List of Lulu Award winners
Encyclopedia
The Lulu Awards, presented annually at Comic-Con International
in San Diego
, California
, by the Friends of Lulu
bestows the Lulu of the Year trophy for overall work; with additional awards, variously over the years, having included the Kimberly Yale
Award for Best New Talent; the Volunteer of the Year Award; and both the Women of Distinction Award and induction into the Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame.
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
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in San Diego
San Diego, California
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, California
California
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, by the Friends of Lulu
Friends of Lulu
Friends of Lulu was a non-profit, national charitable organization in the United States, founded in 1994 to promote readership of comic books by women and the participation of women in the comic book industry...
bestows the Lulu of the Year trophy for overall work; with additional awards, variously over the years, having included the Kimberly Yale
Kim Yale
Kim Yale was an American writer and editor of comic books for multiple comic book companies, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics and Warp Graphics....
Award for Best New Talent; the Volunteer of the Year Award; and both the Women of Distinction Award and induction into the Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame.
1997
- The Great Women Superheroes, by Trina RobbinsTrina RobbinsTrina Robbins is an American comics artist and writer. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the few female artists in underground comix when she started. Both as a cartoonist and historian, Robbins has long been involved in creating outlets for...
(Kitchen Sink PressKitchen Sink PressKitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1970. Kitchen owned and operated Kitchen Sink Press until 1999. Kitchen Sink Press was a pioneering publisher of underground comics, and was also responsible for numerous republications of classic comic strips in...
)- Action Girl, Sarah DyerSarah DyerSarah Dyer is a comic book writer and artist with roots in the zine movement of the late eighties and early nineties.-Early life:Dyer was born in Louisiana, went to college in Gainesville, Florida and then moved to New York City.-Career:...
, editor (Slave Labor GraphicsSlave Labor GraphicsSlave Labor Graphics is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.-Company history:...
) - Girl Talk, Isabella Bannerman, Ann Decker, & Sabrina Jones, editors (Fantagraphics)
- Leave It To Chance, by James RobinsonJames Dale RobinsonJames Dale Robinson is a British writer of comic books and screenplays who is also known for his interest in vintage collectibles and memorabilia. His style is described as smart and energetic, built upon his vast knowledge of obscure continuity from the period known to fans and historians as the...
& Paul Smith (comics)Paul Smith (comics)Paul Smith is an American comic book artist.-Early life:Smith was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but only lived there three days. His father was a U.S. Naval aviator, and the family moved several times during his childhood... - Marilyn: The Story of a Woman, Kathryn Hyatt, (7 Stories Press)
- Strangers in ParadiseStrangers in ParadiseStrangers in Paradise is a long-running, mostly self-published black-and-white comic book, written and drawn by Terry Moore. The series has reached its planned conclusion, finishing off in 2007 with issue #90 of volume 3....
, Terry MooreTerry Moore (comics)Terry Moore is a comic book author, graphic novelist and illustrator.He created the popular series Strangers in Paradise, and was involved in the founding of Homage Comics.-Biography:...
(Homage ComicsHomage ComicsHomage Comics was a comic book publishing imprint, a subdivision of Wildstorm. It was created in 1995 to focus more on writer-driven titles. As part of Wildstorm, it was acquired by DC Comics in 1998...
)
- Action Girl, Sarah Dyer
1998
- Action Girl, Sarah Dyer, editor (Slave Labor Graphics)
- Abby DensonAbby Denson-Personal life:Abby Denson was born in Illinois, and grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut. She currently lives in New York, and runs City Sweet Tooth, an exploration of the city's best sweets and treats in unique comic book form.-Comics:...
, Tough Love: High School Confidential, Freedom Set, and work in XY Magazine - Linda MedleyLinda MedleyLinda Medley is an American comic book author and illustrator, known for her Castle Waiting series of comic books and graphic novels.-Biography and early career:...
, Castle WaitingCastle WaitingCastle Waiting is a comic book series created by Linda Medley. It is in a world of fairy tales and mythology featuring a mix of old-fashioned storytelling and more ironic, modern touches....
