This is a list of women who have been involved with producing comic books and comic strips. Many notable female comics creators exist even though the field of comics creation is traditionally male-dominated.
Africa
South Africa
- Marisa Cloete (Gebuza - to Dig a Big Hole) [1]
Americas
United States
- Nina Albright: artist for comics packager Bernard Baily Studio[6]
- Ruth Atkinson a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson: artist, Fiction House, Timely Comics, Lev Gleason Publications
- Violet Barclay: Timely/Atlas Comics inker
- Toni Blum: writer, Eisner & Iger studio
- Hannah Carter: continued her husband, Ad Carter's series Just Kids as Mush Stebbins and his Sister. [7]
- Jill Elgin (continued Girl Commandos) [8]
- Linda Fite: writer, The Cat (Marvel Comics)
- Ramona Fradon: artist, Aquaman and Metamorpho (DC Comics); also, Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip (1980–1996) [9]
- Barbara Hall: artist, Black Cat, Girl Commandos, the Blonde Bomber
- Ray Herman:[10] 1940s editor at Holyoke Publishing and elsewhere.[11]
- Patricia Highsmith: Nedor/Standard/Better Comics and others
- Virginia Hubbell: Charles Biro's ghost writer, Lev Gleason Publications' Crime Does Not Pay[12]
- Lee Marrs: artist-writer for Star Reach, elsewhere (1970s)
- Alice Marble: associate editor on Wonder Woman from 1941-1945, creator/writer of "Wonder Women of History" feature from 1942-1946.
- Elizabeth Holloway Marston: involved in the creation of DC Comics character, Wonder Woman
- Joye Hummel: wrote several scripts of Wonder Woman while the original script writer, William Moulton Marston, was too ill to continue on his own. [13]
- Tarpe Mills, pseudonym of June Mills: Cat-Man (Holyoke Comics), Miss Fury
- Albertine Randall: (The Dumbunnies) [14]
- Lily Renée a.k.a. Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips): Fiction House and St. John Publications artist
- Ruth Roche: generally credited writer of Phantom Lady (Fox Comics)
- Marie Severin: Prolific EC and Marvel Comics artist
- Marcia Snyder: Fiction House artist
- Daisy Swayze: Fawcett Comics letterer; sister of artist Marc Swayze[15]
- Janice Valleau: Quality Comics artist[12]
- Tatjana Wood: Shazam Award-winning colorist
- Dorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek: DC Comics' first woman editor
- Laura Allred
- Sana Amanat: editor, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
- Fiona Avery
- Samm Barnes: Marvel Comics writer
- Amber Benson: writer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Comics)
- Karen Berger: editor, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint
- Maddie Blaustein: writer, Milestone Comics' Hardware
- June Brigman: artist and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics); final artist Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip (1995-2011)
- Sarah Byam: writer, Black Canary (DC Comics), Mode Extreme (Marvel/Razorline)
- Roz Chast : New Yorker staff cartoonist The Party After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995-2003
- Bobbie Chase: Marvel Comics editor
- Jo Chen: cover artist, Dark Horse Comics's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
- Joyce Chin: artist, Wynonna Earp (IDW),
- Becky Cloonan: writer and artist.
- Nancy A. Collins: writer, DC/Vertigo's Swamp Thing
- Amanda Conner: artist, The Pro (Image Comics), Disney's Gargoyles (Marvel Comics)
- Colleen Coover: writer and artist.
