List of female comics creators

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This is a list of women who have been involved with producing comic books and comic strips. Many notable female comics creators exist even though the field of comics creation is traditionally male-dominated.

Africa[]

Congo[]

• Fifi Mukuna^[1]

Egypt[]

• , aka Bhiga^[2]
• ^[3]

Gabon[]

• Sophie Endamne^[4]

Ivory Coast[]

• Marguerite Abouet - (writer of Aya of Yop City)

Madagascar[]

• Jenny^[5]
• - (makes comics together with her husband Xhi)^[6]

Mauritius[]

• , aka Sadon, Ajol or Sade^[7]

Tanzania[]

• - (Anti Bwalo)^[8]

South Africa[]

• Karen Botha^[9]
• ^[10]
• - (Gebuza, To Dig a Big Hole)^[11]
• ^[12]
• ^[13]
• ^[14]
• ^[15]
• ^[16]

Americas[]

Argentina[]

• Maitena Burundarena - Superadas
• ^[17]
• Isol^[18]
• ^[19]
• ^[20]

Brazil[]

• Erica Awano - Holy Avenger
• Chantal - (Juventude)^[21]
• ^[22]
• ^[23]
• - (Disney comics)^[24]
• - (Awrah)^[25]
• Adriana Melo - notable for her work on the Star Wars: Empire franchise
• Bianca Pinheiro^[26]
• Germana Viana^[27]

Canada[]

• Isabelle Arsenault
• Kate Beaton
• Sandra Bell-Lundy - Between Friends^[28]
• Sheree Bradford-Lea
• Peti Buchel^[29]
• Emily Carroll
• Svetlana Chmakova - Dramacon (Tokyopop)
• Julie Delporte
• Julie Doucet
• ^[30]
• Leanne Franson
• Odette Fumet (newspaper comic strip adaptations of swashbuckler novels), dies at age 94.^[31]
• Pia Guerra - artist, Vertigo's Y The Last Man
• Lynn Johnston - For Better or For Worse.
• Molly Kiely^[32]
• Sophie Labelle
• - Les Petits Espiègles^[33]
• Kate Leth - writer, Bravest Warriors (Boom! Comics), Edward Scissorhands (IDW), Adventure Time (Boom! Comics)
• Gisèle Lagacé - Cool Cat Studio, Penny and Aggie, Ménage à 3^[34]
• Sam Maggs - Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, Rick & Morty Ever After, Transformers, My Little Pony
• (born in Canada, later moved to the Netherlands)^[35]
• Caroline Merola
• Diane Obomsawin
• Rina Piccolo - (Six Chix, Tina's Groove)^[36]
• ^[37]
• Fiona Staples - Saga
• Jillian Tamaki - Skim and This One Summer
• - Sergeant Renfrew, based on the comedy character by Dave Broadfoot^[38]
• Chrissie Zullo^[39]
• Zviane

Mexico[]

• ^[40]

United States[]

Platinum Age (1897–1937)[]

• Nell Brinkley - (The Brinkley Girl)
• Mildred Burleigh - (Pigtails)
• - (Dot and Dodo, Me and My Boyfriend)^[41]
• Fanny Cory - (Other People's Children, Sonny Sayings, Little Miss Muffet)^[42]
• Grace G. Drayton - (Dolly Drake and Bobby Blake in Storyland, The Terrible Tales of Captain Kiddo, Toodles, Dolly Dimples, The Campbell Kids, The Pussycat Princess)^[43]
• Edwina Dumm - (Cap Stubbs and Tippie)
• - (The Pioneers)^[44]
• - (continued The Adventures of Waddles)^[45]
• Ethel Hays - (Ethel, Flapper Fanny Says, Marianne, Vic and Ethel).^[46]
• Margaret G. Hays - (Jennie and Jack, Also The Little Dog Jap)^[47]
• Mary A. Hays - (Kate and Karol, the Cranford Kids).^[48]
• - (Tessie Tish, Charlie Chirps)^[49]
• Virginia Huget - (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Flora's Fling, Campus Capers, Miss Aladdin, Molly the Manicure Girl, continued Skippy and Oh Diana).^[50]
• Fay King - (1910s-1930s cartoons and early autobiographical comics)
• Rose O'Neill - (Kewpie)
• Marjorie Organ - (Reggie and the Heavenly Twins, Strange What a Difference a Mere Man Makes, The Wrangle Sisters^[51]
• - (Bun's Puns)^[52]
• - (Flora Flirt)^[53]
• (born in the U.K., later moved to the U.S.) - (Gretchen Gratz, Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins).^[54]
• - (Annibelle)^[55]

Golden Age/Silver Age (1930s-c. 1970)[]

• Nina Albright - (artist for comics packager Bernard Baily Studio)^[56]
• Rosie Arima - (Chig, Li'l Eva-Cue)^[57]
• Ruth Atkinson a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson - (worked for Fiction House, Timely Comics, Lev Gleason Publications)
• Violet Barclay - (worked as an inker for Timely/Atlas Comics)
• Toni Blum - (writer for Eisner & Iger)
• Ann Brewster
• - (continued her husband, Ad Carter's series Just Kids as Mush Stebbins and his Sister.)^[58]
• Fanny Cory - (Little Miss Muffet)^[59]
• Jill Elgin - (continued Girl Commandos).^[60]
• Linda Fite - (writer for The Cat, Marvel Comics)
• Ramona Fradon - (worked on Aquaman and Metamorpho, DC Comics, drew Brenda Starr, Reporter)^[61]
• Barbara Hall - (drew for Black Cat, Girl Commandos, the Blonde Bomber)
• Ray Herman^[62] - (1940s editor at Holyoke Publishing and elsewhere.)^[63]
• Patricia Highsmith - (worked for Nedor/Standard/Better Comics and others)
• Virginia Hubbell - (Charles Biro's ghost writer, Lev Gleason Publications' Crime Does Not Pay).^[64]
• ^[65]
• - (continued Annibelle and Marianne)^[66]
• Lee Marrs - (worked for Star Reach)
• Alice Marble - (associate editor on Wonder Woman from 1941-1945, creator/writer of Wonder Women of History feature from 1942-1946)
• Elizabeth Holloway Marston - (co-creator of Wonder Woman)
• Joye Hummel - (wrote several scripts of Wonder Woman when the original script writer, William Moulton Marston, was too ill to continue on his own.)^[67]
• Tarpe Mills, pseudonym of June Mills - (Cat-Man (Holyoke Comics), Miss Fury)
• Jackie Ormes. - (Torchy Brown, Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger).
• , aka Pat^[68]
• Albertine Randall - (The Dumbunnies)^[69]
• Lily Renée a.k.a. Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips) -(worked for Fiction House and St. John Publications)
• Ruth Roche - (writer of Phantom Lady (Fox Comics))
• Marie Severin - (worked for EC and Marvel Comics)
• ^[70]
• - (co-creator of The Smith Family).^[71]
• Marcia Snyder - (worked for Fiction House)
• Daisy Swayze - (lettered for Fawcett Comics, sister of artist Marc Swayze)^[72]
• Esther Takei - (Ama-Chan)^[73]
• Mercy Van Vlack - (Miranda the Tease, Green Ghost and Lotus) ^[74]
• - (Susie Q. Smith)^[75]
• Tatjana Wood - (colorist)
• Dorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek - (DC Comics' first woman editor)

