L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
... "Willy." She was one of the only women in the underground, or alternative, comics movement, said Trina Robbins, author of "The Great Women Cartoonists."Mendes calls herself a "crazy hippie." But even in her days as an underground comic artist, her work, unlike that of many of her harder-edged counterparts, was infused with spirituality."My stuff was never raw and sexual," she said...
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Gates of Eden (May 1982) was arguably the best thing FantaCo Enterprises of Albany, NY, where I worked from 1980-1988, ever put out. Had a great Michael Kaluta cover, and work by John Byrne, Steve Leialoha, Michael T. Gilbert , Trina Robbins, Fred Hembeck, Foolbert Sturgeon, Lee Marrs, Jeff Jones, P. Craig Russell, Rick Geary, Kim Deitch, Spain, Sharon Rudahl, Gary Hallgren, and John...
Major Spoilers (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Eureka Productions has announced its eighteenth volume of the Graphic Classics line will feature adaptations of Lousa May Alcott’s work. GRAPHIC CLASSICS: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT features “Little Women”, adapted for comics by Trina Robbins and illustrated by Anne Timmons. Plus lesser-known gothic mysteries and horror stories including “A Whisper in the Dark” by...
MangaBlog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... a new gekiga manga creator: Imri Sakabashira. (Via The Beat. ) News from Japan: Keiko Takemiya and Trina Robbins will give a talk to kick off the opening of an exhibit about American women comics artists at the Kyoto International Manga Museum. Reviews: Carlo Santos treats us to another round of concise manga reviews in his latest Right Turn Only!! column. Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of...
BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Here's a badly cropped and edited image of a San Diego Con jam session from thity years ago in 1979. The accompanying blurb indicates that the pic was taken before all artists had done their part but that the final list of contributors to this 3 feet by 13 feet wall art included, amongst others, Harvey Kurtzman, Trina Robbins, Shel Dorf, Paul Mavrides, my facebook friend Scott Shaw!,...
