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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're traveling the world and covering women from different corners of the world who have made incredible impacts lasting multiple generations: Rumiko Takahashi, Marjane Satrapi, Tove Jansson, and Marguerite Abouet.

Rumiko Takahashi

Rumiko Takahashi is a highly acclaimed mangaka renowned for her influential contributions to the manga industry. Takahashi began her career in the late 1970s with the publication of her debut manga series, Urusei Yatsura, which...

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 Wimmen's Comix and some of the women speaking out for visibility for both women creators and characters.

Wimmen's Comix

Wimmen's Comix, later renamed Wimmin's Comix, emerged as a groundbreaking all-female underground comics anthology from 1972 to 1992. It followed the influential 1970 publication of It Ain't Me, Babe, the inaugural American comic solely crafted by women, spearheaded by the prominent figure Trina Robbins...

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,...

Women have been making history in comics for decades, and their impact is only getting stronger. In celebration of Women's History Month, we will have a series of features this week. Earlier this month, we asked women in comics to share their GlobalComix links in a tweet. Women have brought us some amazing inventions and technologies, and they've also brought us some amazing comics!

The Space Between, 25 pages - Published by Wave & Squimoo, (cc/ @Wave-n-Squimoo)

The Space Between is a sci-fi adventure comic which takes place in a distant galaxy and follows Ferelith Caprical, a frustrated employee of an interplanetary conservation agency, and Vexen, a little freak even...

Women have been making history in comics for decades, and their impact is only getting stronger. In celebration of Women's History Month, we will have a series of features this week. Earlier this month, we asked women in comics to share their GlobalComix links in a tweet. Today's we've got a diverse list from many genres, horror, crime, sci-fi, romance, and more! Diverse lists for diverse women, please enjoy our feature today!

51Hundred, 124 pages - Published by New Friday - A Lev Gleason Imprint, (cc/ @AllisonD)

This is the 21st-century, and science still has no idea what life is like after death. With their lives tragically cut short, tentative trio Sugar, Zip, and...

Women have been making history in comics for decades, and their impact is only getting stronger. In celebration of Women's History Month, we will have a series of features this week. Earlier this month, we asked women in comics to share their GlobalComix links in a tweet. So we made some lists and today, we'll be featuring our fantasy creators!
 

METAMORPHOSIS: We As Mortals, 489 pages - Published by Jester On Mars, (cc/ @JesterOnMars)

“Have the Gods abandoned us? Or do They revel in the monstrous nature of Their creations killing for sport?” The world is on its final breath. It hopelessly tries to recover after the merciless assault from 20 years ago by...

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...