherine Labey (born in France, later moved to Portugal) * Isabel Lobinho * Ofélia Marques, aka Ofélia * Susa Monteiro * Guida Ottolini * Maria Emília Roque Gameiro, aka Màmia * Raquel Roque Gameiro * Joana Rosa (TMG - The Mighty Gang, Dreamland Protectors) * Joana Mosi * Joana Afonso (O Bestiário de Isa) * Joana Lafuente (Transformers) * Rita Alfaiate

Romania

*Aitch (artist), Aitch *

(born in Romania, moved to the U.S.) - (''Tessie Tish'', ''Charlie Chirps'') *Irina Georgeta Pusztai *Veronica Solomon

Russia

: artist/Writer, ''

'' (Tokyopop) *Tatyana Gnisiuk *Tanja Neljubina

Scotland

*Karrie Fransman - (''The House That Groaned'', ''Death of the Artist'', ''The Darkness Behind Our Eyes'', ''Gender Swapped Fairy Tales'') *Lorna Miller - (Artist/Writer: ''Witch'' - Contributor: ''Girlfrenzy, The Comics Journal, The Ramones Box Set, Vice'', etc. - Artist/Colourist: ''Thomas the Tank Engine, Toxic, Ben 10, Powerpuff Girls, Moshi Monsters'')

Spain

*Sònia Albert - (''Professor Breinstein'',

) *Meritxell Andreu - (

) *Lola Anglada *Flavita Banana *Carmen Barbará - (''Mary Noticias'') *Juliana Bach - (''Bunty and Mandy'', also known as ''Marnie en Sanne'') *Isabel Bas - (''Ana-Emilia y su Familia'') *Purita Campos - (''Patty's World'') *Cristina Durán Costell *Rosa Galcerán *Carmen Levi - (continued ''Pif le chien'', religious comics) * Pilar Mir - (''Ana Belén'') *Ana Miralles - (''Djinn (comics), Djinn'') *Roser Oduber *Ana Oncina *Pepita Pardell *Maria Pascual Alberich - (''Rosa Blancas'', ''Sissi'') *Moderna de Pueblo *Laura Pérez Vernetti *Margarita Querol Manzano - (

) *Raquel Riba *Lourdes Rueda Sala - (

)

Sweden

*Ottilia Adelborg *Christina Alvner - (''Coco'') *Inger Edelfeldt - (''Hondjuret'') *Åsa Ekström * Michaela Favilla - (worked on the ''Mamma Mu'' series) *Susanne Fredelius *Kerstin Frykstrand - (''Muff och Tuff'') * Anneli Furmark *Annika Giannini - (''Illustrator Man'', ''Övergångsstället'', ''Roberts vänne'', ''Folk och fä'') *Ester Gill - (''Lillans Morgongröt'', ''Den Egenkära Gunilla'', ''Sara'') *Gunna Grähs * *Jenny Holmlund *Johanna Kristiansson - (''Katten Nils'') *Eva Lindström *Bia Melin (continued ''Agust och Lotta'') *Coco Moodysson *Lina Neidestam *Gunila Stierngranat - (''Lila Lena och Jon Blund'', ''Lille Göran och Jon Blund'', ''Lasseman och Hans Vänner'', ''Snövit'', ''Morfars Barndomsminnen'', ''Eva-Maria och Ingegegerd''). *Liv Strömquist - (''100 Procent'') *Minna Sundberg - (''A Redtail's Dream'', ''Stand Still, Stay Silent'') *Cecilia Torudd - (''Ensamma mamman'') *Margit Uppenberg, aka Gobi - (''Pian'') *Natalie Zimmerman

Switzerland

* Frida Bünzli (pseudonym of Debra Bühlmann-Drenten) * Odrade * Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (born in Germany, spent her life in Switzerland) - (''Papa Moll''). * Corinne Schroff * Anna Sommer - (''Damen Dramen'') * Valentine Pasche, Valp (Valentine Pasche) - (''Lock'', ''Ashrel'') * Judith Zaugg

