Diane Noomin
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Diane Noomin is an American
comics artist
associated with the underground comics movement, best known for her character Didi Glitz. She is the editor of the anthology series Twisted Sisters
, and one of the original contributors to Wimmen's Comix
. She has also done theatrical work, creating a stage adaptation of Didi Glitz. She is married to cartoonist Bill Griffith.
Noomin attended Brooklyn College
and Pratt Institute
. She won an Inkpot Award
in 1992. Noomin's work was also nominated for Eisner Award
s for Best Anthology in 1992 and 1995.
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comics artist
Comics artist
A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
associated with the underground comics movement, best known for her character Didi Glitz. She is the editor of the anthology series Twisted Sisters
Twisted Sisters
Twisted Sisters may refer to:* Unnamed Hariri Pontarini Architects project in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada* An underground comic series by Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Diane Noomin...
, and one of the original contributors to Wimmen's Comix
Wimmen's Comix
Wimmen's Comix, later titled Wimmin's Comix, was an influential all-female underground comics anthology published from 1972 to 1992. Though it covered a wide range of genre and subject matter, Wimmen's Comix focused more than other anthologies of the time on feminist concerns, homosexuality, sex...
. She has also done theatrical work, creating a stage adaptation of Didi Glitz. She is married to cartoonist Bill Griffith.
Noomin attended Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...
and Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
. She won an Inkpot Award
Inkpot Award
The Inkpot Award, bestowed annually since 1974 by Comic-Con International, is given to some of the professionals in comic book, comic strip, animation, science fiction, and related pop-culture fields, who are guests of that organization's yearly multigenre fan convention, commonly known as...
in 1992. Noomin's work was also nominated for Eisner Award
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
s for Best Anthology in 1992 and 1995.