
WOMEN IN COMICS
I created this page after a blog post I wrote in March 2011 called women in comics in uk/ireland – redux.
At the time I recognised that there were still people asking the question “Where are the women working in comics in the UK and Ireland?“, and if you were unable to point them to a single resource with all the names listed, the assumption was that women weren’t active in the industry in significant numbers.
So I established a list that includes women writers and artists (colourists, inkers, pencilers, etc.) who work in sequential storytelling in the UK and Ireland.
From March 2013 I expanded this list to include women working in the industry in Europe. From January 2016 I expanded it beyond Europe to aid the recognition of women’s contribution to comics / bande dessinées in more countries. I’m mostly concentrating on countries outside of the big, networked centres like USA/Canada/Japan, and especially those that are non English-speaking.
If you want to be added to the list, please contact me with your name, web site address, and publication you have appeared in. A publication is necessary to appear on the list, and web comics are acceptable.
I list women by country of residence – unless they ask to be listed in the country of their birth.
This is a continual work in progress. Please be patient as updates may occur irregularly if I’m busy.
There is a private Women in Comics, Europe group for networking on Facebook for any woman who is working in the industry.
Suggested reading
For a comprehensive overview of the history of women who have worked in the comic book industry in the UK read The Inking Woman, edited by Nicola Streeten and Cath Tate, published by Myriad. Read Trina Robbin’s book Pretty in Ink, published by Fantagraphics, which examines North American Women Cartoonists from 1896-2013. Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime by Deborah Elizabeth Whaley for the University of Washington Press is also a highly informative text.
Artists / Writers
Austria
- Melanie Schober (Personal Paradise)
Bangladesh
- Nasreen Sultana Mitu (cartoonist with New Age & other outlets)
Belgium
- Léonie Bischoff (Le Prédicateur, Le tailleur de pierres)
- Ilaria Boscia (Andy, ‘Sweet Sunday’ for Sunday)
- Cäät (La head company)
- Elvire De Cock (Jeanne d’Arc, Bagdad Inc., L’héritage des Taironas)
- Caroline Delabie (XIII (Le Figaro), Asgard, Undertaker)
- Charlotte Dumortier (Murphy’s miserable Space Adventures)
- Delphine Frantzen (Madame Pipi)
- Inne Haine (Het Mirakel van Vierves)
- Chantal van den Heuvel (Aung San Suu Kyi – La Dame de Rangoon, Flora et les étoiles filantes)
- Corine Jamar (Les incollables, Mermaid Project)
- Louise Joor (Kanopé, Neska du clan du Lierre)
- Zoé Jusseret (work inLe 9ème Rêve, 2048)
- Fabienne Loodts (bruss.2, Le livre des nuages)
- Dácil Martín Paillet (Loro, Los mártires de España)
- Viviane Nicaise (Une tragédie grecque, Destins croisés)
- Lisbeth Renardy (Les aigles décapitées)
- Justine Sarlat (Anonyms, Apnea)
- Géraldine Servais (Quoi qu’il arrive elle est là)
- Emilie Timmermans (work in Tales of the Spiffing: Comics from the Sceptered Isle)
- Nina Vandeweghe (story in Flatlands)
- Mathilde Vangheluwe (Maybe A Little Fresher, work in La Trama, Slang)
- Judith Vanistendael (Leentje en Sofie, Toen David zijn stem verloor)
- Aurélie William-Levaux (Prédictions, Le verre à moitié vide)
Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Enisa Bravo (work in Niznaf)
Croatia
- Ivana Armanini (The Adventure of the Gloria Scott)
- Sara Divjak (Dermatillomania )
- Magda Dulcic (illustrated Mirakul od mora, Prozor zelenog bljeska)
- Lea Kralj Jager “lil” (work in various outlets)
- Helena Janečić (Horny Dyke na rubu konvencije)
- Dunja Jankovic (Department of Art, Habitat)
- Ivana Pipal (work in kOmikAzE)
- Irena Jukic Pranjic (Editor Ženski strip na Balkanu, and Protuotrov)
- Helena Klakocar Vuksic (Nemirno more, Passage en Douce)
Czech Republic
- Lucie Lomová (Les Sauvages, Divoši, Löttek az elöadásnak)
Denmark
- Sussi Bech (Nofret, Aida Nur)
- Annette Carlsen (cartoonist for many venues)
- Anna Degnbol (“When We Were Silent”, work in Fantasmagori anthologies)
- Rikke Hollænder (work in Fantasmagori)
- Ina Korneliussen (SMÅ DYR og siger, Marianne – Mareridt i Mullebølle )
- Nikoline Werdelin (Café, Homo Metropolis)
Egypt
- Maya Aoud (Rim & Rima)
Finland
- Mari Ahokoivu (Talviunta, Lola Olifante, Sanni & Joonas)
- Maria Björklund (Planeetta Z, Madonreikiä )
- Terhi Ekebom (Voyage, Kummituslapsi)
- Ina Kallis (Vieras, Kuningas Erkki)
- Kaisa Leka (Place of Death, Time After Time)
- Annukka Leppänen (Pirjo ja kaveri, Terapian tarpeessa )
- Pauliina Mäkelä (Karnevaalit, Mystic session. Vol. 1)
- Maura Manninen (Trespasses)
- Hanneriina Moisseinen (Isä, Setit ja partituurit : häpeällisiä tarinoita )
- Reetta Niemensivu (Aavepianisti ja muita kertomuksia, Saniainen kukkii juhannuksena )
- Nora Paakkanen (Ted Dally)
- Kaija Papu (Edesssä loistava tulevaisuus, work in Irtoparta, Kuti)
- Milla Paloniemi (Kiroileva siili, En vaan osaa!)