- Rosario Dawson: writer and co-creator, Occult Crimes Taskforce Image Comics
- Kelly Sue DeConnick: writer, Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Avengers Assemble (Marvel Comics)
- Tania del Rio: artist/Writer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics)
- Rachel Dodson: inker, Marvel and DC
- Colleen Doran: writer and artist, A Distant Soil (Image Comics)
- Valerie D'Orazio: Assistant editor, DC Comics
- Leigh Dragoon: artist, By the Wayside
- Jo Duffy a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy: writer and Marvel Comics editor
- Jan Duursema: artist, Star Wars: Legacy (Dark Horse Comics)
- Mary Fleener: artist and writer, Slutburger
- Kaja Foglio: writer and co-creator, Girl Genius (Studio Foglio)
- Robin Furth: plotter, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics)
- Shaenon K. Garrity: writer, Marvel Comics' Marvel Holiday Special
- Megan Rose Gedris: writer, artist and creator, YU+ME:dream, I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space (Platinum Studios)[16]
- Devin Grayson: writer, Arsenal, Batman: Gotham Knights, Catwoman, Nightwing (all DC Comics)
- Pia Guerra: artist, Vertigo's Y The Last Man
- Judith Hunt: co-writer, co-creator, artist Evangeline (Comico)1984 and online comic Evangeline (August 2008)
- Kathryn Immonen: writer, Journey into Mystery, Runaways (Marvel Comics)
- Jenna Jameson: creator and plotter, Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)
- Jenette Kahn: editor and executive, DC Comics
- Carol Kalish: executive, Marvel Comics
- Shawn Kerri: cartoonist, Cracked, CARtoons Magazine
- Barbara Kesel a.k.a. Barbara Randall Kesel: writer, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)
- Caitlin R. Kiernan: writer, Vertigo's The Dreaming
- Kim Krizan: writer, BOOM! Studio comics
- Elaine Lee: writer, Vamps (DC Comics), Saint Sinner (Marvel/Razorline)
- Marjorie Liu: writer, X-23, Black Widow, Dark Wolverine, NYX, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
- Cynthia Martin, artist for (among others) Marvel Comics's Star Wars
- Laura Martin: Colorist, Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ruse (CrossGen)
- Tara McPherson: Cover artist, Vertigo
- Adriana Melo: artist, Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Denise Mina: writer, Vertigo's Hellblazer
- Leah Moore: writer, Wildstorm's Albion
- Mindy Newell: writer/editor, Marvel, DC, and First
- Ann Nocenti: writer, Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Sonia Oback: Colorist, "Uncanny X-Men", "X-23: Target X" (Marvel Comics)
- Glynis Oliver: Colorist, X-Men (Marvel Comics)
- Sara Pichelli: artist, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics)
- Jodi Picoult: writer, DC's Wonder Woman
- Tamora Pierce: writer, Marvel Comics' White Tiger
- Wendy Pini: artist and co-creator, Elfquest (WaRP Graphics), and Masque of the Red Death (Go! Comi)
- Rachel Pollack: writer, Doom Patrol (DC Comics)
- Janice Race: editor, DC Comics
- Amy Reeder: artist and co-creator, Rocket Girl (Image Comics)
- Emma Rios: artist, "Pretty Deadly"
- Trina Robbins: artist, Warren Publishing
- Jessica Ruffner: writer, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures (Marvel Comics/Dabel Brothers)
- Sara Ryan: writer, Me and Edith Head
- Nicola Scott: artist, Birds of Prey (DC Comics)
- Diana Schutz: editor, Dark Horse Comics
- Erica Schultz: writer, “Daredevil Annual” 2018 [17], "Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne" (Marvel Comics)[18]
- Gail Simone: 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: writer and co-creator, Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics)
- Roxanne Starr: letterer
- Noelle Stevenson: cartoonist, Nimona and Lumberjanes
- Christina Strain: Colorist, Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (all Marvel Comics)
- Laurie S. Sutton: writer and editor, DC Comics and Marvel Comics
- Babs Tarr: artist, Batgirl (DC Comics)
- Jill Thompson: artist and writer, Wonder Woman, Sandman, and her own Scary Godmother series
- Maggie Thompson: editor, Comics Buyer's Guide magazine
- Kathleen Webb: writer, Betty (Archie Comics)
- Christina Weir: writer, Oni Press
- G. Willow Wilson: writer, Cairo (Vertigo), Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