(Olio) - Dave RomanDave Roman-Career:Roman is the co-creator of Jax Epoch and the Quicken Forbidden , a Harvey Award-nominated webcomic. He also co-created Teen Boat , an Ignatz Award-winning webcomic. Both were with artist John Green....
and John Green, Quicken ForbiddenQuicken ForbiddenQuicken Forbidden is an ongoing comicbook title published by Cryptic Press, and created by writer Dave Roman and artist John Green. It was first published in 1997, and the first five issues were later collected into a trade paperback; thirteen issues have seen print as of August 2006... - Jill ThompsonJill ThompsonJill Thompson is an American comic book writer and illustrator. Probably better known for her work on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has also worked on The Invisibles, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman.-Career:Jill Thompson illustrated The Sandman story...
, Scary Godmother (Sirius EntertainmentSirius EntertainmentSirius Entertainment is an American comic book company which celebrated 15 years of publishing in 2009. Sirius has published popular titles such as Dawn, Poison Elves, Akiko, and Mark Smylie's epic fantasy Artesia series during its first years....
)
- Abby Denson
1999
- Scary Godmother, by Jill Thompson (Sirius Entertainment)
- Akiko, by Mark Crilley (Sirius Entertainment)
- The Amazing "True" Story of a Teenage Single Mom, by Katherine Arnoldi (Hyperion Books)
- Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley (Olio)
- A Child's Life, by Phoebe GloecknerPhoebe GloecknerPhoebe Louise Adams Gloeckner is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and novelist.-Background:Gloeckner was born in 1960 in Philadelphia, and spent most of her later childhood and young adult life in San Francisco, where her family moved in the early 1970s...
(Frog, Ltd.) - Queen of the Black Black, by Megan KelsoMegan KelsoMegan Kelso is an American comic book artist and writer.Kelso started working in the 1990s, with the minicomic Girlhero, which won her a Xeric Foundation grant in 1993. She has since published several other projects including Queen of the Black Black and The Squirrel Mother...
(Highwater)
2000
- Trina Robbins, From Girls to Grrrlz
- Mark Crilley Akiko
- Ellen ForneyEllen ForneyEllen Forney is a cartoonist and teacher based in Seattle, Washington, whose work has been published by Fantagraphics Books and The Stranger , among other publications. Her most recent collection is called Lust...
, Monkey Food - Jim OttavianiJim OttavianiJim Ottaviani is the author of several comic books about the history of science. His best-known work, Two-Fisted Science: Stories About Scientists, features biographical stories about Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, and several stories about physicist Richard Feynman...
, Dignifying Science - Dori SedaDori SedaDorthea Antonette "Dori" Seda was an artist best known for her underground comix work of the 1980s. Her comics combined exaggerated fantasy and ribald humor with documentation of her life in the Mission District of San Francisco, California.- Biography :Seda was originally a painter and ceramics...
Dori Stories, edited by Kate Kane and Don DonahueDon DonahueDon Donahue was a comic book publisher, operating under the name Apex Novelties, one of the instigators of the underground comix movement in the 1960s.... - Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother comics and books
2001
- Trina Robbins, and Anne Timmons, Go-Girl!
- Sequential Tart, Marcia Allass, editor, and staff
- Greg Beettam & Stephe Geigen-Miller Xeno's Arrow
- Chynna Clugston-Major, Blue Monday
- Mark Crilley, Akiko
- Les DanielsLes DanielsLeslie Noel Daniels III, known as Les Daniels was an American writer.-Background:He attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he wrote his master's thesis on Frankenstein, and he worked as a musician and as a journalist.-Career:He was the author of five novels featuring the...
, Wonder Woman: The Complete History - Roberta GregoryRoberta GregoryRoberta Gregory is an American comic book writer and artist best known for her character Bitchy Bitch from her Fantagraphics Books series Naughty Bits.Gregory's father was Disney comics artist Bob Gregory...
- Rachel Hartmann, Amy UnboundedAmy UnboundedAmy Unbounded is a comic book series by Rachel Hartman. Thirteen issues have been published by the creator's Pughouse Press from 1996 to date. It won the 1998 Ignatz Award for Best Minicomic. Amy Unbounded: Belondweg Blossoming, a trade paperback collecting issues 7-12, was published with the...
