Joyce Brabner (1952–2024), comics writer and activist 

Joyce Brabner was a comic book writer, social activist, and the widow of independent comics creator .

Trina Robbins (1938–2024), pioneering cartoonist and comics historian

Trina Robbins was a pioneering cartoonist who was among the first female artists of the underground comix movement, who later became a noted comics historian.

Ramona Fradon (1926–2024), trailblazing comic artist

Ramona Fradon was a trailblazing comic artist who was one of just two women artists working professionally in comics when she began, and who helped co-create characters like Metamorpho and Aqualad.

Arleen Sorkin (1955–2023), soap star & Batman’s original Harley Quinn

Arleen Sorkin played fan favorite Calliope Jones on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” and her personality was the inspiration behind the popular Batman villain Harley Quinn; she was also the first actress to voice the role. 

Aline Kominsky-Crumb (1948–2022), pioneer of women’s underground comics

Aline Kominsky-Crumb was a comics artist and a leader of the movement of women writing and drawing underground comics.

Lily Renée Phillips (1921–2022), pioneering comic book artist

Lily Ren ée Phillips was one of the first women working in the comic book industry, drawing Señorita Rio in the 1940s.

Diane Noomin (1947–2022), pioneering underground comics artist

Diane Noomin was one of the first women working in underground comics, writing and drawing characters including DiDi Glitz.

Joye Hummel (1924–2021), pioneering writer for Wonder Woman comics

Joye Hummel was the first women to write for Wonder Woman comics, writing anonymously for several years in the 1940s.

Margot Kidder (1948 – 2018), “Superman” actress

Rose to fame playing Lois Lane in the 1978 film “Superman”…

Florence Steinberg (1939 - 2017), underground comix publisher

Marvel Comics legend worked alongside Stan Lee…