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Trina Robbins was born on 17 August 1938 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Funny Ladies (1991), No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021) and Independent Lens (1999). She died on 10 April 2024 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Writer
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Kelly Sue DeConnick was born on 15 July 1970 in Ohio, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Captain Marvel (2019), The Marvels (2023) and Emerald City (2016). She has been married to Matt Fraction since 29 September 2002.- Director
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Marjane Satrapi was born on 22 November 1969 in Rasht, Iran. She is a director and actress, known for Persepolis (2007), The Voices (2014) and Chicken with Plums (2011). She is married to Mattias Ripa. She was previously married to Reza.- Ann Nocenti is a veteran comic book writer and editor from New York City. As a writer, she is primarily remembered as the main writer for "Daredevil" vol. 1 #236-291 (1986-1991), "Catwoman" vol. 3 (2012-2014), and "Katana" (2013-2014). She has written stories for several other characters, including (among others) Spider-Woman, Doctor Strange, Nightmare, Spider-Man, and Venom. As an editor, Nocenti is primarily remembered for serving as an editor for both the "Uncanny X-Men" and the "New Mutants" from 1984 to 1988.
Nocenti has created several recurring characters for Marvel Comics. Her most popular creations include the tyrant and slave-master Mojo (portrayed as a parody of television executives), the young demon Blackheart (a son of the hell-lord Mephisto), the dimension-traveling sorceress Spiral/Rita Wayword, the pyrokinetic assassin Typhoid Mary/Mary Walker (both a love interest and a foe for Daredevil), the rebel leader Longshot (a love interest for Dazzler), the Inhuman prince Ahura Boltagon (a son of the heroes Black Bolt and Medusa), and the cyborg assassin Bushwacker/Carl Burbank (a recurring foe for Daredvil and the Punisher).
Nocenti was interested in comic books as a child, though her parents allowed her access to few series of the time. She liked teenage humor stories by Archie Comics, but thought that "bad girl" Veronica Lodge was a smarter and more enjoyable character than her "good girl" rival Betty Cooper. Nocenti loved reprints of the satirical comic strip "Pogo" (1948-1975) by Walt Kelly. Nocenti also enjoyed reprints of the detective-themed comic strip "Dick Tracy" (1931-) by Chester Gould. She found the strip's "grotesque" and deformed villains to be fascinating, and thought that the strip's heroes were comparatively bland. Nocenti never had access to superhero comics.
Nocenti received her college education at the "State University of New York at New Paltz", a public university which had its own art education program. As a college student, Nocenti found herself interested in the underground comix of Robert Crumb. They were representative of the values of the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Following her graduation from college, Nocenti replied to a Marvel Comics ad for new personnel. She was hired as an assistant editor by the editor Dennis O'Neil (1939-2020).
From 1982 to 1984, Nocenti primarily worked as an assistant editor for various Marvel titles. She variously worked under the supervision of the editors Al Milgrom, Carl Potts, and Louise Jones. She was also interested in writing her own stories. Her debut story was published in a 1982 issue of the anthology title "Bizarre Adventures".
Nocenti's first regular writing assignment was to write the final few issues of a series featuring the superheroine Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew. Since Nocenti was aware that the series was ending due to a decline in its sales, she decided to write a storyline which ended with Jessica's death. She came to regret this decision, as she realized that the readers had a "personal attachment" to the character. Nocenti served as a story consultant to an Avengers storyline which featured the resurrection of Spider-Woman.
Nocenti served as the solo writer of the miniseries "Beauty and the Beast" (1984-1985). It served as a spotlight for the mutant superheroes Dazzler/Alison Blaire and Beast/Hank McCoy. The series depicted them as lovers, and portrayed Dazzler as an outcast, following the end of her acting career. These subplots were not followed by other writers.