Bronze Age and Modern Age[]

• Laura Allred
• Sana Amanat - editor, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
• Sarah Andersen - creator, Sarah's Scribbles; co-creator, Cheshire Crossing^[76]
• Fiona Avery
• Samm Barnes - Marvel Comics writer
• Amber Benson - writer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Comics)
• Karen Berger - editor, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint
• Maddie Blaustein - writer, Milestone Comics' Hardware
• June Brigman - artist and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics); final artist Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip (1995-2011)
• ^[77]
• Sarah Byam - writer, Black Canary (DC Comics), Mode Extreme (Marvel/Razorline)
• Roz Chast - New Yorker staff cartoonist The Party After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995-2003
• Bobbie Chase - Marvel Comics editor
• Jo Chen - cover artist, Dark Horse Comics's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
• Joyce Chin - artist, Wynonna Earp (IDW),
• Becky Cloonan - writer and artist.
• Nancy A. Collins - writer, DC/Vertigo's Swamp Thing
• Amanda Conner - artist, The Pro (Image Comics), Disney's Gargoyles (Marvel Comics)
• Colleen Coover - writer and artist.
• Rosario Dawson - writer and co-creator, Occult Crimes Taskforce Image Comics
• Kelly Sue DeConnick - writer, Captain Marvel, Avengers Assemble (Marvel)
• Tania del Rio - artist/Writer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics)
• Rachel Dodson - inker, Marvel and DC
• Colleen Doran - writer and artist, A Distant Soil (Image Comics)
• Valerie D'Orazio - assistant editor, DC Comics
• Leigh Dragoon - artist, By the Wayside
• Jo Duffy a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy - writer and Marvel Comics editor
• Jan Duursema - artist, Star Wars: Legacy (Dark Horse Comics)
• Mary Fleener - artist and writer, Slutburger
• Kaja Foglio - writer and co-creator, Girl Genius (Studio Foglio)
• Robin Furth - plotter, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics)
• Shaenon K. Garrity - writer, Marvel Comics' Marvel Holiday Special
• Megan Rose Gedris - writer, artist and creator, YU+ME:dream, I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space (Platinum Studios)^[78]
• ^[79]
• Devin Grayson - writer, Arsenal, Batman: Gotham Knights, Catwoman, Nightwing (all DC Comics)
• Pia Guerra - artist, Vertigo's Y The Last Man
• Judith Hunt - co-writer, co-creator, artist Evangeline (Comico)1984 and online comic Evangeline (August 2008)
• Jenna Jameson - creator and plotter, Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)
• Avy Jetter - creator Nuthin' Good Ever Happens at 4 a.m
• Jenette Kahn - editor and executive, DC Comics
• Carol Kalish - executive, Marvel Comics
• Shawn Kerri - cartoonist, Cracked, CARtoons Magazine
• Barbara Kesel a.k.a. Barbara Randall Kesel - writer, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)
• Irene Koh - artist of The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, creator of Afrina and the Glass Coffin
• Kim Krizan - writer, BOOM! Studio comics
• Elaine Lee - writer, Vamps (DC Comics), Saint Sinner (Marvel/Razorline)
• Marjorie Liu - writer, X-23, Black Widow, Dark Wolverine, NYX, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Nilah Magruder - writer, artist, illustrator, animator
• Cynthia Martin - artist for (among others) Marvel Comics's Star Wars
• Laura Martin - colorist, Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ruse (CrossGen)
• Tara McPherson - cover artist, Vertigo
• Adriana Melo - artist, Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
• Denise Mina - writer, Vertigo's Hellblazer
• Leah Moore - writer, Wildstorm's Albion
• Mindy Newell - writer/editor, Marvel, DC, and First
• Ann Nocenti - writer, Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
• Sonia Oback - colorist, "Uncanny X-Men", "X-23: Target X" (Marvel Comics)
• Glynis Oliver - colorist, X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Sara Pichelli - artist, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics)
• Jodi Picoult - writer, DC's Wonder Woman
• Tamora Pierce - writer, Marvel Comics' White Tiger
• Wendy Pini - artist and co-creator, Elfquest (WaRP Graphics), and Masque of the Red Death (Go! Comi)
• Janice Race - editor, DC Comics
• Barb Rausch^[80]
• Amy Reeder - artist and co-creator, Rocket Girl (Image Comics)
• Emma Rios - artist, "Pretty Deadly"
• Trina Robbins - artist, Warren Publishing
• Sara Ryan - writer, Me and Edith Head
• Nicola Scott - artist, Birds of Prey (DC Comics)
• Diana Schutz - editor, Dark Horse Comics
• Erica Schultz - writer, “Daredevil Annual” 2018,^[81] "Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne" (Marvel Comics)^[82]
• ^[83]
• Gail Simone - writer, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman (all DC Comics)
• Louise Simonson a.k.a. Louise Jones - Marvel Comics editor; Writer and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics);
• Mary Skrenes - writer and co-creator, Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics)^[84]
• Barbara Slate^[85]
• Roxanne Starr - letterer
• Noelle Stevenson - cartoonist, Nimona and Lumberjanes
• Christina Strain - colorist, Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (all Marvel Comics)
• Margaret Stohl - writer, Mighty Captain Marvel, Life of Captain Marvel, Spider-Man Noir (Marvel)
• Laurie S. Sutton - writer and editor, DC Comics and Marvel Comics
• Babs Tarr - artist, Batgirl (DC Comics)
• (Arion, Lord of Atlantis, Life With The Vampire)^[83]
• Jill Thompson - artist and writer, Wonder Woman, Sandman, and her own Scary Godmother series
• Kelly Thompson - writer, Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Captain Marvel, Rogue & Gambit, Mr. & Mrs. X, Black Widow, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)
• Maggie Thompson - editor, Comics Buyer's Guide magazine
• Kathleen Webb - writer, Betty (Archie Comics)
• Christina Weir - writer, Oni Press
• G. Willow Wilson - writer, Cairo (Vertigo), Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
• Kim Yale - writer/editor, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Warp Graphics

