Roberta Gregory was born on May 7,1953 and is an American comic book writer and artist best known for the character Bitchy Bitch from her Fantagraphics Books series Naughty Bits.
17 Facts About Roberta Gregory
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Roberta Gregory is a prolific contributor to many feminist and underground anthologies, such as Wimmen's Comix and Gay Comix.
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Roberta Gregory began her career in earnest in 1974 by sending a strip titled "A Modern Romance" to the all-female Wimmen's Comix anthology.
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Roberta Gregory created the strip Feminist Funnies in 1974, expanding it in 1976 for her own original comic book Dynamite Damsels, after it was rejected by Wimmen's Comix due to an alleged similarity to her other work.
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Roberta Gregory has commented on this, stating that she was unaware of the groundbreaking nature of her work at the time of publishing.
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Roberta Gregory continued to contribute to many other underground comix in the 1970s, including Gay Comix and Robert Kirby's Strange Looking Exile.
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Roberta Gregory is the most prolific contributor to Gay Comix, having appeared in nearly every one of its 25 issues.
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In 1990 Roberta Gregory created "Bitchy Bitch" Midge McCracken, a woman angry at the world who frequently explodes with rage.
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Roberta Gregory starred in the 40-issue series Naughty Bits, which was published by Fantagraphics from 1991 to 2004.
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Roberta Gregory is one of the contributors to Free to Fight, the interactive self-defense project for women.
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Roberta Gregory is currently working to complete Mother Mountain, the first chapter of which is available to read free on her website.
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Originally conceived as a spin-off from Winging It, Roberta Gregory has been working sporadically on it since the 1990s.
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Roberta Gregory has stated that the story will span four novels, two of which are complete.
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Roberta Gregory has planned to complete a graphic novel prequel.
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Roberta Gregory was born in Los Angeles, California, to Disney comics writer and artist Bob Roberta Gregory.
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Roberta Gregory contributed to her college humor paper until 1974, when she began her own Feminist Funnies.
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Roberta Gregory moved to Seattle, Washington in 1989, where she resides to this day with her long-term partner, author Bruce B Taylor.