Nocenti created Longshot and his original cast of friends and foes in the eponymous miniseries "Longshot" (1985-1986). She used atypical influences for a comic book writer, crediting the works of Marshall McLuhan, Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman and Walter Lippmann for inspiring aspects of the series. Nocenti was pursuing her master's degree at the time, and figured that some of the texts available to her would make great material for a comic book story.
In 1986, Nocenti was asked to contribute a story to the series "Daredevil". The series had no regular writer at the time, following the end of long runs by Dennis O'Neil and Frank Miller. Two issues later, Nocenti was assigned as the series' new main writer. She took the series to a new direction, with the character Daredevil/Matt Murdock running a non-profit urban legal center. Nocenti's stories for the series often explored social issues, such as "sexism, racism, and nuclear proliferation". Nocenti continued writing the title until 1991, and she became the series "longest-running regular writer". She was then replaced by Daniel G. Chichester, who tried to conclude several of the series' long-running subplots.
From 1993 to 1994, Nocenti wrote the series "Kid Eternity" for Vertigo Comics. The series featured a revamped version of the Golden Age character Kid Eternity/Christopher "Kit" Freeman, who could summon demons to assist him in conflicts. For Marvel, Nocenti wrote 1990s miniseries for the villains Typhoid Mary (which she had created years earlier) and Nightmare. Nightmare had been a long-established demonic villain, who could manipulate subconscious minds of dreaming beings. Nocenti worked on the first attempt to turn him into a villain protagonist and to provide him with his own supporting cast.
In 1996, Nocenti wrote two issues of "The All-New Exiles" for Malibu Comics. The series focused on a misfit cast of villains and antiheroes who were forced to join forces after finding themselves collectively blamed for a mysterious disaster in New York City. They had to clear their names and discover what had actually caused the disaster. Nocenti's issues focused on a treacherous ally of the team, who was manipulating teammates Amber Hunt and Siena Blaze into fighting each other. The series only lasted for 11 issues, with its storyline resolved in a crossover title. This was Nocenti's last work for Marvel and its imprints during the 1990s.
During the 1990s, Nocenti started a new career as a journalist. She eventually placed her comic book work in hiatus, in order to pursue new career opportunities. She worked as a writer for the political magazine "The Nation" (1865-), while publishing articles in several other publications. In 2004, Nocenti became the new editor of the monthly magazine "High Times" (1974-).
In 2004, Nocenti started regularly writing for DC Comics. She wrote several stories for the Batman-related comic books. She published the graphic novel "Batman/Poison Ivy: Cast Shadows" (2004). The story had the hero Batman/Bruce Wayne and the female villain Poison Ivy/Pamela Lillian Isley teaming up for a case. Nocenti placed emphasis on Ivy's redeeming qualities, and hinted that Ivy's long-term attraction to Batman was based on genuine emotional needs, rather than mere lust.
In 2004, Nocenti wrote a two-part miniseries about Catwoman/Selina Kyle. In 2012, she was assigned as the main writer in a rebooted version of Catwoman's solo series. She continued writing the series until 2014. Nocenti contributed a Catwoman story to the anthology collection "Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular" (2020). The anthology celebrated the completion of 80 years of stories about the popular villain and antihero.
By 2022, Nocenti was 65-years-old. She has never fully retired from comic book writing, but she has mostly contributed stories to anthologies and miniseries in recent years. She has had a fan following due to her interesting takes on several established characters, and her own creation of eccentric characters. - Actress
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Claire Bretécher was born on 17 April 1940 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Roads to the South (1978), Alertez les bébés (1978) and La grande Paulette (1974). She was married to Guy Carcassonne. She died on 10 February 2020 in Paris, France.- Writer
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Takahashi was born on October 10, 1957 in Niigata, Japan. She displayed no special talent or interest for manga (Japanese comics) while attending Niigata Chuo High School, but while attending Japan Women's University, she enrolled in Gekiga Sonjuku, a manga school founded by Kazuo Koike (artist and writer of the mangas Lone Wolf and Cub, Crying Freeman and Lady Snowblood). His influence in her work is considerable. He stressed the importance of interesting characters in one's manga series. Takahashi took his lessons to heart: her characters often break the stereotypes inhabiting manga at the time. Takahashi takes care to portray her women to be as tough and as intelligent as her men. Almost none of them can be called an out-and-out villain. They often have different motivations and goals which puts them at odds with each other, and from this arises the dramatic tension of her stories, and quite often, the comedy as well.