- Lea HernandezLea HernandezLea Hernandez is an American comic book and webcomic creator who usually draws in a Japanese-influenced style. She is the co-creator of Killer Princesses with Gail Simone , and the creator of Rumble Girls...
, Cathedral Child and Rumble Girls - Janet Hetherington, Eternally Yours
- Lynn JohnstonLynn JohnstonLynn Johnston, CM, OM is a Canadian cartoonist, well known for her comic strip For Better or For Worse, and was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award.-Early life:...
, For Better or Worse - Lawrence Marvit, Sparks
- Kevin Mason & Alex Szewczuk Sleeping Dragons]]
- Scott McCloudScott McCloudScott McCloud is an American cartoonist and theorist on comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium...
, Reinventing Comics - Linda Medley, Castle Waiting (Olio)
- Terry Moore, Strangers in Paradise
- Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, Finder - Mark Oakley, Thieves and KingsThieves and KingsThieves & Kings is a Canadian comic book series written, penciled and published independently by Mark Oakley. The first issue was published in September 1994, with the creator planning on publishing a complete saga comprising 100 issues and about 2000 pages. At the time of this writing the series...
- Paul PopePaul PopePaul Pope is an American alternative comic book artist. Influenced by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Pope's stories evoke poignant, under-explored aspects of youth culture...
, THB - Powerpuff GirlsThe Powerpuff GirlsThe Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network...
comics, various, Joan Hilty, editor - Dave Roman and John Green, Quicken Forbidden
- Posy SimmondsPosy SimmondsRosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds MBE is a British newspaper cartoonist and writer and illustrator of children's books. She is best known for her long association with The Guardian, for which she has drawn the cartoons Gemma Bovery and Tamara Drewe , both later published as books...
Gemma Bovery - Jeff SmithJeff Smith (cartoonist)Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. His current series, RASL, focuses on an art thief who hops through dimensional barriers, hiding out on various parallel worlds.-Early life and education:Jeff Smith was born in McKees...
, BoneBoneBones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue... - Jeff Smith and Charles VessCharles VessCharles Vess is an American fantasy artist and comic-book illustrator who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. His illustrations are strongly influenced by the work of artists and illustrators such as Arthur Rackham and Alphonse Mucha...
, Rose - Dave McKinnon and Terry Wiley, Sleaze Castle/Petra Etcetra
- Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother
- Andi WatsonAndi WatsonAndrew "Andi" Watson is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels Breakfast After Noon, Slow News Day and his series Love Fights, published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics....
, Breakfast After Noon - Mary Wilshire
2002
- Sequential Tart, Marcia Allas, editor
- Chynna Clugston-Major, Blue Monday
- Lea Hernandez, Cathedral Child
- Carla Speed McNeil, Finder
- Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother
2003
- Free Comic Book Day (2002: inaugural year), Joe Field, organizer
- Alison BechdelAlison BechdelAlison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun Home.-Early life:...
, Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch out ForDykes to Watch Out For was a comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called "as important to new generations of lesbians as landmark novels like Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit... - Chynna Clugston-Major, Blue Monday
- ClampClamp (manga artists), is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader , who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively ,...
(four female creators of mangaMangaManga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
, including Card Captor SakuraCardcaptor Sakura, abbreviated as CCS and also known as Cardcaptors, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist group Clamp. The manga was originally serialized monthly in Nakayoshi from the May 1996 until the June 2000 issue, and later published in 12 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha...
, Magic Knight RayearthMagic Knight Rayearthis a Japanese manga series created by Clamp, a manga artist team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi and Mokona. Rayearth combines elements from the magical girl and mecha anime genres with parallel world fantasy....
, and X/1999) - Jen Van MeterJen Van MeterJennifer "Jen" Van Meter is an American comic book writer best known for her Oni Press series Hopeless Savages as well as for series at Marvel and DC Comics. Her most recent work for Marvel features Felicia Hardy, aka Black Cat...
and Christine NorrieChristine NorrieChristine Norrie a comic book artist, known for her work on the graphic novel Cheat. Norrie has also worked extensively as an artist and inker on various comic books, including the comic book adaptation of Disney's Spy Kids, and various Oni Press publications, including art for Hopeless Savages and...
