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As part of Women's History Month activities, we're shining the spotlight on women in comics and manga. Every Tuesday, we'll feature amazing women who have left a mark on the comics and manga industries. Today, we'll be covering some of the earliest notable women of comics as well as two organizations and their impacts and contributions.
 

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is an American non-profit organization started in 1986. Its mission is to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, and retailers covering legal expenses. Originally established to fund the legal defense of Michael Correa,...

When the idea for this article about the impact of women on the comic industry came up, I couldn’t think of more than a handful of names right away. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the actual number of contributions women have made.

Comics have been, traditionally, thought of as a boy’s club industry. At least that has been my impression since I was a young girl in the 90's and 2000's. While it is true that comics have been predominantly male-centered in terms of creators, women have played a hand in many well known series. I’m going to be completely honest here, I knew it wasn't necessarily true that women couldn't make comics, but why...