In 1976 she started publishing short manga. At this point, she needed to make an important decision, continue as a manga artist or make rounds interviewing for a regular job as a Japanese salary person. If she failed in manga, she would have difficulty getting work because companies would often prefer young, fresh graduates. Despite her parents' advice to take the more cautious path, she decided to press on.
Her first manga series was Urusei Yatsura in 1978, published in Weekly Shonen Sunday. It concerns an alien invasion of earth that can only be stopped if the horniest boy in the world manages to catch an alien girl. It eventually became a cultural phenomenon, lasting nine years and spawning a long-running television series, Urusei yatsura (1981). Urusei yatsura (1981)was partly directed by Mamoru Oshii (_"Kôkaku kidôtai" (1995)_, aka Ghost in the Shell). Oshii first rose in prominence thanks to his work in Urusei Yatsura.
Her second manga hit was Maison Ikkoku (1980 to 1987 in Big Comic Spirits). Here, her experiences as a young adult making the rounds of job interviews, plus living in a small apartment while working for a living, became inspiration for her manga. Maison Ikkoku doesn't have any aliens, demons or martial-arts experts, instead it is a simple love triangle between a college student, Godai, his beautiful apartment manager, the young and recently widowed Mrs. Kyoko Otanashi and the rich, handsome tennis coach Shun Mitaka.
Mitaka could have been a typical love rival, rich, handsome but self-centered. Instead, Takahashi actually makes him sympathetic; his love for Kyoko is as sincere as Godai, and he is also a nice guy. In fact it becomes one of the themes of Maison Ikkoku: if all things are equal, if both suitors have good characters and both sincerely loves the woman, then should Kyoko pick the richer suitor? The manga series charts Godai's maturation from callow youth ruled by hormones to a successful, responsible adult.
The complex webs of relationships in Urusei and Maison are her secret recipe for generating endless configurations of conflict and humor. They keep readers waiting eagerly for the next installment at the same time gently remind them that that's how life is like with regards to romance, a tangled free-for-all that, despite its seemingly frightful messiness, Takahashi magically keeps clear and coherent for her readers.
Maison Ikkoku also became the successful anime, Maison Ikkoku (1986). In 1987, Not only did she end her two successful manga, Urusei and Maison, she also did short manga (Mermaid Saga and One-Pound Gospel), and started her third long-run manga series, Ranma 1/2.
In 1987, the manga field was full of martial arts stories, so Takahashi was interested in trying her version of a martial arts manga, however, with a few innovations of her own. Ranma is a martial artist betrothed to a tomboy martial artist, Miss Akane Tendo, and when they marry they will inherit the dojo and the tradition of "Anything Goes" Martial Arts. The big twist is, when Ranma gets wet, he turns into a busty, red-headed girl. Takahashi pokes fun at (and gives homage to) martial arts, boy-girl relationships and other bizarre permutations that can arise from a web formed by a boy/girl, a tomboy girl as well as a menagerie of quirky supporting characters.
Like Urusei and Maison, Ranma became an anime series,Ranma ½ (1989), which lasted from 1989 to 1992. She ended the manga in 1996, and then started her fourth major manga series, Inuyasha.
Inuyasha is set in medieval Japan. A modern schoolgirl, Kagome, is magically transported to the past, and she must help the half-demon Inuyasha collect shards of the powerful Shikon jewel. In this series, the tone is darker and less comedic than her other works. Characters and bystanders often die here and the major characters themselves are frequently in danger. Takahashi also introduces her first purely evil villain, the demon Naraku. Naraku is a kind of Iago to Inuyasha's Othello, letting others do the dirty work for him. Inuyasha became an anime in 2000 (Inuyasha (2000)), lasting until 2004. It has already spawned several films, with the last one released in December, 2004.
In terms of material rewards, Takahashi consistently makes the list of top ten Japanese tax payers from the manga community, an indication of the royalties she receives for her work, both old and new. Her fan base has spilled out of Japan, where she is virtually ubiquitous. She now has devoted followers from Europe, the United States and many fellow Asian nations. Her old work, from Urusei Yatsura up to her short manga up to the anime versions, have been reprinted and translated, finding their way to newer generations of readers and viewers.
However, Takahashi continually keeps busy, meeting her deadlines, creating new manga. She admits she has little time to spend her money, devoting most of her time in her studio drawing and plotting the next installments of her manga, for the sake of her legions of fans worldwide.- Writer
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Tove Jansson was born on 9 August 1914 in Helsinki, Finland. She was a writer and cinematographer, known for The Summer Book, Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley (2024) and Mûmin (1969). She died on 27 June 2001 in Helsinki, Finland.- Art Director
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Paola Gaviria was born on 20 June 1977 in Quito, Ecuador. Paola is an art director and writer, known for Virus tropical (2017) and Uyuyui (2012).- Writer
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Keiko Takemiya was born on 13 February 1950 in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. She is a writer, known for Terra e... (1980), Toward the Terra (2007) and Crusher Joe: The Movie (1983).- Purita Campos was born on 18 August 1937 in Barcelona, Spain. She was married to Francisco Ortega. She died on 19 November 2019 in Spain.
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Lynda Barry was born on 2 January 1956 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is known for Comic Book Confidential (1988), Funny Ladies (1991) and Cartoon College (2012).- Writer
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Ramona Fradon was born on 2 October 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for Beware the Batman (2013), Young Justice (2010) and Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008). She was married to Dana Fradon. She died on 24 February 2024 in Ulster County, New York, USA.- Cristina Breccia was born on 24 February 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She died on 20 March 2021 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Patricia Breccia was born on 17 September 1955.
- Phoebe Gloeckner is known for The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) and Married to Comics (2023).
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G. Willow Wilson was born on 31 August 1982 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Ms. Marvel (2022), Marvel's Avengers (2020) and Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel (2014).- Writer
Ai Yazawa was born on 7 March 1967 in Osaka, Japan. She is a writer, known for Nana (2005), Last Quarter (2004) and Paradise Kiss (2011).- Writer
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Kiriko Nananan is known for Strawberry Shortcakes (2006), Blue (2002) and Pumpkin and Mayonnaise (2017).- Writer
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Moto Hagio was born on 12 May 1949 in Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan. She is a writer, known for They Were Eleven (1986), Illusion of Gaia (1993) and Stranger: bakemono ga jiken wo abaku (2016).- Writer
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Hiromu Arakawa was born on 8 May 1973 in Tokachi, Japan. Hiromu is a writer, known for Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009) and Fullmetal Alchemist (2017).- Annie Goetzinger was born on 18 August 1951 in Paris, France. She died on 20 December 2017 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Jeffrey Catherine Jones was born on 10 January 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was married to Louise Simonson. He died on 19 May 2011 in Kingston, New York, USA.
- Machiko Hasegawa was born on 30 January 1920 in Taku, Saga, Japan. She was a writer, known for Sazae-san no dâssen okusamâ (1959), Sazae-san (1956) and New Journey of Yaji and Kita (1952). She died on 27 May 1992 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Marie Severin was born on 21 August 1929 in Nassau, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Spider-Woman (1979) and Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010). She died on 29 August 2018 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA.- Chantal Montellier was born on 1 August 1947 in Loire, France.
- Aline Kominsky-Crumb was born on 1 August 1948 in Long Beach, New York, USA. She was married to Robert Crumb and Carl Kominsky. She died on 29 November 2022 in Sauve, Gironde, France.
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- Angela Giussani was born on 10 June 1922 in Milan, Italy. She was a writer, known for Danger: Diabolik (1968), Diabolik (2021) and Diabolik: Who Are You? (2023). She died on 12 February 1987 in Italy.
- Luciana Giussani was born on 19 April 1928 in Milan, Italy. She was a writer, known for Danger: Diabolik (1968), Diabolik (2021) and Diabolik: Who Are You? (2023). She died on 31 March 2001 in Milan, Italy.
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A Japanese manga artist, best known for the series Banana Fish, who graduated from Musashino Art University. She received an Excellence Award for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for Umimachi Diary in 2007, from which a film adaptation titled Our Little Sister was released in 2015. Also, she twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shojo, for Kisshou Tennyo in 1984 and for Yasha in 2002.- Writer
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Marge was born on 11 December 1904 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Frog's Legs (1962), Alvin's Solo Flight (1961) and Man's Pest Friend (1945). She was married to Clarence Addison Buell. She died on 30 May 1993 in Elyria, Ohio, USA.- Writer
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Yoshitoki Ôima is known for A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016), Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (2010) and Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust (2012).- Writer
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Jill Thompson was born on 20 November 1966 in Forest Park, Illinois, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Meet Me There (2014), Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular (2003) and Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy (2005). She was previously married to Brian Azzarello.- Actress
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- Nekojiru was a writer, known for Nekojiru gekijô - jirujiru Original (1999) and Cat Soup (2001). Nekojiru died on 10 May 1998 in Machida, Tokyo, Japan.
- Chiho Saitô is known for Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (1999) and Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997).
- Dale Messick was born on 11 April 1906 in South Bend, Indiana, USA. She was a writer, known for Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945), Brenda Starr (1989) and Brenda Starr, Reporter (1979). She was married to Oscar Strom and Everett George. She died on 5 April 2005 in Penngrove, California, USA.
- Louise Simonson was born on 26 September 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is a writer, known for Steel (1997), Young Justice (2010) and Reign of the Supermen (2019). She has been married to Walter Simonson since 1980. She was previously married to Jeffrey Catherine Jones.
- Jessica Abel is known for Hank and Asha (2013) and Independents (2007).
- Pat Tourret was born in 1929 in the United Kingdom. Pat was a writer, known for Tiffany Jones (1973). Pat died in 2018.
- Jenny Butterworth is known for Tiffany Jones (1973).
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Moyoco Anno was born on 26 March 1971 in Tokyo, Japan. She is a writer, known for Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan (2006), Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time (2021) and Koi no mon (2004). She has been married to Hideaki Anno since 26 March 2002.- Writer
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Yoshitoki Ôima is known for A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016), Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (2010) and Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust (2012).- Animation Department
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Amanda Conner is known for The Pro, Harley Quinn (2019) and The Pro (2010). She has been married to Jimmy Palmiotti since 1 January 1995.- Art Department
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Alison Bechdel was born on 10 September 1960 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Fun Home, The Simpsons (1989) and Cartoon College (2012).- Art Department
Colleen Doran is known for Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously (2016), She Makes Comics (2014) and Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts (2011).- Writer
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- Rieko Saibara is known for Gakeppuchi no Eri - Kono yo de ichiban daiji na 'Kane' no hanashi (2010), I Hate Tokyo (2013) and My House (2002). She was previously married to Yutaka Kamoshida.
- Kyôko Okazaki is known for Georama Boy, Panorama Girl (2020), Chiwawa (2019) and Helter Skelter (2012).
- Fusako Kuramochi is known for A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007) and A-Girl (1993).