Hopeless SavagesHopeless SavagesHopeless Savages is a series by Oni Press written by Jen Van Meter. Thus far there have been three 4-issue miniseries and a one-shot, all written by van Meter but each illustrated by a different set of artists, including Christine Norrie, Chynna Clugston, Andi Watson, Bryan Lee O'Malley, and Vera...
trade paperback
- Alison Bechdel
2004
- Lea Hernandez, editor, Girlamatic.comGirlamaticGirlamatic, published by Joey Manley, is a member of the Modern Tales family of subscription-based webcomics anthology sites. Girlamatic publishes comics with a particular appeal for young adult women. The site launched on March 31, 2003 with...
- Jen Contino Comicon.com/Pulse.com
- Jane Irwin Vogelein
- Lawrence KleinLawrence KleinLawrence Robert Klein is an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1980...
, founder of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - Marjane SatrapiMarjane SatrapiMarjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, animated film director, and children's book author...
PersepolisPersepolisPerspolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire . Persepolis is situated northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid...
2005
- Shaenon Garrity, (GirlamaticGirlamaticGirlamatic, published by Joey Manley, is a member of the Modern Tales family of subscription-based webcomics anthology sites. Girlamatic publishes comics with a particular appeal for young adult women. The site launched on March 31, 2003 with...
.com, the Cartoon Art MuseumCartoon Art MuseumThe Cartoon Art Museum is a California art museum that specializes in the art of comics and cartoons. It is the only museum in the Western United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of all forms of cartoon art...
)- Devin Grayson (DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
) - Megan Kelso, Scheherazade
- TokyoPopTokyopopTokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
website (tokyopop.com) - Flight AnthologyFlight (comic)Flight is a comics anthology series edited by Kazu Kibuishi, showcasing young and innovative artists and writers. According to Volume One's Afterword by "Scott McCloud's Brain", the average age of its contributors was 24 years, although Volume Two features one or two older contributors. Image...
website (flightcomics.com)
- Devin Grayson (DC Comics
2006
- Scholastic/Graphix (publisher of The Baby-sitters ClubThe Baby-Sitters ClubThe Baby-sitters Club is a series of novels written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic between 1986 and 2000, that sold 17 milllon copies. Many of the novels were ghostwritten, including 43 by Peter Lerangis. However, Ann Martin wrote the first 35 novels.The series is about a group of...
, Queen Bee, Breaking Up)- Jen Contino (Comicon.com/Pulse, contributor)
- Gail SimoneGail SimoneGail Simone is an American writer of comic books. Best known for penning DC's Birds of Prey, her other notable works include Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom, and Deadpool. In 2007, she took over Wonder Woman...
(writer of Birds of Prey) - Girlamatic.com (Comics hosting website)
- Zeus Comics/CAPE (Retailer/Comics and Pop Culture Expo)
2007
- Abby DensonAbby Denson-Personal life:Abby Denson was born in Illinois, and grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut. She currently lives in New York, and runs City Sweet Tooth, an exploration of the city's best sweets and treats in unique comic book form.-Comics:...
(Tough Love: High School Confidential)- Alison BechdelAlison BechdelAlison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun Home.-Early life:...
(Fun HomeFun HomeFun Home is a 2006 graphic memoir by American writer Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. It chronicles the author's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, USA, focusing on her complex relationship with her father...
, Dykes to Watch Out ForDykes to Watch out ForDykes to Watch Out For was a comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called "as important to new generations of lesbians as landmark novels like Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit...
) - Donna BarrDonna BarrDonna Barr is an American comic book author and cartoonist.She was born in Everett, Washington, the second child in a family of six siblings....
(The Desert PeachThe Desert PeachThe Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of the eponymous protagonist, Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel's fictitious homosexual younger brother, Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel , nicknamed the "Desert Peach"...