OEL manga[]

• Tina Anderson - writer, Only Words (Iris Print), Games With Me (The Wild Side), Loud Snow (Gynocrat INK)
• Jo Chen - artist, Digital Manga's In These Words
• Becky Cloonan - artist, AiT/Planet Lar's Demo
• Alex de Campi - writer, Kat & Mouse (Tokyopop)
• Joanna Estep - artist, Roadsong (Tokyopop)
• Amy Kim Ganter - artist/writer, Sorcerers & Secretaries (Tokyopop)
• Holly Golightly a.k.a. Holly G!, Fauve - artist/writer, School Bites (Broadsword Comics)
• Priscilla Hamby - artist
• Lea Hernandez - artist, Marvel Comics' Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher
• Gisele Lagace - artist, writer, Pixie Trix Comix, Archie Comics
• Nina Matsumoto - artist/writer, "Yōkaiden" (Del Rey Manga)
• Amy Reeder - artist/writer, Fool's Gold (Tokyopop)
• Rivkah - artist/writer, Steady Beat (Tokyopop)

Alternative comics[]

• Jessica Abel - (La Perdida)
• Donna Barr - (Stinz, The Desert Peach)
• Alison Bechdel - (Dykes to Watch Out For)
• Gabrielle Bell - (Lucky)
• ^[86]
• Angela Bocage - (Nice Girls Don't Talk About Sex, Religion and Politics)^[87]
• Joyce Brabner - 'Our Cancer Year
• Paige Braddock - Jane's World
• Vera Brosgol
• M.K. Brown - (Aunt Mary's Kitchen, Dr. N!Godatu)
• ^[88]
• , also known as Nancy Kalish or Hurricane Nancy - (Gentle's Tripout, contributed to It Ain't Me, Babe)^[89]
• Sophie Campbell - (Too Much Hopeless Savages, Spooked)^[90]
• Jennifer Camper
• Carole - (published in Breakin' Out in It Ain't Me, Babe)^[91]
• Geneviève Castrée
• Chynna Clugston - (Blue Monday)
• Colleen Coover - (Small Favors)
• Molly Crabapple - (Scarlett Takes Mahattan, Backstage at Act-i-vate)^[92]
• Sophie Crumb - (Belly Button)
• Dame Darcy - (Meatcake)
• Vanessa Davis - (Spaniel Rage, Make Me a Woman)
• Abby Denson - (Tough Love: High School Confidential)
• Diane DiMassa - Hothead Paisan - Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist^[93]
• Colleen Doran - (A Distant Soil)
• Julie Doucet - (Dirty Plotte)
• Debbie Dreschler^[94]
• Sarah Dyer
• Joyce Farmer - (Tits & Clits Comix)
• - (Persephone's Garden (Secret Acres))
• Karen Favreau - creator, So It Goes...
• Emil Ferris^[95]
• Jess Fink - creator, Chester 5000 XYV (Top Shelf)
• - (Drawn to Berlin) ^[96]
• Mary Fleener - (Fleener (Zongo Comics)
• Shary Flenniken - (Trots and Bonnie)
• Ellen Forney - (I Love Led Zeppelin)
• Shaenon Garrity - (Narbonic)
• - (Last Night's reading)
• Melinda Gebbie - (Lost Girls)
• Nicole Georges - (Invincible Summer)
• - (Jack Salem)^[97]
• ^[98]
• Phoebe Gloeckner - creator, A Child's Life and The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Roberta Gregory - (Naughty Bits)
• - (Here Comes A Candle)^[99]
• - (Steve Jobs: Insanely Great!)^[100]
• - (works with her brother Peter Hoey on the series Coin-Op)^[101]
• G.B. Jones
• Megan Kelso - (Artichoke Tales)
• Lucy Knisley - (French Milk, Relish, An Age of License, Displacement (Fantagraphics), Something New)
• Aline Kominsky-Crumb - (The Bunch, Dirty Laundry Comix)
• Krystine Kryttre^[102]
• Amy Kurzweil - (Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir)
• Carol Lay
• Hope Larson - (Gray Horses and Salamander Dream)
• ^[103]
• - (Ask Aunt Violet)^[104]
• Marisa Acocella Marchetto - (Cancer Vixen)
• Carla Speed McNeil - (Finder)
• Linda Medley^[105]
• Erika Moen - (DAR!; artist, Bucko (Dark Horse Comics),^[106] Oh Joy Sex Toy
• Diane Noomin - (DiDi Glitz)
• Christine Norrie - (Hopeless Savages)
• - (All the Sad Songs)
• Liz Prince - (Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed)
• Trina Robbins - (Ms. Tree)
• - (Wasted Minds)^[107]
• - (Estrus)^[108]
• ^[109]
• Ariel Schrag - (Awkward)
• Dori Seda -
• Tara Seibel - (co-creator/artist/writer, Rock City Terminally Ill (Newcity)
• ^[110]
• ^[111]
• Raina Telgemeier - (Smile (A Dental Drama))
• Carol Tyler - (The Job Thing)
• Serena Valentino - (Slave Labor Graphics, Gloom Cookie)
• Sara Varon^[112]
• Lauren Weinstein - (The Goddess of War)
• Julia Wertz - (Fart Party, Drinking at the Movies)
• Kate Worley - (Omaha the Cat Dancer)
• Catherine Yronwode - (editor-in-chief of Eclipse Comics)

Comic strips[]

• Isabella Bannerman - (Six Chix)^[113]
• Lynda Barry - (Ernie Pook's Comeek)
• Sandra Bell-Lundy - (Between Friends)
• Barbara Brandon-Croft - (Where I'm Coming From)^[114]
• Marjorie Henderson Buell - (Little Lulu)
• - (The Adventures of Waddles)^[45]
• Kate Carew - (Handy Andy, The Angel Child)
• Nellie Caroll - (Lady Chatter)
• Natalie d'Arbeloff - (Augustine, Blaugustine)
• - (My Cage)^[115]
• Edwina Dumm - (The Meanderings of Minnie; Cap Stubbs and Tippie)
• Jan Eliot - (Stone Soup)
• - (moo).^[116]
• Anne Gibbons (Eve 'n Steven, continued Six Chix)^[117]
• - (Hey Swingy! (also known as Julie))^[118]
• Cathy Guisewite - (Cathy)
• Alex Hallatt - (Arctic Circle)
• (continued Goofus and Gallant)^[119]
• Leslie Harrington - (continued Goofus and Gallant)^[120]
• - (Maxine, The Little Bald Headed Girl)^[121]
• Bunny Hoest - (writer The Lockhorns)
• Nicole Hollander - (Sylvia)
• Judith Hunt - (Evangeline, The Timbertoes)^[122]
• Olivia Jaimes - (Current author of Nancy)^[123]
• - (continued comics starring Tom & Jerry, Mighty Mouse)^[124]
• Lynn Johnston - (For Better or For Worse)
• - (worked on Pogo)^[125]
• - (worked on Pogo)^[126]
• Terri Libenson - (The Pajama Diaries)
• Marty Links - (Emmy Lou)
• (worked on Dennis the Menace, The Flintstones comics and assisted on For Better or For Worse).^[127]
• - (continued Goofus and Gallant)^[128]
• Linda Medley^[129]
• Dale Messick - (Brenda Starr, Reporter)
• - (Clear Blue Water)^[130]
• Gladys Parker - (Mopsy)
• - (Fair Game, Six Chix)^[131]
• Mary Schmich - (final writer of Brenda Starr, Reporter (1985-2011))
• Margaret Shulock - (Apartment 3-G, Six Chix^[132])
• - (The Ramp Rats, The Goth Scouts, The Vampire Bed and Breakfast)^[133]
• Hilda Terry - (Teena)
• - (On A Claire Day, continued Six Chix)^[134]
• - (Goofus and Gallant)^[128]

Uruguay[]

• ^[135]

Chile[]

• ^[136]

Asia[]

China[]

• -^[137]
• Zhang Xiaobai - (Si loin et si proche)
• Luo Yin^[138]

India[]

• ^[139]

Iran[]

• Marjane Satrapi - (Persepolis)

Israel[]

• Mira Friedmann^[140]
• Batia Kolton^[141]
• Rutu Modan^[142]
• Elisheva Nadal^[143]

Japan[]

• Chako Abeno - (Sola, My-Otome Zwei)
• Akira Amano - (Reborn!)
• Kozue Amano - (Aria)
• Yasuko Aoike
• Kotomi Aoki - (Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru, Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru)
• Ume Aoki - (Hidamari Sketch)
• Kiyoko Arai - (Angel Lip, Ask Dr. Rin!)
• Hiromu Arakawa - (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Sakura Asagi
• Yū Asagiri - (Golden Cain, Midnight Panther)
• George Asakura - (A Perfect Day for Love Letters)
• Hinako Ashihara - (Sand Chronicles, Forbidden Dance, Piece - Kanojo no Kioku)
• Izumi Aso
• - (Schoolmate)^[144]
• Ippongi Bang
• Toriko Chiya - (Clover, Tokyo Alice)^[145][146]
• Nanae Chrono - (Peacemaker Kurogane, Senki Senki Momotama, Vassalord)
• Clamp - (RG Veda, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, Angelic Layer, Chobits, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic)
• Eiki Eiki - (Dear Myself, Train Train, Color
•  [ja] - (Shinobi Life^[147])
• Nariko Enomoto
• Mihona Fujii - (Gals!)
•  [ja]^[148] (Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu.)
• Kazuko Fujita - (Makoto Call!, Four Steps to Romance)
• Cocoa Fujiwara - (dear, Inu x Boku SS)
• Hiro Fujiwara - (Kaichō wa Maid-sama!)
• Moto Hagio
• Machiko Hasegawa - (Sazae-san)
• Nanae Haruno
• Bisco Hatori - (Ouran High School Host Club)
• Akiko Higashimura - (Kisekae Yuka-chan, Himawari - Kenichi Legend, Mama ha Temparish)
• Asa Higuchi - (Big Windup!)
• Tachibana Higuchi - (Portrait of M and N, Gakuen Alice)
• Aoi Hiiragi - (Mimi wo Sumaseba)
• Matsuri Hino - (Vampire Knight)
• Katsura Hoshino - (D.Gray-man)
• Chieko Hosokawa - (Attention Please, Crest of the Royal Family)^[149][150]
• Yumi Hotta - (writer of Hikaru no Go)
• Hozumi^[151] - (Shiki no Zenjitsu, Sayonara Sorcier)
• Yukari Ichijo
• Yumiko Igarashi
• - (Land of the Lustrous)
• Riyoko Ikeda - (The Rose of Versailles)
• Satomi Ikezawa - (Guru Guru Pon-chan, Othello)
• Gō Ikeyamada - (Uwasa no Midori-kun!!, Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!!, Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!)
• Ryo Ikuemi - (Bara-Iro no Ashita, Kiyoku Yawaku)
• Sukune Inugami - (Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Renai Distortion, Ashita mo Kotokoto^[152])
• Risa Itō - (Oi Pītan!!, Oruchuban Ebichu)
• Natsumi Itsuki
• Mariko Iwadate
• Kaneyoshi Izumi - (Sonnanja neyo)
• Yuna Kagesaki - (Chibi Vampire)
• Narumi Kakinouchi - (illustrator of Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo, Vampire Princess Miyu)
• Yoko Kamio - (Boys Over Flowers, Cat Street)
• Aya Kanno - (Soul Rescue, Blank Slate, Otomen)
• Junko Karube
• - (Hanazono Merry Go Round)^[153]
• Kazune Kawahara - (High School Debut, writer of My Love Story!!)^[154]
• Yumiko Kawahara
• Mizuki Kawashita - (Strawberry 100%, First Love Limited, Anedoki)
• Kazumi Kazui^[155] - (Dōse Mō Nigerarenai)
• Izumi Kazuto - (Binbō Shimai Monogatari)
• Toshie Kihara
• (金田一蓮十郎) - (Liar x Liar)^[156]
• Yuki Kiriga
• Miyuki Kobayashi
• - (Heroine Shikkaku^[157])
• Yun Kōga
• Fumiyo Kōno - (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni)
• Mitsurō Kubo [ja]^[158] - (Moteki and Again!)
•  [ja]^[159] - (Terrarium in Drawer, Dungeon Meshi)
• Fusako Kuramochi
• Yuki Kure
• Maki Kusumoto - (Kissxxxx, V. Eye, K no Souretsu - The Funeral Procession of K, Die Tödliche Dolis)^[160]
• Kei Kusunoki - (Girls Saurus, Ogre Slayer, Diabolo, Bitter Virgin)^[161]
• (まいた菜穂) - (Age 12)^[162][163]
• Miyako Maki
• Sanami Matoh - (Fake, By the Sword)
• (ja) - (Jūhan Shuttai!^[164][165])
• Temari Matsumoto - (Kyo Kara Maoh!, Just My Luck, The Loudest Whisper: Uwasa No Futari, Shinobu Kokoro: Hidden Heart, Cause of My Teacher)
• Akemi Matsunae
• (目黒ひばり) - (Seiyū Mashimashi Club^[166])
• Mitsukazu Mihara - (IC in a Sunflower, Beautiful People, Doll, Haunted House, R.I.P.: Requiem in Phonybrian, The Embalmer)
• ^[167] (ja) - (Kin Kyori Renai, Kyō no Kira-kun)
• Kanan Minami - (Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu)
• Kazuka Minami - (My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor)
• (ja) - (ReRe Hello)^[168][169]
• (ja) - (Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi)^[170][171]
• Kazuya Minekura - (Saiyuki, Wild Adapter, Saiyuki Ibun, Saiyuki Reload Blast)^[172]
• Suzue Miuchi
• Kyoko Mizuki - (writer Candy Candy)
• Hideko Mizuno - (Fire!, Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken)
• Junko Mizuno - (Pure Trance)
• Setona Mizushiro - (X-Day, After School Nightmare)
• Jun Mochizuki - (Pandora Hearts)
• Kozueko Morimoto [ja]^[173] - (Deka Wanko, Gokusen, Kōdai-ke no Hitobito)
• Milk Morinaga - (Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, Girl Friends)
• Akiko Morishima - (Hanjuku-Joshi)^[174]
• (森下suu) - (Hibi Chōchō)^[175]
• Milk Morizono
• Maki Murakami
• (村田真優) - (Nagareboshi Lens)^[176]
• Mayumi Muroyama
• Aya Nakahara - (Love Com, Berry Dynamite)^[177]
• Hisaya Nakajo - (Hana-Kimi, Sugar Princess)
• Hikaru Nakamura - (Arakawa Under the Bridge, Saint Young Men)
• Yoshiki Nakamura^[178] - (Skip Beat!, Tokyo Crazy Paradise)
• (中野純子) - (B-Shock!, Chisa × Pon, Hetakoi)^[179]
•  [ja]^[180] - (Parfait Tic!)
• Kiriko Nananan - (blue, Strawberry Shortcakes)
• (南波あつこ) - (Senpai to Kanojo)^[181]
• - (Cipher, Alexandrite, Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku)^[182][183]
• Tomoko Ninomiya - (Nodame Cantabile)
• Keiko Nishi - (Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin, Love Song)
• Yoshiko Nishitani
• Miho Obana - (Kodomo no Omocha)
• Akane Ogura - (Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen)
• Saori Oguri - (Is He Turning Japanese?)
• Shinobu Ohtaka - (Sumomomo Momomo, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
• Reiko Okano - (Fancy Dance)
• Hiromu Ono - (Lady Love)
• Natsume Ono - (Ristorante Paradiso, House of Five Leaves)
• Yumiko Ōshima - (The Star of Cottonland)
• Minami Ozaki
• Mari Ozawa
• Peach-Pit
• Marimo Ragawa - (Baby and Me)
• Akizuki Risu
• Robico - (My Little Monster)
• Rieko Saibara - (Bokunchi, Mainichi Kaasan, Onnanoko Monogatari, Jōkyō Monogatari)
• Fumi Saimon
• Mayu Sakai - (Rockin' Heaven)
• Io Sakisaka - (Strobe Edge)
• Momoko Sakura - (Chibi Maruko-chan)
• Koharu Sakuraba - (Kyō no Go no Ni, Minami-ke)
• Kanoko Sakurakoji - (Backstage Prince, Black Bird)
• Erica Sakurazawa
• Machiko Satonaka
• Karuho Shiina - (Kimi ni Todoke)
•  [ja]^[184] - creator of 37.5°C no Namida
• Reiko Shimizu
• Takako Shimura - (Aoi Hana, Wandering Son)
• Chie Shinohara - (Ao no Fūin, Romance of Darkness, Red River, Purple Eyes in the Dark)
• Mayu Shinjo - (Sensual Phrase, Akuma na Eros, Haou Airen, Love Celeb, Ai Ore!-
• - (S.L.H Stray Love Hearts!, Kiss of Rose Princess, He's My Only Vampire)^[185]
• Yuki Suetsugu - (Chihayafuru)
•  [ja] - (Boku Girl)^[186]
• ^[187] (杉山美和子) - (True Love)
• Fuyumi Soryo
• Keiko Suenobu - (Life, Limit)
• Hinako Sugiura
• Hiro Suzuhira - (Ginban Kaleidoscope)
• Julietta Suzuki
• Haruko Tachiiri
• Megumi Tachikawa
• Kaoru Tada
• Rumiko Takahashi - (Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, InuYasha)
• Hinako Takanaga - (Challengers, Little Butterfly, Liberty Liberty!, The Tyrant Falls in Love)
• Rica Takashima - (Rica 'tte Kanji!?)
• Natsuki Takaya - (Phantom Dream, Tsubasa: Those with Wings, Songs to Make You Smile, Fruits Basket, Hoshi wa Utau, Liselotte and Witch's Forest)
• Yuyuko Takemiya - (writer of Evergreen)
• Naoko Takeuchi - (Sailor Moon)
• Keiko Tobe - (With the Light)
• Yana Toboso - (Black Butler)
• Asami Tojo (東城麻美) - (Chimera, X-Kai, Thunderbolt Boys Excite, Love Prism, Only You)^[188]
• Ichigo Takano (ja) - (Yume Miru Taiyō, Orange)^[189]
• Yumi Tamura - (Basara, Chicago, 7 Seeds)
• Yellow Tanabe - (Kekkaishi)
• Meca Tanaka^[190] - (Meteor Prince)
• Arina Tanemura - (Full Moon o Sagashite, Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura)
• Ema Tōyama - (Pixie Pop, Koko ni iru yo!)
• Masami Tsuda - (Kare Kano, Eensy Weensy Monster, Chotto Edo Made)
• Mikiyo Tsuda - (The Day of Revolution, Family Complex, Princess Princess)
• Shungicu Uchida - (Minami-kun no Koibito)
• Miwa Ueda - (Peach Girl)
• Kimiko Uehara
• Chica Umino - (Honey and Clover, March Comes in Like a Lion)
• ^[191] (ja) (Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu)
• Yuki Urushibara - (Mushishi)
• Masako Watanabe
• Taeko Watanabe - (Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!, Kaze Hikaru)
• Yuu Watase - (Fushigi Yūgi, Ceres, Celestial Legend, Absolute Boyfriend)
• Yū Yabūchi^[192] - (Mizuiro Jidai, Naisho no Tsubomi, Hitohira no Koi ga Furu)
• Murasaki Yamada
• Ryoko Yamagishi
• Ebine Yamaji
• Sumika Yamamoto
• Kazumi Yamashita - (The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa)
• ^[193]
• Waki Yamato
• Mari Yamazaki - (Thermae Romae)
• Ai Yazawa - (Nana (manga))
• Akimi Yoshida
• ^[194]
• Miki Yoshikawa - (Yankee-kun to Megane-chan)
• Fumi Yoshinaga - (Antique Bakery, Ōoku: The Inner Chambers)
• Wataru Yoshizumi - (Handsome na Kanojo, Marmalade Boy, Ultra Maniac)
• Kaori Yuki - (Earl Cain, Angel Sanctuary)
• Sumomo Yumeka
• ^[195] (ja) - (Sukimasuki, Bunny Drop)

