Post by sdsichero on Apr 11, 2024 23:18:17 GMT
Respected feminist cartoonist, editor, writer, historian, and activist Trina Robbins has died, age 85. She had been hospitalised following a stroke on February 26.
Her career as an activist led to many major breakthroughs, not least becoming the first woman to draw the iconic DC character Wonder Woman in 1986. A remarkable feat considering the icon of women’s empowerment had been exclusively drawn by men for over four decades since her creation in 1941. Written by Kurt Busiek, the four-issue miniseries The Legend of Wonder Woman was her first entry into the traditional comic book industry. In 1998 she returned to the character, this time in the writer’s chair, joined by artist Colleen Doran, in the one-shot story Wonder Woman: The Once and Future Story.
EDIT: More of her comics career is noted in the following:
