Trina Robbins was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first female artists in that movement.
20 Facts About Trina Robbins
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Trina Robbins is a member of the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
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Trina Robbins's illustrations appeared in science fiction fanzines like the Hugo-nominated Habakkuk.
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Trina Robbins left New York for San Francisco in 1970, where she worked at the feminist underground newspaper It Ain't Me, Babe.
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Trina Robbins became involved in creating outlets for and promoting female comics artists, through projects such as the comics anthology Wimmen's Comix, with which she was involved for twenty years.
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In 1990, Trina Robbins edited and contributed to Choices: A Pro-Choice Benefit Comic Anthology for the National Organization for Women, published under Trina Robbins' own imprint, Angry Isis Press.
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Trina Robbins wrote the stories, with Anne Timmons providing the bulk of the art.
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Trina Robbins appeared as herself in Wonder Woman Annual 2.
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Trina Robbins was a co-founder of Friends of Lulu, a nonprofit formed in 1994 to promote readership of comic books by women and the participation of women in the comic book industry.
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Trina Robbins is featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.
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Trina Robbins was intimately involved in the 1960s rock scene, where she was close friends with Jim Morrison and The Byrds.
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Trina Robbins is the first of the three "Ladies of the Canyon" in Joni Mitchell's classic song from the album of the same name.
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Trina Robbins wrote a memoir entitled Last Girl Standing, released in 2017 from Fantagraphics.
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Trina Robbins was a Special Guest of the 1977 San Diego Comic-Con, when she was presented with an Inkpot Award.
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Trina Robbins won a Special Achievement Award from the San Diego Comic Con in 1989 for her work on Strip AIDS USA, a benefit book that she co-edited with Bill Sienkiewicz and Robert Triptow.
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Trina Robbins was the 1992 Guest of Honor of WisCon, the Wisconsin Science Fiction Convention.
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In 2002, Trina Robbins was given the Special John Buscema Haxtur Award, a recognition for comics published in Spain.
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In 2011, Trina Robbins' artwork was exhibited as part of the Koffler Gallery show Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women.
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In July 2013, during the San Diego Comic-Con, Trina Robbins was one of six inductees into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
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In 2017, Trina Robbins was chosen for the Wizard World Hall of Legends.