Cartoonist, comics-maker, artist, historian and beloved comics icon Trina Robbins has passed.
I became aware of Robbins around 2003 or so during the comics blogging boom, and learned of her work in Wonder Woman and underground comix at about the same time. I have to assume it was a CBR or Newsarama interview tied to her Go Girl! comic I was picking up.
She became a figure within modern comics culture as someone who carved her own path, wasn't afraid to speak her mind and was deeply knowledgeable about the history comics, especially about women creators.
The last Robbins thing I picked up was a reprint of her (and Tanith Lee's) Silver Metal Lover adaptation that went into reprint via Kickstarter.
I recommend taking a look at her Wikipedia page as well as any tributes you see. I'm not going to do her life and career justice here, but we want to mark the passing of one of the greats.
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