, Stinz)
- Alison Bechdel
2008
- Marjane SatrapiMarjane SatrapiMarjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, animated film director, and children's book author...
- Audra Furuichi
- gURL Comix
- Stephanie McMillan
- Rutu ModanRutu Modan-Biography:Rutu Modan was born in Tel Hashomer, Israel, in 1966. Her father was Prof. Baruch Modan, a cancer researcher who served as director general of the Israeli Health Ministry in the 1980s. Her mother was Prof. Michaela Modan, an epidemiologist specializing in diabetes research. Her sister...
1997
- Marie SeverinMarie SeverinMarie Severin is an American comic book artist and colorist best known for her work for Marvel Comics and the 1950s' EC Comics....
, ECEC ComicsEntertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books specializing in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series...
and Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
- Marge Henderson Buell, , creator of Little LuluLittle Lulu"Little Lulu" is the nickname for Lulu Moppett, a comic strip character created in the mid-1930s by Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character debuted in The Saturday Evening Post on February 23, 1935 in a single panel, appearing as a flower girl at a wedding and strewing the aisle with banana peels...
- Edwina DummEdwina DummFrances Edwina Dumm was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie for six decades and is also notable as the nation’s first full-time female editorial cartoonist, She used her middle name for the signature on her comic strip, signed simply Edwina.One of the earliest female...
- Ramona FradonRamona FradonRamona Fradon is an American comic book and comic strip artist, known for her work illustrating Aquaman and Brenda Starr, and co-creating the superhero Metamorpho. Her career began in 1950, when it was even more unusual for women to illustrate superhero comics.-Career:Fradon entered cartooning...
, Silver AgeSilver Age of Comic BooksThe Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books, predominantly those in the superhero genre. Following the Golden Age of Comic Books and an interregnum in the early to mid-1950s, the Silver Age is considered to cover the...
artist (AquamanAquamanAquaman is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73 . Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo title...
, MetamorphoMetamorphoMetamorpho is a fictional character, a superhero in the . He is a founding member of the Outsiders, and has also joined multiple incarnations of the Justice League.-Publication history:...
) and Brenda StarrBrenda Starr (comic strip)Brenda Starr, Reporter was a comic strip about a glamorous, adventurous female reporter. It was created in 1940 by Dale Messick for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate....
comic stripComic stripA comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.... - Dale MessickDale MessickDalia Messick was an American comic strip artist who used the pseudonym Dale Messick. She was the creator of Brenda Starr, which at its peak during the 1950s ran in 250 newspapers....
, creator, Brenda Starr
- Marge Henderson Buell, , creator of Little Lulu
1998
- Dale Messick, Brenda Starr
- Marjorie Henderson Buell
- Ramona Fradon
- Lynn JohnstonLynn JohnstonLynn Johnston, CM, OM is a Canadian cartoonist, well known for her comic strip For Better or For Worse, and was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award.-Early life:...
, For Better or For WorseFor Better or For WorseFor Better or For Worse is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that ran for 30 years, chronicling the lives of a Canadian family, The Pattersons, and their friends. The story is set in the fictitious Toronto-area suburban town of Milborough, Ontario. Johnston's strip began in September 1979, and ended... - Trina RobbinsTrina RobbinsTrina Robbins is an American comics artist and writer. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the few female artists in underground comix when she started. Both as a cartoonist and historian, Robbins has long been involved in creating outlets for...
, cartoonist; author, A Century of Women Superheroes
2000
- Marge Henderson Buell
- Fran HopperFran HopperFran Hopper, née Frances Deitrick, also credited as France, was an American comic book artists active during the Golden Age of Comic Books. She was one of the comic artists working for publisher Fiction House, drawing many of their prominent titles, including Jane Martin, Glory Forbes, Camilla,...
(Fiction HouseFiction HouseFiction House is an American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. Its comics division was best known for its pinup-style good girl art, as epitomized by the company's most popular character, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.-History:-Jumbo and Jack...
comics, 1940s)) - Tarpe MillsTarpe MillsTarpé Mills was the pseudonym of comic book creator June Mills, one of the first major female comics artists. She is best known for her action comic strip, Miss Fury, the first female action hero created by a woman....
