Trina Robbins is the Guest Curator of this colorful tribute to the artists, authors, and characters who have been part of the comic book tradition. Trina has been writing and drawing comics since 1966. She edited the first all woman comic book, "it Ain't Me, Babe," and is the author of "The Great Women Superheroes," "A Century of Women Cartoonists," and "Women and the Comics." Entertainment Weekly (July 23, 1999) called "From Girls to Grrrlz, "entertaining and attractively designed."     Here's just a few tidbits from the exhibition ...   Barbie, 1994. Enlargement, 142K Detail on right Story by Barbara Slate, art by Mary Wilshire and Trina Robbins. On this prophetic page, editor Hildy Mesnik (center / detail on right) tells the Barbie crew that the comic has been canceled. In the story it turns out to be an April Fools' joke, but the book was canceled a year later. Detail from Artbabe both a comic and then a zine Cover by Jessica Abel Full Covers, 82K   Detail from No Love Lost a comic by Areil Bordeaux was a precursor to her zine, Deep Girl Full Cover, 127K   Caption from an 80's comic by Jaime Hernandez about punk rock pals 'n' gals, from Love and Rockets        Full Cover, 107K   Details from the cover of a Hi-School Romance comic October, 1957  Full Cover, 85K Other Romance and Love comic themes of the 50's included: Career Girl Romances, Wartime Romances, High School Confidential Diary, Teen-Age Romance, Teen-Age Temptations, Teen Confessions, and Secret Teen Diary. .......More Grrrlz....... Eternal Romance 1997 Janet L. Hetherington "...could he be angel or alien?" Deep Girl 1994 Cover by Ariel Bordeaux Girl Jock 1995 Cover by Trina Robbins Saucy Li'l Tart 1996 Cover by Molly Kiely Slutburger 1992 Cover by Mary Fleener

 

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