Turkey

* Selma Emiroğlu * Ramize Erer

United Kingdom

*Janet Ahlberg *Wendy Arnot - (worked on ''Rupert Bear'') *Mabel Lucie Attwell - (''Wot A Life'') * Gabrielle Bell - (''Lucky'') *Hannah Berry - (''Britten and Brülightly'', ''Adamtine'', ''Vox Pop'', ''LiveStock'', ''Premeditations'') *Hilda Boswell - (''Strongheart'') *Vera Bowyer *Jenny Butterworth - (''Tiffany Jones'') *Kate Charlesworth - (''Sally Heathcote: Suffragette'') * Katriona Chapman - (''Katzine'', ''Follow Me In'', ''Breakwater'') *Sue Coe * Gillian Crampton Smith *Evelyn Flinders - (''The Silent Three'') *Barbara C. Freeman *Dora Gibbon - (''Muffy in Moonland'') *Isabel Greenberg - (''The Encyclopedia of Early Earth'') *

- (''Arctic Circle'') *Dawn Hargy - (''The Fabulous Baker Girls'') *Laura Howell - (''Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green'', ''Les Pretend'', ''Tricky Dicky (comics), Tricky Dicky'' and the manga adaptation of ''The Beano'') *Yvonne Hutton - (worked on ''Roy of the Rovers'') *Helen Jacobs *Lee Kennedy *Jennifer Kisler - (continued ''Rupert Bear'') * Kat Kon *Sonia Leong *Lucy Matthews - (assisted on ''Rupert Bear'') *Kathleen McDougall - (worked on ''Rupert Bear'') *Marjorie Owens - (worked on ''Rupert Bear'') *Annie Parkhouse *Philippa Perry - (''Couch Fiction'') * Dora Royle *Kate Sheppard - (''Horrible Histories'') *Posy Simmonds - (''Gemma Bovery'', ''Tamara Drewe'') *Mary M. Talbot - (''Sally Heathcote: Suffragette'', ''Dotter of Her Father's Eyes'') *Mabel Francis Taylor - (''The Little Sparrowkins'', continued ''Jungle Jinks'') *Pat Tourret - (''Tiffany Jones'') *Mary Tourtel - (''Rupert Bear'') *

(born in the U.K., later moved to the U.S.) - (''Gretchen Gratz'', ''Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins'') *Suzy Varty - (''Heröine'', ''Mama! dramas'', ''Nelson'') *Emma Vieceli *Laura Watton - (''Biomecha'')

Oceania

Australia

* Dr Jenia Meng *Moira Bertram - (''Jo'') *Queenie Chan - (''The Dreaming (Tokyopop comic), The Dreaming'', ''Tokyopop'') *Elizabeth Durack - (''Nungalla and Jungalla'') *May Gibbs, Cecilia May Gibbs - (''Bib and Bub'', ''Tiggy Touchwood'') *Nicki Greenberg *Sarah Howell *Marguerita - (''Zyg & Mea'') *Kathleen O'Brien - (''Wanda the War Girl'') *Mandy Ord *Carolyn Ridsdale *Madeleine Rosca - ''Hollow Fields'' * Nicola Scott *Nicole Skeltys - (''Pigeon Coup'') *Ruth Vickery - (''Betty and Bill'')

New Zealand

*Sharon Alston - (made comics for ''Broadsheet (magazine), Broadsheet'') *Kim Casali - (''Love is...'')

References

External links

*
Complete list of female comics creators in Denmark 1929-2021
(PDF) by Frank Madsen, 2021

Africa

Congo

Egypt

Gabon

Ivory Coast

Madagascar

Mauritius

Tanzania

South Africa

Americas

Argentina

Brazil

Canada

Mexico

United States

Platinum Age (1897–1937)

Golden Age The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the ''Works and Days'' of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages of Man, Ages, Gold being the first and the one during .../ Silver Age (1930s-c. 1970)

OEL manga

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Uruguay

Chile

Asia

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India

Iran

Israel

Japan

Kazakhstan

Lebanon

Malaysia

Mongolia

South Korea

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Europe

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Italy

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Netherlands

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Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

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Turkey

United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

See also

References

External links

Further reading

Golden Age The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the ''Works and Days'' of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages of Man, Ages, Gold being the first and the one during ...
/ Silver Age (1930s-c. 1970)