Donna Barr (born 1952 in Everett, Washington) is an American comic book author and cartoonist. Common elements in her work are fantastic human/animal hybrids and German culture. She is best known for her series Stinz (about a society of centaur-like people in a setting reminiscent of pre-industrial Germany) and The Desert Peach (about Pfirsich Rommel, the fictional homosexual younger brother of Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel, set in North Africa during World War 2). Other works include Hader and the Colonel, The Barr Girls, and Bosom Enemies. Everett is the county seat and largest city in Snohomish County, Washington located 25 miles north of Seattle. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... A cartoonist at work. ... German culture (German: Deutsche Kultur) is a term that refers to the heritage and weltanschauung of the people from the German-speaking world, or Deutschsprechende Welt. ... Stinz is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of Steinheld Löwhard, or Stinz---a centaur who lives with other centaurs and two-leggers in an imaginary Alpine valley called the Gieselthal. ... This article is on the mythological creatures. ... The Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr chronicling the adventures of Field Marshal Erwin Rommels imaginary gay younger brother, Pfirsich Marie Rommel---the Desert Peach. ... Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ) (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was one of the most distinguished German field marshals of World War II. He was the commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps and also became known by the nickname The Desert Fox (Wüstenfuchs,  ) for the skillful military campaigns he... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

Barr has also recently published a number of novels, including Permanent Party, An Insupportable Light, and Bread and Swans. The last two of these feature Stinz and The Desert Peach, respectively. Stinz is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of Steinheld Löwhard, or Stinz---a centaur who lives with other centaurs and two-leggers in an imaginary Alpine valley called the Gieselthal. ... The Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr chronicling the adventures of Field Marshal Erwin Rommels imaginary gay younger brother, Pfirsich Marie Rommel---the Desert Peach. ...

Barr has illustrated several GURPS roleplaying books, including GURPS Ice Age and GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. The Generic Universal Role-Playing System, commonly known as GURPS is a form of a role-playing game (RPG) designed to adapt to any imaginary gaming environment. ... GURPS Ice Age is a sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game that includes rules and setting material for games that are set in the time of prehistoric man. ... Written by Chris W. McCubbin and published by Steve Jackson Games in 1992, GURPS Calahans Crosstime Saloon is a sourcebook for a alternate world-themed role-playing game based in a fictional bar/space nexus that was created by Spider Robinson in his novel Callahans Crosstime Saloon. ...

D. J. Barr also produced illustrations for the Traveller roleplaying books, including Alien Module 8: Darrians, the MegaTraveller Player's manual and several issues of Challenge magazine. Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, first published in 1977 by Game Designers Workshop. ... Traveller is a series of related science fiction role-playing games, first published in 1977 by Game Designers Workshop. ...

External links

• Donna Barr's website
• Donna Barr at Lambiek.net
• Donna Barr on the Traveller Wiki