Kazakhstan[]

• Dilyara Nassyrova^[196]

Lebanon[]

• Zeina Abirached ^[197]

Malaysia[]

• - (Claude and Chunkie)^[198]

Mongolia[]

• Zolzaya Batkhuyag^[199]

South Korea[]

• Iwan - (Jiburo Ganeungil, Jumping).^[200]
• ^[201]
• -^[202]
• - (Snowcat)^[203]
• Kang Kyung-ok -^[204]
• Lee So-young
• You - (born in South Korea, later moved to Belgium)^[205]

Taiwan[]

• Belle Yang - (Hannah Is My Name, Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale)^[206]

Europe[]

Austria[]

• ^[207]
• (Die Fünf Negerlein)^[208]
• Ulli Lust: Ignatz Award-winning Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life
• ^[209]
• ^[210]
• ^[211]
• Susanne Wenger^[212]

Belgium[]

• (born as a woman, later became a transgender man) - (Cleef Combe, scriptwriter of De Ever en de Roos)^[213]
• , aka Ephameron - (Us Two, Together)^[214]
• ^[215]
• ^[216]
• May Claerhout (made comics for the magazine Ohee)^[217]
• - (Colle, graphic novel based on the film Ben X)^[218]
• - (Les Naufragés de l'Escalator, Christobald)^[219]
• Nine Culliford (wife of Peyo, who colorized his comics).
• (made comics for Spirou and was the wife of Rob-Vel).^[220]
• ^[221]
• Marianne Duvivier^[222]
• (made comics for the magazine Tintin with her husband Fred)^[223]
• ^[224]
• (Nic et Nac), notable for being the first Belgian female comics artists.^[225]
• Ilah (Cordelia)^[226]
• - (La Tristesse de l'Éléphant)^[227]
• Kari (advertising comics)^[228]
• Karo ^[229]
• (scripted Bessy and ghosted Silberpfeil)^[230]
• ^[231]
• (Ripley, Thomas Rindt)^[232]
• Séraphine, aka Séraphine Claeys ^[233]
• ^[234]
• ^[235]
• - (Team Lou)^[236]
• , aka Carrie Anne - (Ridder Geert)^[237]
• ^[238]
• (Oh Dierbaar Vlaanderen..., Merel)^[239]
• (Dance By The Light of the Moon)^[240]
• ^[241]
• - (La Vavache)^[242]
• You - (born in South Korea, later moved to Belgium)^[205]

Bosnia[]

• ^[243]
• ^[244]

Bulgaria[]

• - (Is Vasko Alive?)^[245]

Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic[]

• Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová (Z Mého Dětství (From my Childhood)^[246]
• Lucie Lomová^[247]

Denmark[]

• - (Nofret)^[248]
• Carla Hansen - (co-creator of Rasmus Klump)^[249]
• - (continued Rasmus Klump)^[250]
• Gerda Wegener^[251]

Finland[]

• ^[252]
• ^[253]
• Tove Jansson - (The Moomins)^[254]
• Arja Kajermo - (Dublin Four, Tuula)^[255]
• ^[256]
• ^[257]
• Kaisa Leka^[258]
• ^[259]
• ^[260]
• ^[261]
• - (Ted Dally)^[262]
• ^[263]
• - (Kiroileva siilli, Tassutellen)^[264]
• ^[265]
• - (Lonkka, Yellow Bird)^[266]
• - (Miss Simon Ginlemon)^[267]
• - (Paimen)^[268]
• ^[269]
• Minna Sundberg - (A Redtail's Dream and Stand Still. Stay Silent)
• ^[270]
• ^[271]
• Katja Tukiainen^[272]
• ^[273]
• ^[274]
• ^[275]
• - (Sika)^[276]

France[]

• Marguerite Abouet - (Aya of Yopougon)
• Peggy Adam - (Luchadoras)
• - (Le Voeu de Marc)^[277]
• Algésiras^[278]
• ^[279]
• Pénélope Bagieu - (My Quite Fascinating Life, Joséphine)
• ^[280]
• - (Princesse Libellule)^[281]
• - (Line)^[282]
• - (Titounet et Titounette)^[283]
• ^[284]
• Claire Bretécher - ()
• Laetitia Brochier ^[285]
• ^[286]
• Marie Caillou^[287]
• Florence Cestac - ()
• ^[288]
• Nicole Claveloux^[289]
• Chloé Cruchaudet ^[290]
• - (comics based on novels)^[291]
• - (Charlie, Ma Vie de Star)^[292]
• ^[293]
• Bernadette Després - (Tom-Tom and Nana)^[294]
• Isabelle Dethan^[295]
• Lucie Durbiano^[296]
• Colonel Moutarde
• Marie Duval - (Ally Sloper)^[297]
• - (Les Distractions de Mll Nini).^[298]
• (created the comic Les Aventures du Pingouin Alfred at age 95, making her the oldest person to ever debut as a comics artist.^[299])
• ^[300]
• Annie Goetzinger - (Félina, Aurore, La Demoiselle de la Légion d'honneur, Agence Hardy)
• - (Valentine, Ma Vie d'Ado, Les Pipelettes)^[301]
• ^[302]
• Loo Hui Phang^[303]
• - (Capucine)^[304]
• (born in France, later moved to Portugal)^[305]
• ^[306]
• Patricia Lyfoung - (La Rose Écarlate)^[307]
• ^[308]
• Jul Maroh - (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)
• Catherine Meurisse - (Elza)^[309]
• , aka Laurel - (Le Journal de Carmilla, Cerise, Les Énigmes de Violette)^[310]
• Marion Montaigne - (Tu Mourras Moins Bête)
• Chantal Montellier - (1996)
• ^[311]
• Françoise Mouly
• Catel Muller^[312]
• , aka Clo^[313]
• ^[314]
• Françoise Pichard (Chard, Pscharr)
• Marie Pommepuy - (half of the duo Keracoët)^[315]
• Anouk Ricard^[316]
• Rosalys
• , aka Sadon, Ajol or Sade^[7]
• Marjane Satrapi (born in Iran, later moved to France) - (Persepolis)
• ^[317]
• Anne Simon, author of The Song of Aglaia (Fantagraphics)
• Maly Siri ^[318]
• (Betty)^[319]
• Roxanne Starr
• ^[320]
• ^[321]
• ^[322]
• Annette Tison - (Barbapapa)
• Vanyda
• Valérie Vernay - (Agathe Saugrenu)^[323]
• Claire Wendling