- Tiina Pystynen (Mä tahdoin paratiisiin, Lemmentanssit)
- Kati Rapia (Another Miracle Baby, Käsi Keittiössä)
- Jenni Rope (Monday, Tuesday)
- Anna Sailamaa (Paimen, Le Berger)
- Catarina Sarmento (Children of the Night)
- Jaana Suorsa (Kuka keksi aamun?, Huvipuisto epäkunnossa)
- Aino Sutinen (Vaimoksi vuorille – Reppumatkasarjakuvia Etelä-Kaukasiasta )
- Tiitu Takalo (Ottopoikia ja työläistyttöjä, Tuuli ja myrsky)
- Katja Tukiainen (Kisun ABC, Rusina)
- Riitta Uusitalo (Hajamieliset haikarat, eli, Kuinka Risuset melkein saivat vauvan)
- Amanda Vähämäki (Äitienpäivä, Sisältää pieniä osia)
- Emmi Valve (When Your Face Explodes)
- Julia Vuori (Pig, Pig and the Capricious Mushroom)
France
- Jessical Abel (Life Sucks, Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars)
- Marguerite Abouet (Aya De Yopougon, Akissi: Attaque de Chats)
- Peggy Adam (Luchadoras, Plus ou Moins series)
- Mélanie Allag (Aliens – mode d’emploi)
- Andoryss (Soufflevent, Le Cercle)
- Nine Antico (I love Alice, Tonight, Autel California)
- Nicole Augereau (Zitoune, Tap-Tap Haïti)
- Virginie Augustin (Voyage aux Ombres, Whaligoë)
- Aurélia Aurita (Vivi des Vosges, Ma vie est un best-seller)
- Marie Avril (Confidences à Allah)
- Pénélope Bagieu (Stars of the Stars, California Dreamin’)
- Alice Baguet (L’Année du crabe)
- Flore Balthazar (Frida Kahlo, work in Spirou)
- Anne Baraou (La BD des filles, Cul nul, Cul nul encore)
- Aude Barrio (Graouurm)
- Cati Baur (Enid, Hortense)
- Isabelle Bauthian (Redakai, Alyssa)
- Catherine Beaunez (cartoonist for Le Monde, Dägens Nyheter, Nouvel Observateur, etc.)
- Sophie Bédard (Glorieux printemps, Effet secondaire)
- Maud Begon (Vivre Dessous, Bouche d’Ombre)
- Hélène Beney (Le Bonhomme en Pain d’Epice, Cléo, la petite pharaone)
- Karine Bernadou (Canopée, Hystéria)
- Mai-li Bernard (Parade, Mortelle vinasse)
- Cindy Bertet (Didizuka) (L’esprit Conservateur, De-Normalizer)
- Aurélie Bévière (Sauvage)
- Julie Birmant (Pablo, Il était une fois dans l’est)
- Marine Blandin (Fables nautiques, La renarde)
- Annabel Blusseau (Willow Place, Magus)
- Claire Bouilhac (Adieu Kharkov, Top Linotte)
- Claire Braud (Mambo, Alma)
- Claire Bretécher (The Destiny of Monique, Agrippine )
- Hélène Bruller (Larguées, Starfuckeuse)
- Clotilde Bruneau (Le petit Prince (Les Nouvelles Aventures), Ils ont fait l’Histoire )
- Camille Burger (Linda Glamouze, Les désobéisseurs)
- Magali Cazo (‘Perfect Day’, ‘Prodiges’)
- Véronique Cazot (Et toi, quand est-ce que tu t’y mets? )
- Florence Cestac (Les vieux Copains plein de pépins, Le Démon de Midi)
- Cha (Pizza Roadtrip, Un Homme de Goût 1. Mise en bouche)
- Sophie Chedru (Larguées)
- Nicole Claveloux (The Teletrips of Atala, Les Enquêtes de Mister Bonflair )
- Amélie Clément (Pengi & Piggy, Tours de Piste, Lingua Comica Reloaded)
- Clotka (Comment je me suis fait plaquer…, Perles & Pirates)
- Daphné Collignon (Flora et les Étoiles Filantes, Avant l’heure du tigre)
- Kim Consigny (Pari(s) d’amies )
- Laetitia Coryn (Le péril vieux, Fenêtre sur cour d’école)
- Chloé Cruchaudet (Mauvais Genre, La poudre d’escampette)
- Fanny Dalle-Rive (Les week-ends du père célibataire, Cul nul)
- Sophie Darcq (Plutons)
- Anne Defréville (‘Dans la peau d’Anne’ in Madame Figaro, Maman surbookée: le grand défi)
- Stéphanie Delmas (Tita ne dort pas, Nouvelles Vies)
- Anne Delobel (colourist and letterer, Salammbô, series Rork)
- Julie Delporte (Journal, Je vois des antennes partout)
- Aurore Demilly (Lady Liberty, Elinor Jones)
- Isabelle Denis ‘Isa’ (Kärchou, La vie sentimentale de Laurence P.)
- Lucie Deroin (Robert et les Copains)
- Sibylline Desmazieres (Premières fois)
- Mathilde Domecq (Paola Crusoé series)
- Muriel Douru (L’arc en ciel des familles)
- Lucile Duchemin ‘Lublot’ (L’Île du Grand Bal)
- Marion Duclos (Indochine. La BD, Victor & Clint)
- Élise Dupeyrat (Là où vivent les morts, Secrets bancaires USA)
- Elodie Durand (Les Moitiés, La Parenthès)
- Lucie Durbiano (Quatre sœurs, Tu mourras moins bête )
- Florence Dupré la Tour (Cigish ou le maître du je, Cruelle)
- Édith (Le Jardin de minuit)
- Fafé (La semaine de Fafé, Feuille)
- Claire Fauvel (Une Saison en Égypte)
- Marion Fayolle (La tendresse des pierres, Les coquins)
- Nathalie Ferlut (Eve sur la balançoire, Elisa)
- Marion Festraëts (Dimitri Bogrov, Ulysse Wincoop)
- Lucie Firoud (Chroniques de Jérusalem, Tout va de traviole!)