- Kim Yale: writer/editor, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Warp Graphics
- Irene Koh: artist of The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, creator of Afrina and the Glass Coffin
OEL manga
- Tina Anderson Writer, Only Words (Iris Print), Games With Me (The Wild Side), Loud Snow (Gynocrat INK)
- Jo Chen: artist, Digital Manga's In These Words
- Becky Cloonan: artist, AiT/Planet Lar's Demo
- Alex de Campi: writer, Kat & Mouse (Tokyopop)
- Camilla D’Errico: artist, Make 5 Wishes (Del Rey Manga), Nightmares & Fairy Tales (Slave Labour Graphics)
- Joanna Estep: artist, Roadsong (Tokyopop)
- Amy Kim Ganter Artist/Writer, Sorcerers & Secretaries (Tokyopop)
- Holly Golightly a.k.a. Holly G!, Fauve: artist/Writer, School Bites (Broadsword Comics)
- Priscilla Hamby: artist
- Lea Hernandez: artist, Marvel Comics' Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher
- Gisele Lagace: artist, writer, Pixie Trix Comix, Archie Comics
- Nina Matsumoto: artist/Writer, "Yōkaiden" (Del Rey Manga)
- Amy Reeder: artist/Writer, Fool's Gold (Tokyopop)
- Rivkah: artist/Writer, Steady Beat (Tokyopop)
Alternative comics
- Jessica Abel: writer-artist, La Perdida (Fantagraphics)
- Jennie Breeden: writer-artist, The Devil's Panties
- Donna Barr: creator Stinz, The Desert Peach
- Alison Bechdel: creator Dykes to Watch Out For
- Gabrielle Bell: writer/artist, Lucky (Drawn and Quarterly)
- Joyce Brabner: writer, Our Cancer Year
- Paige Braddock: creator Jane's World
- Vera Brosgol
- Dawn Brown: creator Little Red Hot (Image Comics)[19]
- M.K. Brown: creator Aunt Mary's Kitchen and Dr. N!Godatu
- Teresa Burritt creator Frog Applause and Shoecabbage[20][21]
- Jennifer Camper
- Geneviève Castrée
- Chynna Clugston: creator, Oni Press's Blue Monday
- Colleen Coover: creator Small Favors
- Danielle Corsetto: creator Girls With Slingshots[22]
- Sophie Crumb: writer/artist, Belly Button (Fantagraphics)
- Dame Darcy: creator, Fantagraphics' Meatcake
- Vanessa Davis: creator, writer/artist, Spaniel Rage, Make Me a Woman (Drawn and Quarterly)
- Abby Denson: creator Tough Love: High School Confidential
- Diane DiMassa
- Colleen Doran: creator A Distant Soil
- Julie Doucet: creator Dirty Plotte
- Sarah Dyer
- Jess Fink: creator Chester 5000 XYV (Top Shelf)
- Mary Fleener
- Shary Flenniken: creator Trots and Bonnie
- Ellen Forney, Eisner Award winner for I Love Led Zeppelin
- Shaenon Garrity: creator, Narbonic webcomic
- Melinda Gebbie: artist, Lost Girls (Top Shelf Productions)
- Nicole Georges: writer/artist, Invincible Summer (Microcosm Publishing)
- Phoebe Gloeckner: creator A Child's Life and The Diary of a Teenage Girl
- Roberta Gregory: creator Naughty Bits (Fantagraphics)
- G.B. Jones
- Megan Kelso: writer/artist, Artichoke Tales (Fantagraphics)
- Lucy Knisley: writer/artist, French Milk (Simon and Schuster), Relish (First Second Books), An Age of License and Displacement (Fantagraphics), Something New (First Second Books)
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb: creator The Bunch
- Carol Lay
- Hope Larson : Gray Horses and Salamander Dream
- Carla Speed McNeil: writer/artist, Finder
- Erika Moen: writer/artist, DAR!; artist, Bucko (Dark Horse Comics),[23] Oh Joy Sex Toy
- Diane Noomin: creator DiDi Glitz
- Christine Norrie: artist, Hopeless Savages (Oni Press)
- Liz Prince : Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed
- Trina Robbins: writer-artist, Ms. Tree (Eclipse Comics)
- Ariel Schrag: creator, Awkward (Slave Labor Graphics)
- Dori Seda: 1980s underground satirist
- Tara Seibel: co-creator/artist/writer, Rock City Terminally Ill (Newcity)
- Raina Telgemeier: writer/artist, Smile (A Dental Drama)
- Carol Tyler: cartoonist; books include The Job Thing (Fantagraphics, 1993)
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- Serena Valentino: writer, Slave Labor Graphics' Gloom Cookie
- Lauren Weinstein: writer/artist The Goddess of War
- Julia Wertz: writer/artist, Fart Party, Drinking at the Movies
- Kate Worley: creator, Omaha the Cat Dancer
- Catherine Yronwode: editor-in-chief of Eclipse Comics
- Joyce Farmer: writer/artist, "Tits & Clits Comix"
- Marisa Acocella Marchetto: writer-artist, "Cancer Vixen"
Asia
Japan
- Chako Abeno: illustrator of Sola, My-Otome Zwei
- Akira Amano: creator of Reborn!