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Julie Doucet was born on 31 December 1965 in Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada. She is a writer, known for My New New York diary (2010) and Arte Journal (1998).- Additional Crew
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Posy Simmonds was born on 9 August 1945 in Berkshire, England, UK. She is a writer, known for The Frog Prince (1986), Tamara Drewe (2010) and Gemma Bovery (2014).- Patricia Highsmith was born on 19 January 1921 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. She was a writer, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Strangers on a Train (1951) and The Two Faces of January (2014). She died on 4 February 1995 in Locarno, Switzerland.
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Kyu Hayashida is known for Dorohedoro (2020) and Dorohedoro: Ma no omake (2020).- Producer
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Lisa Hanawalt was born on 19 June 1983 in Santa Clara, California, USA. She is a producer and production designer, known for Tuca & Bertie (2019), BoJack Horseman (2014) and The Exquisite Corpse Project (2012).- Animation Department
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Ruto Modan was born on 1 February 1966 in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is known for Love Hurts (2004), Dangerous Relations with Dana Modan (1999) and The Hebrew Superhero (2015).- Art Department
Claire Wendling is known for Quest for Camelot (1998).- Pilarín Bayés was born on 21 April 1941 in Vic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Lynn Varley was born on 11 March 1958 in New Jersey, USA. Lynn is a writer, known for 300 (2006) and 300: March to Glory (2007). Lynn was previously married to Frank Miller.
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María Carmen Vila was born on 16 July 1949 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. María Carmen is known for Despertaferro (1990) and Mofli, el último koala (1986).- Animation Department
Moderna de Pueblo is known for Generació selfie (2016), Alguna pregunta més? (2004) and La aventura del saber (1992).- Animation Department
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Teresa Valero is known for Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza (2003), Fantomcat (1995) and Inspector Sun (2022).- Animation Department
Míriam Bonastre was born on 5 February 1994 in Pineda De Mar, Spain. Míriam is known for Virtual Hero (2018).- Diane Noomin was born on 13 May 1947 in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Devil's Cleavage (1975), Video Album 4 (1986) and The Celluloids (1988). She was married to Bill Griffith. She died on 1 September 2022 in Hadlyme, Connecticut, USA.
- Emil Ferris is known for My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, 21 cm de plus (2018) and Tout le monde en parle (2004).
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Mariko Tamaki is known for Goosebumps (2023), Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023) and Supergirl (2015).- Art Department
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Jillian Tamaki was born on 17 April 1980 in Ontario, Canada. She is a writer, known for Adventure Time (2010), Mass Effect (2007) and Cet été-là (2022).- Art Department
- Raquel Gu is known for Difuminado (2014) and Àrtic (2013).
- Mery Cuesta is known for Spanish Noir (2023), The Land of All Demons (2023) and Blood in the Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon (2021).
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Andrea Torrejón is known for Angry Birds Toons (2013), Angry Birds Stella (2014) and Bad Piggies Cinematic Trailer (2012).- Writer
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Gail Simone was born on 29 July 1974 in Oregon, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Crosswind, Batgirl and Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues (2016).- Carla Speed McNeil is known for Adventures Into Digital Comics (2006), She Makes Comics (2014) and Independents (2007).
- Roberta Gregory is known for No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021), Independent Lens (1999) and Bezango, WA (2015).
- June Brigman is known for Prisoners of Gravity (1989) and Marvel 616 (2020).
- Artist Nell Brinkley was an early 20th century newspaper columnist who illustrated her columns with "Brinkley Girls," bright-eyed and bow-lipped women that became a national vogue. The Brinkley Girls, idealistic and active young women who were suffused with an innocent sexuality, became so famous, they were the subjects of popular songs and poems. The Brinkley Girl even was featured by the Ziegfeld Follies, and Biograph once billed one of its movie starlets as "The Radiant Nell Brinkley Girl of the Follies." Brinkley herself was the subject of at least three songs, and her name was a staple of the mass-merchandising of women's products in the 1910s. Her work as an illustrator influenced later women cartoonists.