- Désirée Frappier (La vie sans mode d’emploi – Putain d’années 80!, Le choix)
- Gally (Love Blog, La danse des connards)
- Anne-Charlotte Gautier (Justin, Peau De Lapin)
- Keum Suk Gendry-Kim ((DOC) De case en case, Jiseul)
- Hélène Georges (La vraie vie d’Hélène Georges, Vertige)
- Annie Goetzinger (Agence Hardy, Marie-Antoinette, la reine fantôme)
- Lucile Gomez (Tea for two, Tout est possible mais rien n’est sûr)
- Julie Gore (Renard, Poule et T-Rex)
- Flora Grimaldi (Big Bang Cats, Bran – Une Histoire de l’île d’Errance)
- Virgnie Greiner (Avant l’heure du tigre, Cadavres Exquis)
- Veronique Grisseaux (Larguées, Peter Pan (Les Nouvelles aventures))
- Sophie Guerrive (Crépin et Janvier, Médiévales)
- Gaëlle Hersent (Sauvage – Biographie de Marie-Angélique Le Blanc)
- Maude Hopsie
- Jackpot (Jo)
- Soizick Jaffre (Chroniques Mauves, Cindy)
- Marie Jaffredo (Les damnés de Paris, Meurtre au Mont-Saint-Michel)
- Camille Jourdy (Léopold, Les autres gens)
- Sanaa K (work in Danse des connards)
- Diana Kennedy (Les Contes de la Maison Blanche)
- Sophie Labelle (Assignée Garçon)
- Oriane Lassus (Ça va derrière?, Immobilerie Pointure)
- Marion Laurent (À l’ombre des murs, Comment naissent les araignées)
- Hélène Lénon (Saveurs fermières)
- Estelle Lilla (Les Bidoumanes)
- Corinne Maier (Ma vie est un best-seller)
- Mirion Malle (Commando Culotte, Intimimitié Amoureuse)
- Lisa Mandel (Esthétique et filatures, Super Rainbow)
- Maloup (Les Envahissants)
- Valérie Mangin (Imperator, Le Dernier Troyen)
- Giorgia Marras (Munch Before Munch, Sisi)
- Sandrine Martin (Pourquoi moi je suis moi, Petites Niaiseuses)
- Laureline Mattiussi (L’Île au Poulailler, La Lionne)
- Carole Maurel (Comme chez toi, work in Les chroniques mauves)
- Léa Mazé (Nora)
- Mélaka (L’ange ordinaire, Dans ma tête)
- Catherine Meurisse (Moderne Olympia, La vie de palais)
- Fanny Michaelis (Avant mon père aussi était un enfant)
- Maya Mihindou (Sabine, Frida Jambe de Bois)
- Mobidic (Roi Ours)
- Marie Moinard (work in En chemin elle rencontre… )
- Marion Montaigne (Panique organique, Tu mourras moins bête…)
- Chantal Montellier (Les Damnés de Nanterre, Sorcières mes sœurs, L’Inscription)
- Nelly Moriquand (Les amants de l’Oisans, Il était une fois le Carlton)
- Rebecca Morse (Alyssa, Les rues de Lyon)
- Colonel Moutarde (‘Le Meilleur de Moi’, work in l’Équipe)
- Catel Muller (Top Linnet, Dolor, Olympe de Gouges)
- Nauriel (Nanami, Oksa Pollock)
- Aurélie Neyret (Les carnets de Cerise, Les filles de Soleil)
- Dominique Nicoli ‘Dodo’ (work in Métal Hurlant, Zwaar Metaal)
- Virginie Ollagnier (Kia Ora)
- Anne-Caroline Pandolfo (Le roi des sacarabées, La lionne)
- Delphine Panique (En temps de guerre, Orlando)
- Morgane Parisi (editor in chief of Amazing magazine)
- Yoon-sun Park (Le jardin de Mimi, Histoire d’un couple)
- Christelle Pécout (Sorcières, L’appel des légendes)
- Judith Peignen (Théa cavalière)
- Nancy Peña (Madame – Mon chat en quatre saisons)
- Vivianne Perret (Mont-Blanc)
- Polina Petrouchina (Le Grand Amour, De ligne en ligne)
- Loo Hui Phang (Les enfants pâles, L’art du chevalement)
- Alice Picard (Weëna, Noor)
- Aude Picault (Moi je, Parenthèse Patagone)
- Mathilde Pignatelli (work in Janus and Amazing )
- Ariane Pinel (Au fil d’Ariane, Tapage nocturne)
- Gabrielle Piquet (Les idées fixes, work in Égaux sans égo)
- Emilie Plateau (De l’autre côté, Moi non plus)
- Leslie Plée (Éloge de la névrose en 10 syndromes)
- Aurélie Pollet (Beurk! series)
- Marie Pommepuy (Jolies Ténèbres, Cœur de glace)
- Noëllie Pravia (work in Doggybags #8)
- Valentina Principe (Via Lombrosia, work in Métal hurlant)
- Jeanne Puchol (Assassins, Vivre à en mourir)
- Gwendoline Raisson (Mères Anonymes, À la recherche du nouveau père)
- Mathilde Ramadier (Rêves syncopés, Sartre – Une existence, des libertés)
- Géraldine Ranouil (Daphnée & Iris, Alix)
- Sandrine Revel (Glenn Gould, une vie à contretemps, La lesbienne invisible)
- Anouk Ricard (Anna et Froga, Planplan culcul)
- Delphine Rieu (World War X, Tome 4 : Renaissance )
- Mylène Rigaudie (La sorcière aux doigts de fées, Que la vie est belle!)
- Théa Rojzman (Mourir (ça n’existe pas), Émilie voit quelqu’un)
- Anne Rouquette (Histoires de filles, Émilie voit quelqu’un.)