Germany[]

• ^[324]
• - (Zuckerfish)^[325]
• Aisha Franz^[326]
• - (Im Eisland)^[327]
• ^[328]
• - (continued Abrafaxe)^[329]
• - (worked on Digedags)^[330]
• ^[331]
• ^[332]
• ^[333]
• Nora Krug^[334]
• ^[335]
• (born in Germany, spent her life in Switzerland) - (Papa Moll).^[336]
• ^[337]
• - (War and Peas)^[338]
• ^[339]
• - (Abrafaxe)^[340]
• ^[341]
• ^[342]
• - (worked for Hannes Hegen)^[343]
• ^[344]
• ^[345]
• ^[346]

Greece[]

• (Bampoudas).^[347]

Hungary[]

• ^[348]
• Miriam Katin^[349]
• Lívia Rusz

Italy[]

• Bianca Bagnarelli
• - (Disney comics)^[350]
• Lina Buffolente - (Piccolo Ranger, Comandante Mark)
• Anna Brandoli - (La Strega, Cuba 42)^[351]
• - (Disney comics)^[352]
• Giovanna Casotto
• Barbara Ciardo
• Adriana Cristina - (Disney comics) ^[353]
• ^[354]
• ^[355]
• - (Xtina)^[356]
• Elena de' Grimani - (Rigel)
• ^[357]
• - (Disney comics)^[358]
• - (Disney comics)^[359]
• ^[360]
• - (Valentina Mela Verde, Steffi)^[361]
• Sara Pichelli - (Marvel comics)
• Elisa Picuno - (Disney comics) ^[362]
• ^[363]
• - (Geronimo Stilton, Bobo, Disney comics)^[364]
• ^[365]
• Vanna Vinci - (La Bambina Filosofica)^[366]
• - (worked on Martin Mystère)^[367]
• ^[368]
• ^[369]
• Silvia Ziche - (Disney comics)^[370]
• - (Hardware, Julia, worked on Ken Parker.)^[371]

Ireland[]

• Elizabeth Shaw - (Sonntagmorgen) ^[372]

Latvia[]

• ^[373]
• - (Life Is A Bitch).^[374]

Luxemburg[]

• - (Jamie Bond)^[375]

Netherlands[]

• - (De Rare Belevenissen van Professor Stap-door-den-Tijd)^[376]
• - (Alle Dagen Ui)^[377]
• ^[378]
• Marjolein Bastin^[379]
• Nelly Bodenheim^[380]
• - (Disney comics)^[381]
• ^[29]
• Rie Cramer
• - (Renske Stript)^[382]
• ^[383]
• - (Discoveries in Comics)^[384]
• - (5x30)^[385]
• Aimée de Jongh - (Snippers)^[386]
• (Lotta)^[387]
• ^[388]
• , aka Vosje^[389]
• ^[390]
• ^[391]
• Phiny Dick - (Olle Kapoen, Birre Beer)
• Henrieke Goorhuis - (Het Lastpak)^[392]
• - (Nena's Vlog)^[393]
• Fritzi Harmsen van Beek - (continued Flipje van Tiel)^[394]
• Maaike Hartjes - (Maaike's Dagboek)^[395]
• - (Roos)^[396]
• Eva Hilhorst ^[397]
• - (Ansje Tweedehansje)^[398]
• - (Noortje)^[399]
• Simone Koch - (made a promotional comic for comics store Lambiek)^[400]
• -^[401]
• - (Keesje Konijntje)^[402]
• ^[403]
• ^[404]
• - (Hoki en Poki)^[405]
• ^[406]
• Andrea Kruis - (continued Jan, Jans en de Kinderen)^[407]
• ^[408]
• - (Pietje Pluk en Kootje Kwak, Bobby den Speurder, Barendje Kwik, Bello Blafmeier)^[409]
• ^[410]
• Anne van de Leur ^[411]
• - (born in Canada, moved to the Netherlands) - (Ruby Riveter, Bitch)^[35]
• - (Merik de Meeuw)^[412]
• ^[413]
• - (Karin, Beppen)^[414]
• - (Alex en het feest van Jeroen Bosch)^[415]
• (Acception)^[416]
• - (Sjanie, Bart en Bob, Hungry Jack)^[417]
• ^[418]
• ^[419]
• ^[420]
• - (Scoutertje, Dikkie)^[421]
• ^[422]
• ^[423]
• - (Keesje Knabbel)^[424]
• - (Tijs Wijs De Torenwachter)^[425]
• Anne and Eva Staal, aka De Stalinskis .^[426][427]
• ^[428]
• Barbara Stok - (Barbaraal)^[429]
• - (comics adaptations of the short stories by Toon Tellegen)^[430]
• - (De Ware Geschiedenis van Aspoetser)^[431]
• - (Dol en Mina)^[432]
• - (Het zal wel)^[433]
• ^[434]
• - (made comics promoting trepanation, based on the theories of Bart Huges.)^[435]
• ^[436]
• Nans van Leeuwen - (Piggelmee)^[437]
• Harriët van Reek^[438]
• - (Izzie, Suul & Juul)^[439]
• , aka Neeltje Vos^[440]
• Fiep Westendorp - (Jip en Janneke)^[441]
• Henriette Willebeek le Mair^[442]
• - (De Avonturen van Tijs Loerendraaier en Dikkie Duik).^[443]
• Leny Zwalve

Norway[]

• Anna Fiske
• Karine Haaland
• Lise Myhre
• Solveig Muren Sanden (continued Tuss og Troll and Smørbukk)^[444]
• Hanne Sigbjørnsen
• Inga Sætre
• Vivian Zahl Olsen - (Småtte)^[445]

Poland[]

• - (Josephine)^[446]

Portugal[]

• ^[447]
• Bixa - (Laçarote e Pantalonas, 3 de Braço Dado)^[448]
• ^[449]
• ^[450]
• ^[451]
• ^[452]
• (born in France, later moved to Portugal)^[305]
• ^[453]
• , aka Ofélia^[454]
• ^[455]
• ^[456]
• , aka Màmia^[457]
• Raquel Roque Gameiro^[458]

Romania[]

• ^[459]
• (born in Romania, moved to the U.S.) - (Tessie Tish, Charlie Chirps)^[49]
• ^[460]
• ^[461]

Russia[]

• Svetlana Chmakova: artist/Writer, Dramacon (Tokyopop)
• ^[462]
• ^[463]

Scotland[]