- Kozue Amano: creator of Aria
- Yasuko Aoike
- Kotomi Aoki: creator of Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru, Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru
- Ume Aoki: creator of Hidamari Sketch
- Kiyoko Arai: creator: Angel Lip, Ask Dr. Rin!
- Hiromu Arakawa: creator/artist/writer Fullmetal Alchemist
- Sakura Asagi
- Yū Asagiri: creator of Golden Cain, Midnight Panther
- George Asakura: creator of A Perfect Day for Love Letters
- Hinako Ashihara: creator of Sand Chronicles, Forbidden Dance, Piece - Kanojo no Kioku
- Izumi Aso
- Yuki Azuma: creator of Schoolmate[24]
- Ippongi Bang
- Toriko Chiya: creator of Clover, Tokyo Alice[25][26]
- Nanae Chrono: creator of Peacemaker Kurogane, Senki Senki Momotama, Vassalord
- Clamp: creators RG Veda, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, Angelic Layer, Chobits, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic
- Shōko Conami: creator of Shinobi Life[27]
- Nariko Enomoto
- Mihona Fujii: creator of Gals!
- Mari Fujimura:[28] creator of Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu.
- Kazuko Fujita: creator of Makoto Call!, Four Steps to Romance
- Cocoa Fujiwara: creator of dear, Inu x Boku SS
- Hiro Fujiwara: creator of Kaichō wa Maid-sama!
- Moto Hagio
- Machiko Hasegawa, creator of Sazae-san
- Nanae Haruno
- Bisco Hatori
- Akiko Higashimura: creator Kisekae Yuka-chan, Himawari - Kenichi Legend, Mama ha Temparish
- Asa Higuchi: creator of Big Windup!
- Tachibana Higuchi: creator of Portrait of M and N, Gakuen Alice
- Aoi Hiiragi: creator of Mimi wo Sumaseba
- Matsuri Hino: creator: Vampire Knight
- Katsura Hoshino: creator of D.Gray-man
- Chieko Hosokawa: creator of Attention Please, Crest of the Royal Family[29][30]
- Yumi Hotta: writer of Hikaru no Go
- Hozumi:[31] Creator of Shiki no Zenjitsu, Sayonara Sorcier
- Yukari Ichijo
- Yumiko Igarashi
- Riyoko Ikeda: creator of The Rose of Versailles
- Satomi Ikezawa: creator of Guru Guru Pon-chan, Othello
- Gō Ikeyamada: creator of Uwasa no Midori-kun!!, Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!!, Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!