- Ana Rousse (Nerrivik)
- Julie Rouvière (Zombies Néchronologies)
- Anne Rouvin (Akademy, 42 Agents Intergalactiques)
- Stéphanie Rubini (Invisible, Bulles & Blues)
- Fanny Ruelle (Lilou & Filou )
- Aude Samama (Lisbonne dernier tour, À l’ombre de la gloire)
- Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis, Chicken with Plums, The Sigh)
- Marguerite Sauvage (Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman)
- Joanna Schipper (Nos âmes sauvages, Une par une)
- Kate Schneider (‘May’ in Ink Brick #4)
- Natacha Sicaud (Les autres gens, Les gens normaux)
- Anne Simon (Cixtite impératrice, Einstein)
- Lili Sohn (La guerre des tétons)
- Aude Solheilac (La Guerre des boutons)
- Virginie Soumagnac (Cruelle Joëlle)
- Audrey Spiry (En silence, work in Les gens normaux)
- Caroline Sury (Bébé 2000, Cou tordu)
- Eve Tharlet (Cassis a peur, Livre de l’Avent)
- Béatrice Tillier (Complainte des Landes perdues, Paroles de Poilus)
- Valérie Vernay (Harmony, La mémoire de l’eau)
- Chloé Vollmer-lo (Cutting Edge, L’apocalypse selon Magda)
- Marie Voyelle (Les Envahissants)
- Maureen Wingrove ‘Diglee’ (À Renaud, Confessions d’une Glitter Addict, Forever Bitch)
- Xael (Danse!, Maskemane)
- Yatuu (Hé! Mademoiselle!, Génération mal logée)
- Lisa Zordan (Pieds nus dans les ronces)
- Éléonore Zuber (Lorsque series)
Germany
- Ludmilla Bartscht (Der Findling)
- Johanna ‘schlogger’ Baumann (Danach, Gehirnfürze)
- Larissa Bertonasco (co-publisher and author of the all-women Spring magazin)
- Romy Blümel (work in Spring magazin)
- Sarah Burrini (Das Leben ist kein Ponyhof)
- Tanja Esch (Supercool – eine Grundschulgeschichte)
- Jennifer Daniel(Earth Unplugged)
- Naomi Fearn (Zuckerfisch, Katie Cat)
- Anke Feuchtenberger (Die Spaziergängerin, Die Hure H wirft den Handschuh)
- Aisha Franz (Alien, Brigitte und der Perlenhort)
- Zofia Garden (Killing Iago, Im Namen des Sohnes)
- Kristina Gehrmann (Im Eisland)
- Katharina Greeve (Hotel Hades, Eigentlich ist Wurst ein umgestülptes Tier, Patchwork)
- Anika Hage (Die Wolke, Gothic Sports)
- Anna Haifisch (Von Spatz)
- Marika Herzog (Demon King Camio, Grimoire)
- Angie Hoffmeister (Nocturne)
- Anna Hollmann (Stupid Story, ‘Rumpelstilzchen’ in Grimm’s Manga)
- Line Hoven (Liebe schaut weg, Dudenbrooks, Klassenfahrt)
- Kathi Kierach (Baba Yaga, Eating chicken)
- Isabel Kreitz (Haarmann, Ein Bilderbuch, Der 35. Mai)
- Claire Lenkova (Grenzgebiete, Alle meine Freunde, Der Toupetmann und andere)
- Martina Lenzin (rpm, The Astra Stube Chronicles)
- Lilli Loge ( Mein freier Tag, Lies die Kind)
- Brigitte Luciani (Monsieur Blaireau et Madame Renarde, Cassis a Peur)
- Ulli Lust (Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life)
- Marijpol (Trommelfels, Eremit)
- Bine Mayer (Gedulded)
- Sophia Martineck (‘Reynard the Fox’ in Spring magazin)
- Moki (Wandering Ghost)
- Judith Park (Luxus, Y square, Vacation Club)
- Martina Peters (Lilientod, Miri, Tempest Curse)
- Christiane Pieper (Landei)
- Juno Pilgram (Zeug)
- Christina Plaka (Go for it, Yonen Buzz, Herscher aller Welten)
- Elke Rheinhart (Der Golem, Kosmonaut Laika, Laska Comix)
- Ziska Riemann (Starship Eden, The Freakz of the Underground)
- Olga Rogalski (Tränen eines Engels, Triple witching hour)
- Charlotte Salomon (Leben? oder Theater? )
- Marie Sann (Frostfeuer, Krähen)
- Martina Schradi (Ach, so ist das?!)
- Daniela Schreiter (Fuchskind, Schattenspringer)
- Maki Shimizu (ADAGIO N°2 – Im dunkelsten Winter aller Zeiten, YUKI – portraits of our friends)
- Elke Renate Steiner (Die anderen Mendelssohns, Rendsburg Prinzessinstrasse)
- Inga Steinmetz (Schneeballens Fall, Alpha Girl)
- Tanxxx (Faire danser les morts, Tanxxx)
- Anne Teuf (Finnele, Madeleine, une femme libre)
- Alexe Tygra (Lancelot)
- Olivia Vieweg (Bin ich blöd, oder was?, Schwere See, mein Herz)
- Carolin Walch (Roxanne & George)
- Caro Wedekind (Nargfried & Claudia)
- Nina Werner (Jibun-Jishin; Grimm’s Manga)
- Natalie Wormsbecher (Schwarzer Kater, Dämonen Junge Lain)
- Birgit Weyhe (Ich weiß, Im Himmel ist Jahrmarkt)
- Barbara Yelin (Gift)
- Minou Zaribaf (Libra Rising, Chicanisma)
Greece
- Valia Kapadai – (Work in Bayou Arcana and Urban Legends anthologies)
- Eugenia Koumak (work in Womanthology)
- Sissy Pantelis ( Blue Sparkles)
Iceland
- Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir (comics for Reykjavik Grapevine)
India
- Moyna Chitrakar (Sita’s Ramayana, Tsunami)
- Kaveri Gopalakrishnan (UrbanLore Comics, ‘Basic Space’ in Drawing the Line)
- Priya Kuriyan (‘Swallow the moon’ in Eat the Sky Drink the Ocean, ‘The Old Fable’ in This Side That Side: Restorying Partition)
- Prabha Mallya (work in Manta Ray, ‘Fault Lines’ in This Side That Side: Restorying Partition)
- Soumya Menon (Sachin Tendulkar: The Little Master)
- Aparajita Ninan (A Gardener in the Wasteland)
- Manjula Padmanabhan (Double talk, Suki cartoon strip in Sunday Observer)
- Aarthi Parthasarathy (Royal Existentials)
- Amruta Patil (Kari, Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean)
- Sandhya Prabhat (work in Manta Ray)
- Parismita Singh (The Hotel at the End of the World)
- Reshu Singh (‘The Photo’ in Drawing the line)
- Kruttika Susarla (The Double Standard)
Ireland
- Jordie Bellaire (colourist for Nowhere Men, Captain Marvel)
- Katie Blackwood (The Linguistic Goat)
- Naomi Bolger (The Helix Comic)
- Fiona Boniwell(Death’s New Lease on Life)
- Sarah Bowie (Mall Life)
- Maeve Clancy (Flatmates)
- Susan E. Connolly (Gráinne O’Malley: Queen’s Gambit)
- Róisín Curé (Caoimhe agus an Bogha Báiste, Na Daoine Dalla)
- Karen Browett (Astro Chimp)
- Deirdre de Barra (Found, Downpour)
- Diane Duane (Star Trek: The Manga, Vol 2; Star Trek: The Next Gen, Vol 1)
- Fionnula Doran (“The Good People”)
- Sarah Louise Eliot (‘Paperdoll’ in Girls Like You), Casket Case: Veritas)
- Triona Tree Farrell (Superhero Helpdesk, Swords & Sisters)
- Anna Fitzpatrick (Between Worlds, Koré)
- Clare Foley (‘La Grande Bretêche’ in Experiment)
- Una Gallagher (“Something in the Tae”, “An Bruid on the Moors”)
- Leeann Hamilton (Finn & Fish)
- Ann Louise Harrison (NCMVC)
- Deb Jenkinson (Missed Connections, What We Learn from TV)
- Arja Kajermo (The Dirty Dublin Strip Cartoons, Tuula)
- Gaye Mae Kincaid (Sapphowoman and the Greater Belfast Dykes)
- Danielle Lavigne (Donnie got Laid, “Another Beginning”, in Sancho #5)
- Hilary Lawler (various work in Longstone Comics, Superhilbo!)