, (Miss Fury) - Lily Renee (Fiction House comics, 1940s)
- Hilda Terry, Teena
- Rumiko TakahashiRumiko Takahashiis a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...
, Ranma 1/2, Yurusei YatsuraUrusei Yatsurais a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien...
, other manga
- Fran Hopper
2001
Tie:- Trina Robbins
- Hilda Terry
- Roberta GregoryRoberta GregoryRoberta Gregory is an American comic book writer and artist best known for her character Bitchy Bitch from her Fantagraphics Books series Naughty Bits.Gregory's father was Disney comics artist Bob Gregory...
- Lea HernandezLea HernandezLea Hernandez is an American comic book and webcomic creator who usually draws in a Japanese-influenced style. She is the co-creator of Killer Princesses with Gail Simone , and the creator of Rumble Girls...
- Lynn Johnston
- Lee MarrsLee MarrsLee Marrs is an American comic book writer, animator, and one of the first women underground comix creators. She is best known for her comic book series, The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, which lasted from 1973 to 1978.-Underground comics:Marrs was a frequent contributor to...
- Linda MedleyLinda MedleyLinda Medley is an American comic book author and illustrator, known for her Castle Waiting series of comic books and graphic novels.-Biography and early career:...
- Wendy Pini, ElfquestElfquestElfquest is a cult hit comic book property created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978. It is a fantasy story about a community of elves and other fictional species who struggle to survive and coexist on a primitive Earth-like planet with two moons. Several published volumes of prose fiction also...
- Dorothy Woolfolk RoubicekDorothy WoolfolkDorothy A. Woolfolk née Dorothy Roubicek was a pioneering woman in the American comic book industry. The first female editor at DC Comics, one of the two largest companies in the field, she is credited with helping to create the fictional metal kryptonite in the Superman mythos.-Early life and...
- Dori SedaDori SedaDorthea Antonette "Dori" Seda was an artist best known for her underground comix work of the 1980s. Her comics combined exaggerated fantasy and ribald humor with documentation of her life in the Mission District of San Francisco, California.- Biography :Seda was originally a painter and ceramics...
- Rumiko Takahashi
- Roberta Gregory
2002
- Lynn Johnston
- Nell Brinkley, early 20th century cartoonist/illustrator
- Wendy Pini, Elfquest
- Barb Rausch, BarbieBarbieBarbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....
- Dorothy Woolfolk Roubicek
- Rumiko Takahashi
2003
- Wendy Pini
- Lynda Barry, Marlys and One! Hundred! Demons!
- Barb Rausch, Vicki Valentine and Barbie
- Dorothy Woolfolk Roubicek
- Rumiko Takahashi
2004
- Lynda BarryLynda BarryLynda Barry is an American cartoonist and author. One of the most successful non-mainstream American cartoonists, Barry is perhaps best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Barry's cartoons often view family life from the perspective of pre-teen girls from the wrong side of the...
(Marlys, 100 Demons)- 2004 Nominees
- Amanda ConnerAmanda ConnerAmanda Conner is an Irish-American comic book artist and commercial art illustrator. She began her career in the late 1980s for Archie Comics and Marvel Comics, before moving on to contribute work for Claypool Comics' Soulsearchers and Company and Harris Comics' Vampirella in the 1990s...
, VampirellaVampirellaVampirella is a fictional character, a comic book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and costume designer Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine Vampirella #1 . Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostess, in...
, Soulsearchers & Co. - Barb Rausch
- Dorothy Woolfolk Roubicek
- Rumiko Takahashi
2005
- Donna BarrDonna BarrDonna Barr is an American comic book author and cartoonist.She was born in Everett, Washington, the second child in a family of six siblings....
, A Fine Line Press- Nell Brinkley, The Three Graces
- Amanda Conner
- Phoebe GloecknerPhoebe GloecknerPhoebe Louise Adams Gloeckner is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and novelist.-Background:Gloeckner was born in 1960 in Philadelphia, and spent most of her later childhood and young adult life in San Francisco, where her family moved in the early 1970s...