- Ryo Ikuemi: creator of Bara-Iro no Ashita, Kiyoku Yawaku
- Sukune Inugami: creator of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Renai Distortion, Ashita mo Kotokoto[32]
- Risa Itō: creator of Oi Pītan!!, Oruchuban Ebichu
- Natsumi Itsuki
- Mariko Iwadate
- Kaneyoshi Izumi: creator: Sonnanja neyo
- Yuna Kagesaki: creator of Chibi Vampire
- Narumi Kakinouchi: illustrator of Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo, Vampire Princess Miyu
- Yoko Kamio: creator of Boys Over Flowers, Cat Street
- Aya Kanno; creator of Soul Rescue, Blank Slate, Otomen
- Junko Karube
- Kazune Kawahara: creator of High School Debut, writer of My Love Story!![33]
- Yumiko Kawahara
- Mizuki Kawashita: creator of Strawberry 100%, First Love Limited, Anedoki
- Kazumi Kazui:[34] creator of Dōse Mō Nigerarenai
- Izumi Kazuto: creator of Binbō Shimai Monogatari
- Toshie Kihara
- Renjūrō Kindaichi (金田一蓮十郎): creator of Liar x Liar[35]
- Yuki Kiriga
- Miyuki Kobayashi
- Momoko Kōda: creator of Heroine Shikkaku[36]
- Yun Kōga
- Fumiyo Kōno: creator of Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni
- Mitsurō Kubo:[37] creator of Moteki and Again!
- Ryōko Kui:[38] creator of Terrarium in Drawer, Dungeon Meshi
- Erika Kurahashi: creator Seikimatsu no Angel, Max Lovely!
- Fusako Kuramochi
- Yuki Kure
- Nao Maita (まいた菜穂): creator of Age 12[39][40]
- Miyako Maki
- Sanami Matoh: creator of Fake, By the Sword
- Naoko Matsuda (ja): creator of Jūhan Shuttai![41][42]
- Temari Matsumoto: Art, Kyo Kara Maoh! Creator of Just My Luck, The Loudest Whisper: Uwasa No Futari, Shinobu Kokoro: Hidden Heart, Cause of My Teacher
- Akemi Matsunae
- Hibari Meguro (目黒ひばり): writer of Seiyū Mashimashi Club[43]
- Mitsukazu Mihara: creator of IC in a Sunflower, Beautiful People, Doll, Haunted House, R.I.P.: Requiem in Phonybrian, The Embalmer
- Rin Mikimoto[44] (ja): creator of Kin Kyori Renai, Kyō no Kira-kun
- Kanan Minami: creator of Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu
- Kazuka Minami: creator of My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor
- Tōko Minami (ja): creator of ReRe Hello[45][46]
- Ai Minase (ja): creator of Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi[47][48]
- Kazuya Minekura: creator of Saiyuki, Wild Adapter, Saiyuki Ibun, Saiyuki Reload Blast[49]
- Suzue Miuchi
- Kyoko Mizuki: writer: Candy Candy
- Hideko Mizuno: creator of Fire!, Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken
- Junko Mizuno: creator/artist/writer "Pure Trance" among many other notable works
- Setona Mizushiro: creator of X-Day, After School Nightmare
- Jun Mochizuki: creator of Pandora Hearts
- Kozueko Morimoto:[50] creator of Deka Wanko, Gokusen, Kōdai-ke no Hitobito
- Milk Morinaga: creator of Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, Girl Friends
- Akiko Morishima: creator of Hanjuku-Joshi[51]
- Suu Morishita (森下suu): creator of Hibi Chōchō[52]
- Milk Morizono
- Maki Murakami
- Mayu Murata (村田真優): creator of Nagareboshi Lens[53]
- Mayumi Muroyama
- Aya Nakahara: creator of Love Com, Berry Dynamite[54]
- Hisaya Nakajo: creator of Hana-Kimi, Sugar Princess
- Hikaru Nakamura: creator of Arakawa Under the Bridge, Saint Young Men
- Yoshiki Nakamura:[55] creator of Skip Beat!, Tokyo Crazy Paradise
- Junko Nakano (中野純子): creator of B-Shock!, Chisa × Pon, Hetakoi[56]
- Nagamu Nanaji:[57] creator of Parfait Tic!
- Kiriko Nananan: creator of blue, strawberry shortcakes
- Atsuko Nanba (南波あつこ): creator of Senpai to Kanojo[58]
- Minako Narita: creator of Cipher, Alexandrite, Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku[59][60]
- Tomoko Ninomiya: creator of Nodame Cantabile
- Keiko Nishi: creator of Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin, Love Song
- Yoshiko Nishitani
- Miho Obana: creator Kodomo no Omocha
- Akane Ogura: creator Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen
- Saori Oguri: creator of Is He Turning Japanese?