- Sadhbh Lawlor (Splitting Borders)
- Sinead Lynch (Shinmegami Kate agus na marbh shuile, ‘Rose by any other Name’)
- Clíodhna Lyons (Comics Foodpedia, Threes)
- Felicity McCall (The Story of Amelia Earhart)
- Debbie McCormack (Don’t Panic! Comics)
- Maura McHugh (Róisín Dubh, Jennifer Wilde, Witchfinder)
- Marianna Mooney (Baka, My See-Through Love Confession)
- C.E. Murphy (Take a Chance)
- Julie Nick (‘Tug-of-War’ in Girls Like You, The Clockmaker’s Granddaughter)
- Alma O’Carroll (Redemption’s Fire, work in Rí-Rá)
- Denise O’Moore (Spell Maffia, Father Further Investigates)
- Leonie O’Moore (Some Forgotten Part, Monstrum Horrendum)
- Hayley Mulcahy (Space Officer Triggs)
- Ruth Redmond (Ponder)
- Agata Romanska (Princess, work in Rí-Rá)
- Kerrie Smith (Superhero Helpdesk, Girls Like You)
- Amanda Spitzner (Exploding Comics)
- Sweet Olive Misprint (The Goat’s Secret, How To “Wait Til I Tell Ya” For Yourself)
- Anthea West (The Earthbound God)
- Ellen Woods (Creator of ZenPop Comics)
Israel
- Michal Baruch (stories in Dimona — an Israeli Comix Anthology)
- Ifat Cohen (stories in Dimona — an Israeli Comix Anthology)
- Mira Friedman (work in Jetlag, and Scrawl magazine.)
- Daniella London Dekel (Hamoodi)
- Dorit Maya-Gur (Falafel Man)
- Rutu Modan (‘Exit Wounds’ and ‘The Property’ in Drawn and Quarterly, Mixed Emotions)
- Meirav Shaul (stories in Dimona — an Israeli Comix Anthology)
Italy
- Lucia Biagi (Japanize me, Punto di fuga)
- Cécilia Capuana (Ah! Nana, Wimmen’s Comix)
- Antonella Caputo (Graphic Classics: Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe)
- Kati Kovács (Kuka pelkää Nenian Ahnavia?, Deltan kaksoset)
- Cecilia Latella (‘The Endling’ for Thrillbent.com)
- Emanuela Lupacchino (L’Insonne, X-Factor)
- Agata Matteucci (Leo & Lou, Le terribili leggende metropolitane che si tramandano i bambini)
- Sarah Mazzetti (‘The Mall’ in Ten Steps in the City)
- Romina Moranelli (Jade, Women of Marvel)
- Sara Pichelli (NYX: No Way Home, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man)
- Giulia Sagramola (Bacio a cinque, Piccola Peg va in città)
- Vanna Vinci (La casati, Tamara de Lempicka)
- Laura Zuccheri (Les Épées de verre, Myrna: a sangue caldo)
Lebanon
- Zeina Abirached (A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return; Agatha de Beyrouth)
- Joumana Medlej (Malaak: Angel of Peace, Driving in Lebanon)
- Lena Merhej (Kamen Sine, Mrabba w Labban)
Netherlands
- Nel van Beek (Floor Blom)
- Agnes van Belle (Het zal wel, Vloed)
- Marissa Delbressine (Ward)
- Maaike Hartjes (Lyla)
- Aimee de Jongh (De terugkeer van de Wespendief (Le Retour de la Bondrée), Reborn)
- Mei-Li Nieuwland (Ctrl)
- Coco Ouwerkerk (MAM)
- Shanna Paulissen (‘Syrinx’ in Metamorphoses)
- Jane Porter (Void Deck, Lofty De Lizard)
- Emma Ringelberg (Philosophy: A Discovery in Comics, Dagrust )
- Beldan Sezen (#Gezi Park, Snapshots of a Girl)
- Anne Staal (Op Missie, Zuster)
- Eva Staal (Zuster)
- Barbara Stok (De Omslag, Nu we hier toch zijn, Lang zal ze leven)
- Lisa Witmond (Kite, Love After Death)
Nepal
- Kripa Joshi (Miss Moti series)
Norway
- Lene Ask (Hitler, Jesus og farfar, Dear Rikard)
- Lise Myhre (Nemi)
- Inga Sætre (Mina og løven, Fallteknikk)
Palestine
- Faten Nastas Mitwasi
- Leila Abdul Razzaq (Baddawi)
Poland
- Ewa Juszczuk (‘Gotuj z Bicepsem!’ in Biceps 6)
- Joanna Karpowicz (Wujek Franz, Staruorzzz: Stare klisze, Jutro będzie futro)
- Berenika Kołomycka (Derelict, M-morderstwo, Tej nocy dzika paprotka)
- Joanna Krótka (Księżniczka Angina, artist for Spera: Ascension of the Starless 2)
- Agata Endo Nowicka (‘Wysokie Obcasy’ in Projekt człowiek)
- Marzena Sowa (Marzi)
- Anna Helena Szymborska (Uowca, artist for Biały Orzeł No 06 & 09)
Portugal
- Joana Afonso (Living Will, Deixa-me Entrar)
- Patrícia Furtado (Bem Vindos A Sfax, As Quatro Corridas Mais Loucas Do Mundo)
- Catarina Sobral (Greve, Achimpa)
Romania
- Irina Dobrescu (Blestemul cartii)
Russia
- Daria Konopatova (Птичий остров, Аврора: другая история )
- Maria Konopatova (Птичий остров, Аврора: другая история)
- Victoria Lomasko (The Provinces, Forbidden Art)
- Olga Lavrenteva (Непризнанные государства)
- Natalya Snegiryov (Keshka, The Bride)
- Anna Suchkova (Boy from Fish-city )
- Lena Uzhinova
Slovenia
- Saša Kerkoš (Fimipidipi in pot do srca)
Spain
- María Barrera (work in Tina, Tammy, Misty)
- Carla Berrocal (El Brujo)
- Purita Campos (Sweet Caroline, work in Tina)
- Eva de la Cruz (colourist for 2000AD, Fairest)
- Isabel Franc (Alicia en un mundo real, Sansamba)
- Lara Fuentes (Archaeologists of Shadows)
- Lola Lorente (Sangre de mi sangre)
- Elisa McCausland (work in Enjambre, Todas putas, los cuentos gráficos)
- Susanna Martín (Sonrisas de Bombay, Sansamba)
- Ana Miralles (Eva Médusa, Djinn)
- Alice Palmer (Esclavas)
- Nuria Pompeia (Mujercitas, Cambios y recambios)
- Emma Ríos (Pretty Deadly, Dr. Strange: Season One)
- Laura Pérez Vernetti-Blina (Pessoa & Cia, Sarà Servito)
Sweden
- Catarina Batista ( Mia Min Mia)
- Natalia Batista (Sword Princess Amaltea, A Song For Elise, Mjau!)