• - (The House That Groaned, Death of the Artist, The Darkness Behind Our Eyes, Gender Swapped Fairy Tales)^[464]
• - (Artist/Writer: Witch - Contributor: Girlfrenzy, The Comics Journal, The Ramones Box Set, Vice, etc. - Artist/Colourist: Thomas the Tank Engine, Toxic, Ben 10, Powerpuff Girls, Moshi Monsters)^[465]

Spain[]

• - (Professor Breinstein, Disney comics)^[466]
• - (Disney comics)^[467]
• Lola Anglada^[468]
• Flavita Banana^[469]
• Carmen Barbará - (Mary Noticias)
• - (Bunty and Mandy, also known as Marnie en Sanne)^[470]
• - (Ana-Emilia y su Familia)^[471]
• Purita Campos - (Patty's World)^[472]
• Cristina Durán Costell
• Rosa Galcerán
• - (continued Pif le chien, religious comics)^[473]
• Pilar Mir - (Ana Belén)^[474]
• Ana Miralles - (Djinn)
• ^[475]
• Ana Oncina
• Pepita Pardell
• Maria Pascual Alberich - (Rosa Blancas, Sissi)^[476]
• Moderna de Pueblo^[477]
• ^[478]
• - (Disney comics)^[479]
• Raquel Riba
• - (Disney comics)^[480]

Sweden[]

• Ottilia Adelborg^[481]
• - (Coco)^[482]
• Inger Edelfeldt - (Hondjuret)^[483]
• Åsa Ekström
• ^[484]
• - (Muff och Tuff)^[485]
• - (Illustrator Man, Övergångsstället, Roberts vänne, Folk och fä)^[486]
• - (Lillans Morgongröt, Den Egenkära Gunilla, Sara)^[487]
• ^[488]
• ^[489]
• - (Katten Nils)^[490]
• Eva Lindström - ^[491]
• (continued Agust och Lotta)^[492]
• Coco Moodysson
• ^[493]
• - (Lila Lena och Jon Blund, Lille Göran och Jon Blund, Lasseman och Hans Vänner, Snövit, Morfars Barndomsminnen, Eva-Maria och Ingegegerd).^[494]
• Liv Strömquist - (100 Procent)^[495]
• Minna Sundberg - (A Redtail's Dream, Stand Still, Stay Silent)
• Cecilia Torudd - (Ensamma mamman)^[496]
• , aka Gobi - (Pian)^[497]
• ^[498]

Switzerland[]

• (pseudonym of Debra Bühlmann-Drenten)^[470]
• Odrade^[499]
• (born in Germany, spent her life in Switzerland) - (Papa Moll).^[336]
• ^[500]
• - (Damen Dramen)^[501]
• Valp (Valentine Pasche) - (Lock, Ashrel)
• ^[502]

Turkey[]

• Selma Emiroğlu
• Ramize Erer^[503]

United Kingdom[]

• Janet Ahlberg^[504]
• - (worked on Rupert Bear)^[505]
• Mabel Lucie Attwell - (Wot A Life)^[506]
• Gabrielle Bell - (Lucky)
• Hannah Berry - (Britten and Brülightly, Adamtine, Vox Pop, LiveStock, Premeditations)^[507]
• Hilda Boswell - (Strongheart)
• ^[508]
• - (Tiffany Jones)^[509]
• Kate Charlesworth - (Sally Heathcote: Suffragette)
• Katriona Chapman - (Katzine, Follow Me In, Breakwater) ^[510]
• Sue Coe
• Gillian Crampton Smith ^[511]
• Evelyn Flinders - (The Silent Three)
• Barbara C. Freeman
• - (Muffy in Moonland)^[512]
• Isabel Greenberg - ()
• Alex Hallatt - (Arctic Circle)^[513]
• - ()
• Laura Howell - (Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green, Les Pretend, Tricky Dicky and the manga adaptation of The Beano)^[514]
• Yvonne Hutton - (worked on Roy of the Rovers)
• Helen Jacobs^[515]
• ^[516]
• - (continued Rupert Bear)^[517]
• Kat Kon^[518]
• Sonia Leong
• - (assisted on Rupert Bear)^[519]
• - (worked on Rupert Bear)^[520]
• - (worked on Rupert Bear)^[521]
• Annie Parkhouse
• Philippa Perry - (Couch Fiction)
• Kate Sheppard - (Horrible Histories)^[522]
• Posy Simmonds - (Gemma Bovery, Tamara Drewe)
• Mary M. Talbot - (Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes)
• - (The Little Sparrowkins, continued Jungle Jinks)^[523]
• - (Tiffany Jones)^[509]
• Mary Tourtel - (Rupert Bear)
• (born in the U.K., later moved to the U.S.) - (Gretchen Gratz, Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins)^[54]
• Suzy Varty - (Heröine, Mama! dramas, Nelson)^[524]
• Emma Vieceli
• Laura Watton - (Biomecha)

Oceania[]

Australia[]

• Moira Bertram - (Jo)^[525]
• Queenie Chan - (The Dreaming, Tokyopop)
• Elizabeth Durack - (Nungalla and Jungalla)^[526]
• Cecilia May Gibbs - (Bib and Bub, Tiggy Touchwood)^[527]
• Nicki Greenberg
• Sarah Howell
• Marguerita - (Zyg & Mea)^[528]
• Kathleen O'Brien - (Wanda the War Girl)^[529]
• Mandy Ord
• ^[530]
• Madeleine Rosca - Hollow Fields
• Nicola Scott
• Nicole Skeltys - (Pigeon Coup)
• - (Betty and Bill)^[531]

New Zealand[]

• - (made comics for Broadsheet)^[532]
• Kim Casali - (Love is...)^[533]

See also[]

• Friends of Lulu
• List of 20th century women artists
• List of feminist comic books
• List of feminist literature
• Portrayal of women in American comics
• Women artists

References[]

External links[]

• Chenault, Wesley (2007). Working The Margins: Women In The Comic Book Industry (PDF) (Thesis). College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2009.
• Complete list of female comics creators in Denmark 1929-2021 (PDF) by Frank Madsen, 2021

Further reading[]

• Horn, Maurice. Women in the Comics (Chelsea House; New York, London; 1977) ISBN 0-87754-056-X; (trade paperback) ISBN o-97754-205-8
• Robbins, Trina. A Century of Women Cartoonists (Kitchen Sink, 1993) ISBN 0-87816-206-2
• Robbins, Trina. From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines (Chronicle, 1999) ISBN 0-8118-2199-4
• Robbins, Trina. The Great Women Cartoonists (Watson-Guptill, 2001) ISBN 0-8230-2170-X
• Yronwode, Catherine and Robbins, Trina. Women and the Comics (Eclipse, 1983) ISBN 0-913035-01-7