- Shinobu Ohtaka: creator of Sumomomo Momomo, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
- Reiko Okano: creator of Fancy Dance
- Hiromu Ono: creator Lady Love
- Natsume Ono: creator of Ristorante Paradiso, House of Five Leaves
- Yumiko Ōshima: creator of The Star of Cottonland
- Minami Ozaki
- Mari Ozawa
- Peach-Pit
- Marimo Ragawa: creator Baby and Me
- Akizuki Risu
- Rieko Saibara: creator of Bokunchi, Mainichi Kaasan, Onnanoko Monogatari, Jōkyō Monogatari
- Fumi Saimon
- Mayu Sakai: creator of Rockin' Heaven
- Io Sakisaka: creator of Strobe Edge
- Momoko Sakura: creator Chibi Maruko-chan
- Koharu Sakuraba: creator of Kyō no Go no Ni, Minami-ke
- Kanoko Sakurakoji: creator of Backstage Prince, Black Bird
- Erica Sakurazawa
- Machiko Satonaka
- Karuho Shiina: creator of Kimi ni Todoke
- Chika Shiina:[61] Creator of 37.5°C no Namida
- Reiko Shimizu
- Takako Shimura: creator of Aoi Hana, Wandering Son
- Chie Shinohara: creator of Ao no Fūin, Romance of Darkness, Red River, Purple Eyes in the Dark
- Mayu Shinjo: creator of Sensual Phrase, Akuma na Eros, Haou Airen, Love Celeb, Ai Ore!
- Aya Shouoto: creator of S.L.H Stray Love Hearts!, Kiss of Rose Princess, He's My Only Vampire[62]
- Yuki Suetsugu: creator of Chihayafuru
- Akira Sugito: creator of Boku Girl[63]
- Miwako Sugiyama[64] (杉山美和子): creator of True Love
- Fuyumi Soryo
- Keiko Suenobu: creator of Life, Limit
- Hinako Sugiura
- Hiro Suzuhira: illustrator of Ginban Kaleidoscope
- Julietta Suzuki
- Haruko Tachiiri
- Megumi Tachikawa
- Kaoru Tada
- Rumiko Takahashi: creator Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, InuYasha
- Hinako Takanaga: creator of Challengers, Little Butterfly, Liberty Liberty!, The Tyrant Falls in Love
- Rica Takashima: creator of Rica 'tte Kanji!?
- Natsuki Takaya: creator of 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
- Naoko Takeuchi: creator Sailor Moon
- Keiko Tobe: creator of With the Light
- Yana Toboso: creator of Black Butler
- Asami Tojo (東城麻美): creator of Chimera, X-Kai, Thunderbolt Boys Excite, Love Prism, Only You[65]
- Ichigo Takano (ja): creator of Yume Miru Taiyō, Orange[66]
- Yumi Tamura: creator of Basara, Chicago, 7 Seeds
- Yellow Tanabe: creator of Kekkaishi
- Meca Tanaka:[67] creator of Meteor Prince
- Arina Tanemura; Creator of Full Moon o Sagashite, Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura
- Ema Tōyama: creator Pixie Pop, Koko ni iru yo!
