Trina Robbins (born 1938) is an Americancomics artist and writer. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one the only female artists in underground comix when she started. Her first comics were printed in the East Village Other. She later joined the staff of a feminist underground newspaper It Ain't About Me, Babe from which she later spun off a series of comic books titled It Ain't Me Babe. She became increasingly involved in creating outlets for and promoting female comics artists, though projects such as the comics anthologyWimmen's Comix. She has continued to produce new comics to the present day. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Controversy regarding the terminology Note: Although it takes the form of a plural noun, the common usage when referring to comics Scholars disagree on the definition of comics; some claim its printed format is crucial, some emphasize the interdependence of image and text, and others its sequential nature. ... Mr. ... The East Village Other (often abbreviated as EVO), was a leading underground newspaper in New York City during the late 1960s. ... The phrase underground press, especially underground newspapers (or simply underground papers) is, these days, most often used in reference to the print media associated with the countercultural movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s, although publishers of those journals had borrowed the name from previous underground presses such as... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... It Aint Me Babe was an underground comix anthology, edited by Trina Robbins in 1970 and published by Last Gasp. ... Comics anthologies collect short works in the medium of comics that are too short for stand-alone publication. ... Wimmens Comix, later titled Wimmins Comix, was an influential all-female underground comics anthology published from 1970 to 1992. ...
She was married to comics artist Kim Deitch for a time. She is now the long-term girlfriend of artist Steve Leialoha. An underground comic that Deitch contributed to. ...
TrinaRobbins can truly been seen as the very first female underground comic artist.
When she moved from New York to San Francisco in 1970, she found that comix and the comix scene were two different things.
Over the last ten years, Trina has written several books about the history of comics from a woman's perspective, such as 'From Girls to Grrlz' (1999), and 'The Great Women Cartoonists' (2001).
TrinaRobbins (born 1938) is an American comics artist and writer.
In addition to her own comics work, Robbins is an author of non-fiction books, including several with an emphasis on the history of women in cartooning.
Women and the Comics by catherine yronwode and TrinaRobbins (Eclipse, 1983) ISBN 0-913035-01-7
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