- Alice Engström (Innekatterna, work in Sydsvenskan, Shojo Stars, Manga Mania)
- Anneli Furmark (Jordens medelpunkt, Hiver rouge)
- Sara Granér (Med vänlig hälsning, All I want for Christmas is planekonomi)
- Åsa Grennvall (Deras ryggar luktade så gott, Elfriede )
- Sara Hansson (Torskarnas pride-parad, Banditsagor : stulna berättelser)
- Joanna Hellgren (Mon frère nocturne, Frances)
- Nina Hemmingsson (Mina vackra ögon, Snyggast på festen)
- Nanna Johansson (Fulheten, Hur man botar en feminist)
- Lina Neidestam (Zelda, Maran)
- Liv Strömquist (Hundra procent fett, Kunskapens frukt)
Switzerland
- Albertine (Traits et regards sur la fin de vie: Tu meurs)
- Léandre Ackermann (L’odyssée du microscopique)
- Anda (Anne-Danielle Furrer) (En-dehors)
- Marie-Christophe Arn (later Ruata Arn), scenarist (Le Colporteur)
- Adrienne Barman (Alice au pays du sexe, work in Expositions)
- Aude Barrio (Odo) (Petit Lapiiin chouin chouiiin)
- Hélène Becquelin (Angry Mum s’énerve)
- Carine (Christine Racine) (Pourquoi moi?)
- Sophie Clermont, scenarist (La Colline)
- Louise Ducatillon (L’Attraction des Sumbolons)
- Dora Formica (Curry, kiwis et caïpirinha, un voyage illustré autour du monde)
- Mirjana Farkas (Eccoti qua!, Famiglie)
- Ursula Fürst (Lobby Ladies)
- Corine Gurunlian (Intérieurs)
- Haydé (Haydé Ardalan) (L’Univers de Milton)
- Joëlle Isoz (La liberté, Winter face)
- Margaux Kindhauser ‘Mara’ (Clues, Axolot)
- Cécile Koepfli (Fischstabli)
- Mascha (Maëlle Schaller)
- Maurane Mazars (Acouphènes)
- Barbara Meuli (Cligne-Musette, Magnagati)
- Céline Meyrat (Corps étranger)
- Odrade (Croquettes dans la nuit, work in Pas sang toi )
- Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (Papa Moll)
- Anne-Marie Pappas (La Bonne Bête)
- Isabelle Pralong (L’Eléphant)
- Nadia Raviscioni (Nadia) (La Valise)
- Kati Rickenbach (Jetzt kommt später)
- Irène Schoch (Raoul retient son souffle)
- Karoline Schreiber (Gangloff)
- Corinne Schroff (Papa Moll)
- Laurence Shuner (Rastapanique)
- Anne-Marie Simond (La Petite Alice, La Nouvelle Alice)
- Anna Sommer (Sexe aux pâquis, Les grandes filles)
- Nadine Spengler (Haustiere im Wald)
- Amélie Strobino (Tsarvaî, work for La Bûche)
- Valp (Valentine Pasche) (Les Fantômes de Neptune)
- Vamille (Camille Vallotton) (Speculum Mortis)
- Fanny Vaucher (work in La bûche, Pilules polonaises)
- Véronik (Véronique Frossard) (Matricule 45.000)
- Martina Walther (Wolkenbruch for HALLO? magazine)
- Judith Zaugg (‘Romeo & Julia’ in Strapazin)
Turkey
- Melike Acar (comic book artist)
UK
- Dani Abram (‘Small World’ in Bayou Arcana, Kitty Hawk Kicks Ass)
- Carol Adlam (Suzanne’s Story, Ministry of Women)
- Patrice Aggs (‘The Boss’ strip in DFC, illustrator of 50+ children’s books)
- Erica Akerlund (Knick Their Eyes)
- Asia Alfasi (“JinNarration”, Native Narratives)
- Steff Allan (Team Girl Comic)
- Kate Anderson
- Laura Ellen Anderson (Evil Emperor Penguin)
- Aneke (Damsels)
- Catherine Anyango (Heart of Darkness)
- Laura Armstrong (Team Girl Comic)
- Ros Asquith (cartoonist for The Guardian, plus books including How to Draw Cartoons)
- Kristyna Baczynski (Ladder)
- Badaude (London Walks!)
- Fez Baker (Thrill Electric, Tara Duncan)
- Racheal Ball (The Trick (Shadows), The Inflatable Woman)
- Giuseppa Barresi (Soulsnatchers, work in Legion of Stupid Heroes, The End of the World)
- Becky Barnicoat
- Jac Batey (Future Fantasteek!)