- Masami Tsuda: creator of Kare Kano, Eensy Weensy Monster, Chotto Edo Made
- Mikiyo Tsuda: creator of The Day of Revolution, Family Complex, Princess Princess
- Shungicu Uchida: creator of Minami-kun no Koibito
- Miwa Ueda: creator Peach Girl
- Kimiko Uehara
- Chica Umino: creator Honey and Clover, March Comes in Like a Lion
- Tsunami Umino[68] (ja): creator of Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu
- Yuki Urushibara: creator of Mushishi
- Masako Watanabe
- Taeko Watanabe: creator of Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!, Kaze Hikaru
- Yuu Watase: creator of Fushigi Yūgi, Ceres, Celestial Legend, Absolute Boyfriend
- Yū Yabūchi:[69] Creator of Mizuiro Jidai, Naisho no Tsubomi, Hitohira no Koi ga Furu,
- Murasaki Yamada
- Ryoko Yamagishi
- Ebine Yamaji
- Sumika Yamamoto
- Kazumi Yamashita: creator of The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa
- Waki Yamato
- Mari Yamazaki: creator of Thermae Romae
- Ai Yazawa
- Akimi Yoshida
- Miki Yoshikawa: creator of Yankee-kun to Megane-chan
- Fumi Yoshinaga: creator Antique Bakery, Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
- Wataru Yoshizumi: creator of Handsome na Kanojo, Marmalade Boy, Ultra Maniac
- Kaori Yuki: creator of Earl Cain, Angel Sanctuary
- Sumomo Yumeka
- Yumi Unita[70] (ja): creator of Sukimasuki, Bunny Drop
Europe
Austria
- Ulli Lust: Ignatz Award-winning Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life
Belgium
- May Claerhout (made comics for the magazine Ohee, notable for being the first Flemish female comics artist) [72]
- Nine Culliford (wife of Peyo, who colorized his comics).
- Blanche Dumoulin (made comics for Spirou and was the wife of Rob-Vel). [73]
- Marianne Duvivier [74]
- Liliane Funcken (made comics for the magazine Tintin with her husband Fred) [75]
- Jeanne and Laure Hovine (Nic et Nac), notable for being the first Belgian female comics artists. [76]
- Ilah (Cordelia) [77]
- Erika Raven (Ripley, Thomas Rindt) [78]
- Tonet Timmermans [79]
- Judith Vanistendael (Dance By The Light of the Moon) [80]
Bulgaria
- Elena Stoilova (Is Vasko Alive?) [81]
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
Latvia
- Dace Sietina (Life Is A Bitch). [102]
Sweden
- Gunna Grähs [137]
- Bia Melin (continued Agust och Lotta) [138]
- Coco Moodysson
- Gunila Stierngranat, Swedish comics artist (Lila Lena och Jon Blund, Lille Göran och Jon Blund, Lasseman och Hans Vänner, Snövit, Morfars Barndomsminnen, Eva-Maria och Ingegegerd), passes away at age 58. [139]
- Cecilia Torudd (Ensamma mamman)
Switzerland
- Valp (Valentine Pasche) - (Lock, Ashrel)
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- ↑ "Gisela Dester | Lambiek Comiclopedia". Lambiek.net. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ "Sandra Bell-Lundy | Lambiek Comiclopedia". Lambiek.net. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ "Susan Dewar | Lambiek Comiclopedia". Lambiek.net. 2006-12-21. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ Grace Drayton
- ↑ Jerry Bails' "Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999: Bernard Baily Studio
- ↑ "Hannah Carter | Lambiek Comiclopedia". Lambiek.net. 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ "Jill Elgin | Lambiek Comiclopedia". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ "Ramona Fradon | Lambiek Comiclopedia". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ Sometimes spelled "Rae Herman", though artist Mort Leav was cited in Alter Ego #60 (July 2006), p. 54, as recalling her first name spelled "Ray".
- ↑ Alter Ego #60 (July 2006), p. 54, interview with artist Tony DiPreta, who said her next company after Holyoke might have been Orbit, based in Columbus Circle in Manhattan.
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Further reading
- Horn, Maurice. Women in the Comics (Chelsea House; New York, London; 1977)
ISBN 0-87754-056-X; (trade paperback) ISBN o-97754-205-8
- Robbins, Trina. A Century of Women Cartoonists (Kitchen Sink, 1993)
ISBN 0-87816-206-2
- Robbins, Trina. From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women’s Comics from Teens to Zines (Chronicle, 1999)
ISBN 0-8118-2199-4
- Robbins, Trina. The Great Women Cartoonists (Watson-Guptill, 2001)
ISBN 0-8230-2170-X
- Yronwode, Catherine and Robbins, Trina. Women and the Comics (Eclipse, 1983)
ISBN 0-913035-01-7