Born in 1888, Nell was a self-taught artist who made her first sale at the age of 13. She was hired by 'The Denver Times' in 1903 at the princessly sum of $7 per week to draw romantic cartoons, and she is credited as the originator of the romantic illustration.
In 1907, she was hired as a columnist and illustrator by media magnate William Randolph Hearst for his 'New York Evening Journal.' Her work appeared in his numerous publications, including the magazines 'Harpers,' 'Cosmopolitan' and 'Good Housekeeping,' for 31 years. Nell illustrated the newspaper stories that she wrote.
It was for Hearst's empire that she created what became known as The Brinkley Girl. The precursor of cheesecake art like that of Antonio Vargas, the dimpled Binkley Girls with their curly hair created a new fashion in feminine beauty that eclipsed the paradigmatic late-Victorian ideal of Charles Dana Gibson's Gibson Girl.
Her illustrated women were a representation of Nell Brinkley herself, a feminine woman described as "small and graceful of figure with dark, curly hair which fluffed about her heart-shaped face." Mae West, in her early vaudeville act, claimed to be "The Original Brinkley Girl," a distinction also claimed by actress Mae Murray. Muray's claim is the more valid one, as she bore the title as a member of the Ziegfeld Follies. The young Helen Hayes played a Brinkley Girl in the 1909 play "Jack the Giant Killer."
She did her illustrations in pen and ink, though she claimed she visualized everything in color. In addition to establishing a new ideal of feminine beauty, Nell proved to be highly influential among amateur illustrators, particularly women, due to the wide reach of her works through their national and world syndication by Hearst, and due to their excellence and immediacy. Her acolytes include 'Brenda Starr, Reporter' creator Dale Messick.
She made a major contribution to war propaganda and feminism by adapting the Brinkley Girl to a scenario called 'The Three Graces' for a widely circulated drawing. The World War I 'Why We Fight'-style illustration bore the inscription, "Any man who loves and reveres his mother and his country should idolize, if he worship at all, the three graces, Suffrage, Preparedness and Americanism."
One of her most famous creations, 'Golden Eyes,' was a World War I era heroine who originally illustrated one of Brinkley's serialized stories for Hearst. Drawn in a fine-lined Art Nouveau style, the color illustration was used to sell Liberty Bonds. A successful propaganda piece, Golden Eyes symbolized American women's patriotism.
It was during this war period that Nell began expanding her subject-matter to include portraits of working women. She used her fame to campaign for better working conditions and pay for women who had joined in the war effort, and suffered economic and social dislocation due to the active expression of their patriotism. Unlike most of her contemporaries, she drew women of different races and cultures. Scholars claim that while her work initially conveys naivete, a closer reading reveals a post-Victorian feminism.
She was married, to Bruce MacRae.
Nell Brinkley died in 1944. - Hope Larson was born on September 17, 1982. Larson graduated from School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA in 2004. She then moved to Toronto with her husband, Bryan Lee O'Malley. In 2005, they moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia. From 2008 until 2010, Larson and O'Malley lived in Asheville, North Carolina. They relocated to California. She and O'Malley divorced in 2014.
She is a comic book illustrator, cartoonist and a freelance illustrator for clients, including the New York Times. She is best known for her work on Batgirl, Grey Horses, Salamander Dream, A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel and more. - Director
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Hope Larson was born on 17 September 1982 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Bitter Orange (2013), Got a Girl: Did We Live Too Fast (2014) and She Makes Comics (2014). She was previously married to Bryan Lee O'Malley.- Animation Department
Becky Cloonan is known for Super Troopers (2001), She Makes Comics (2014) and Comic News Insider (2005).- Rachelle Rosenberg is known for Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel (2014), Marvel Quickdraw (2016) and Marvel LIVE from NYCC 2019! (2019).
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- Animation Department
Melinda Gebbie is known for The Show (2020), When the Wind Blows (1986) and Jimmy's End (2012). She has been married to Alan Moore since 12 May 2007.