- Henny Beaumont (A Hole in the Heart)
- Gemma Bedeau (Afrocella)
- Emma Beeby (2000AD, Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter)
- Hannah Berry (Britten and Brülightly, Adamtine)
- Coralie Bouguerra (Team Girl Comic)
- Chantal Bourgonje (Fierce Grey Mouse, No-Dogs Allowed)
- Liz Boyle (scripts in FutureQuake)
- Jess Bradley (Milk Town)
- Kate Brown (The Spider Moon, Fish + Chocolate)
- Rebecca Burgess (London Underworld, Illusional Beauty)
- Kit Buss (Thrill Electric, Windflower Studios)
- Coleen Campbell (Team Girl Comic)
- Francesca Cassavetti (The Most Natural Thing in the World, Sole Searching)
- Katriona Chapman (Illustrator, and editor of Tiny Pencil)
- Kate Charlesworth (The Cartoon History of Time)
- Chloe Citrine (Rainbow Carousel, Vol 1)
- Brittany Coxon (Not Mushroom for Thought)
- Evy Craig (Team Girl Comic)
- Natalie d’Arbeloff (Small Packages: The Augustine Adventures, The God Interviews)
- Jeremy Day (Whores of Mensa, work in The Girly Comic)
- Brigid Deacon (Coma Deep)
- Zoe Delautre (The Wind Again, Byrne)
- Emma Dodd (What Pet to Get?, Miaow said the Cow, Roman Rescue)
- Alice Duke (‘Tell Tale Heart’ in Nevermore)
- Sara Dunkerton (“Red Riding Hood” in Into the Woods, “Promises” in Bayou Arcana)
- Wallis Eates (The Gift of Memory, The Magic Quadrant)
- Hannah Eaton (Naming Monsters)
- Helen Entwisle (Ink + Paper)
- Kate Evans (Unravelling, Copse)
- Josceline Fenton (Unkin, Circle)
- Jacky Fleming (The Trouble with Women, Be A Bloody Train Driver)
- Karrie Fransman (The Night I Lost My Love, My Peculiar World, The House That Groaned)
- Maya Gavin (2000AD)
- Melinda Gebbie (Lost Girls, Cobweb in Tomorrow Stories)
- Kelly Mason Gerrard (An Egyptian Escape, A Roman Rescue)
- Bridgeen Gillespie (Mr Maximo and Rabbit, work in Zombies and Robots anthologies)
- Verity Glass (Doctor Who)
- Katie Green (Lighter Than My Shadow)
- Isabel Greenberg (Masters of the Universe)
- Liz Greenfield (Stuff Sucks, Swallow)
- Jazz Greenhill (The Festival)
- Grizelda Grislingham (cartoonist for The Spectator, The New Statesman, etc.)
- Jennie Gyllblad (Skal, story in Bayou Arcana)
- Myra Hancock (Myra, Crisis, 2000AD)
- Gill Hatcher (Team Girl Comic)
- Jessica Hatcher (Team Girl Comic)
- Emily Hare (worked with Dare Comics, Mamtor Publishing, Ilex Press)
- Freya Harrison (The Daredevil Monkeys)
- Rozi Hathaway (work in Dead Singers Society Zine Vol.1, Dirty Rotten Comics #5)
- Willie Hewes (Amaranth, founder of ITCH Publishing)
- Evelyn Hewett (Fruit Machine, Cafe Suada)
- Sally-Anne Hickman (Diary Comics, Edible Comics, ME, A Stinky Tail)
- Mhairí Hislop (Team Girl Comic)
- Louise Ho ‘Naniiebim’ (Mephistos, Gerd’s story for Legends of Red Sonja)
- Robin Hoelzemann (Curia Regis)
- Kate Holden (Fan Dan Go and editor of Legends)
- Julie Hollings (Beryl the Bitch, work in Tits & Clits Comix, Wimmen’s Comix)
- Julia Homersham (Ink + Paper)
- Laura Howell (strips in The Beano, The Bizarre Adventures of Gilbert and Sullivan)
- Amber Hsu (illustrator, and editor ofTiny Pencil)
- Sally Hurst (2000AD)
- Grace Kaluba (Free Sailing Villains)
- Kate Keattch (Jarred, Vol 1)
- Le Hégarat (work in Doggybags #8)
- Lee Kennedy (Inner City Pagan, Wage Slave, GirlyComic )
- Angela Kincaid (co-creator of Sláine)
- Sally Kindberg (The Comic Strip History of Space, The Comic Strip History of the World)
- Emily King ( ‘Back Row’ in The Pilgrim Strips 1)
- Pearl Kinnear (Team Girl Comic)
- Yuri Kore (Alison’s Room, ‘The Boy Who Runs from the Sun’)
- Gwen Kortsen (Unnatural Remedy, Mangasm, Circuit Breaker)
- Paula Knight (Spooky Womb, The Facts of Life)
- Chie Kutsuwada (Story of Lee, Vol 1, Hagakure)
- Sue-Yin Lau (Team Girl Comic)
- Annie Lawson (cartoons in The Guardian, books: Brilliant Advice, Life on the Hard Shoulder
- Sonia Leong (Romeo and Juliet, Love Stuffing)
- Morag Lewis, (Ambient Rhythm Vol 2, Sun Fish Moon Fish: Fire Fish Story)
- Nana Li (Twelfth Night, story in Rising Stars of Manga – UK & Ireland 3)
- Simone Lia (Monkey and Spoon, Fluffy)
- Zarina Liew (Le Mime, Rosie and Jacinda)
- Sarah Lightman (In Memoriam)
- Ellen Lindner (Undertow)
- Jenny Linn-Cole (work in The Girly Comic, Ghurka Trifle by the Sea)
- Amanda Lillywhite (Duck & Bear, work in Davy the Detective)
- Selina Lock (The Girly Comic)
- Aimee Lockwood (Nailwood, Levitate, Decomposition)
- Tula Lotay (Thought Bubble Anthology #2)
- Lizz Lunney (Take Away, Build Your Own Theme Park)
- Karen Yumi Lusted (Final Blossom, Super Jax)
- Emma McLuckie (Team Girl Comic)
- Jenny McDade (Tammy)
- Sarah McIntyre (Vern & Lettuce, Airship)
- Jasmine McPhee (Team Girl Comic)
- Francesca Mancuso (Orange Juice, ‘Warm Wishes’)
- Sandra Marrs (Louis – Red Letter Day, Strange Weather Lately, The Maze)
- Catherine Manson (Gifted Vol 1 & 2)
- Angela Martin (A Good Book, You worry me Tracey, You really Do)
- Tanya Meditzky (Milk Kitten, The Man Who Clapped)
- Heather Middleton (Team Girl Comic)
- Lorna Miller (Witch, cartoonist for various outlets)
- Sarah Millman (NPC Tea and Heart of Time)
- Denise Mina (Hellblazer, A Sickness in the Family)
- Alex Moore (Turning Tiger)
- Karena Moore (Team Girl Comic)
- Leah Moore (Raise the Dead, The Complete Dracula)
- Isy Morgenmuffel (Diary of a Miscreant, Rum-muffel)
- Iona Mowat (Nondo) (Team Girl Comic)
- Myfanwy Tristram (‘Underdog’)
- Alex Newton (Azimeth, Grey-Deep)
- Danny Noble (Hangover Farm, “Was it…Too Much For You?” and Ollie and Alan’s Big Adventure)
- Serena Obhrai (Elysia)
- Kim L Pace (Nightshade – The Witch)
- Sydney Padua (Lovelace and Babbage)
- Caroline Parkinson (Strawberry Ale, Do Not Feed the Bear)
- Ellie Partridge (Ink + Paper)
- Clémence Pollet (Conte lent en rouge, La ballade de Mulan)
- Katie Pope (Team Girl Comic)
- Rhianna Pratchett (6-part mini-series with DC Comics based on Mirror’s Edge)
- Philippa Rice (My Cardboard Life)
- Irina Richards (Chemical Blue, Vol 1)
- Deirdre Ruane (Wasted Epiphanies, Waiting for the Mothership)*
- Tanya Roberts (Star Wars: Clone Wars)
- Teresa Robertson (‘Dying’, ‘Tarquin’, ‘In Out In Out’)
- Hilary Robinson (Chronos Carnival and Medivac 318 in 2000AD)
- Holly Rose (work in FTL #5, The Shrapnel Case Files)
- Anna Rubins (Dark, Urban Beasts)
- Karen Rubins (Blood Magic, Urban Beasts)
- Abby Ryder (2000AD, Demon Tomato)
- Alison Sampson (Winnebago Graveyard, Genesis, work in Creepy)
- Natalie Sandells (work in Nevermore and Devilchild)
- Jade Sarson (work in Neo Magazine, Leek and Sushi, Nami)
- Maartje Schalkx (Cowards / Carnivores, Pigeon )
- Julia Scheele (work in Solipsistic Pop, The Peckham Invalids)
- Danusia Schejbal (The Master and Margarita, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- Nina-Serena (LeLattè)
- Lauren Anne Sharp (Quarantined, Sleeping Phoenix)
- Penny Sharp (Team Girl Comic)
- Kat Sicard (Team Girl Comic)
- Heather L Sheppard (Sunrise, ‘Burn Out’ in SugarGlider Stories 2)
- Posy Simmonds (Gemma Bovery,Tamara Drewe)
- Zara Slattery (Euston Concourse & Beyond, ‘The Great Tree’ in Adventures in Comics)
- Maria Smedstad (Em web comic)
- Rachael Smith (The Rabbit, One Good Thing, Ask Flimsy)
- Staticgirl (Empires, The Aftermath)
- Claire J C Stewart (Team Girl Comic)
- Keara Stewart (A Bit of Undigested Potato, On the Escalator)
- Maria Stoian (Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch, Obelisk)
- Vicky Stonebridge (Slaughterman’s Creed, Wild West Wendy)
- Jude Stoo (Team Girl Comic)
- Rachael Stott (Doctor Who, Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive)
- JL Straw (The Young Sherlock Holmes, Fan Girls web comic)
- Nicola Streeten (Billy, Me & You)
- Brigitte Sutherland (The Adventures of a Homunculus, Peacemaker)
- Carol Swain (Foolboy, Invasion of the Mind Sappers)
- Ai Takita-Lucas (Inko) (work has appeared in Manga Cupcakes and MangaQuake)
- Mary Talbot (Dotter of Her Father’s Eye)
- Rachel Emily Taylor (“The Pinocchio Syndrome” in London Print Studio anthology)
- Tammy Taylor (Parafect, Microwavable Fox)
- Sally Jane Thompson
- Ravi Thornton (The Tale of Brin & Bent and Minno Marylebone)
- Matilda Tristram (work in Solipsistic Pop)
- Una (Becoming/Unbecoming)
- Suzy Varty (Heroine, RaW)
- Emma Vieceli (Comic Book Tattoo, Violet)
- Judith Walker (cartoonist, work in Duck Soup magazine, The Sun newspaper, New Humanist and The Inking Women)
- T.O. Walker (Not My Shame)
- MJ Wallace (Team Girl Comic)
- Laura Watton (Founding member of Sweatdrop Studios, Biomecha)
- Anke Weckmann
- Emma Welch (The Arcaders)
- Sara Westrop (Fan Girls web comic)
- Marcia Williams (The Canterbury Tales, Archie’s War)
- Claire Yvette (Team Girl Comic)
- Angela Wraight (Unnatural Remedy, Mangasm, Circuit Breaker)
- Faye Yong (Murphy’s Law, The Merchant of Venice)
- Yel Zamor (colourist on ‘The Interactives’, ‘Hero: 9 – 5’)
Letterers
- Ellie de Ville (2000AD)
- Nikki Foxrobot (Dick Turpin and The Crimson Plague)
- Annie Parkhouse (2000AD)
- Nic Wilkinson (Cancertown, Slaughterman’s Creed, Indifference Engine)
Resources
A sample of comic book industry web sites that are women-friendly.
- 3 Chicks Review Comics USA podcast
- Asociación de Autoras de Cómic
- The Beat
- BD Gest
- Le collectif des créatrices de bande dessinée contre le sexisme
- Comica
- Colouring Outside the Lines
- DC Women Kicking Ass
- Down the Tubes
- Forbidden Planet Blog
- Girls Who Draw
- Girls Read Comics Too
- Irish Comic News
- Ladies Making Comics
- Lambiek: Comiclopedia
- Laydeez Do Comics
- Sequential Tart
- Striptease Magazine
- She Has No Head Column at Comic Book Resources
- Small Press Big Mouth UK podcast
- Solipsistic Pop
- We Are Words and Pictures
- When Fangirls Attack
- Women in Comics Wiki