, The Diary of a Teenage Girl - Rumiko Takahashi
- Jill ThompsonJill ThompsonJill Thompson is an American comic book writer and illustrator. Probably better known for her work on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has also worked on The Invisibles, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman.-Career:Jill Thompson illustrated The Sandman story...
, Scary GodmotherScary GodmotherScary Godmother is a series of children's books and comic books created by artist Jill Thompson and published by Sirius Entertainment in 1997.-Main:...
, Death: At Death’s Door
2006
- Roberta GregoryRoberta GregoryRoberta Gregory is an American comic book writer and artist best known for her character Bitchy Bitch from her Fantagraphics Books series Naughty Bits.Gregory's father was Disney comics artist Bob Gregory...
(Naughty Bits, Artistic Licentiousness)- Phoebe Glockner (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
- Linda MedleyLinda MedleyLinda Medley is an American comic book author and illustrator, known for her Castle Waiting series of comic books and graphic novels.-Biography and early career:...
(Castle WaitingCastle WaitingCastle Waiting is a comic book series created by Linda Medley. It is in a world of fairy tales and mythology featuring a mix of old-fashioned storytelling and more ironic, modern touches....
) - Rose O'NeillRose O'NeillRose Cecil O'Neill was an illustrator who created a popular period comic called Kewpie.-Early life:...
(creator, Kewpie dollsKewpie doll (toy)Kewpie dolls and figurines are based on comical strip-like illustrations by Rose O'Neill that appeared in Ladies' Home Journal in 1909. The small dolls were extremely popular in the early 1900s. They were first produced in Ohrdruf, a small town in Germany, then famous for its toy-manufacturers....
) - Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother)
- Carol TylerCarol TylerCarol Tyler aka C. Tyler is an award-winning American painter, educator, comedian, and Eisner nominated cartoonist known for her autobiographical stories.-Background:...
(The Job Thing, Late Bloomer)
2007
- Colleen DoranColleen DoranColleen Doran is an American writer/artist, film conceptual artist, and cartoonist. She has illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, and dozens of stories and articles, including works written by Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Anne Rice, J...
(A Distant SoilA Distant SoilA Distant Soil is a science fiction/fantasy comic book series written and illustrated by Colleen Doran, and is the work for which she is best known....
, The Book of Lost SoulsThe Book of Lost SoulsThe Book of Lost Souls was an American comic book series published under the Icon Comics imprint, owned by Marvel Comics. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski and pencilled by Colleen Doran....
)- Lily Renee Phillips (The Lost World, Werewolf Hunters)
- Donna Barr (The Desert PeachThe Desert PeachThe Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of the eponymous protagonist, Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel's fictitious homosexual younger brother, Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel , nicknamed the "Desert Peach"...
, Stinz)
1997
- Jessica AbelJessica AbelJessica Abel is an American comic book writer and artist, known as the creator of such works as Life Sucks, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, Soundtrack, La Perdida, Mirror, Window, Radio: An Illustrated Guide , and the omnibus series Artbabe.Abel has stated that her major work is not...
, Artbabe- Jen Benka. Manya
- Ariel Bordeaux, Deep Girl
- Kris Dresen, Manya; Action Girl
- Jennifer Graves, RobinRobin (comics)Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman...
; SupergirlSupergirlSupergirl is a female counterpart to the DC Comics Superman. As his cousin, she shares his super powers and vulnerability to Kryptonite. She was created by writer Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959. She first appeared in the Action Comics comic book series and later branched out... - Kathryn Hyatt, Marilyn: The Story of a Woman
- Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, Finder, Shanda the Panda - Ursula O'Steen, Girl Talk, Pure Friction
- Elizabeth Watasin, A-Girl, Action Girl
- Christina Z, WitchbladeWitchbladeWitchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...
1998
- Carla Speed McNeil, Finder
- Jenny Gonzalez, Kronikle Komix
- Devin Grayson, CatwomanCatwomanCatwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...
- Tara Jenkins, GalaxionGalaxionGalaxion is a science fiction comic book and webcomic series written and drawn by Canadian Tara Tallan .The story follows the crew of an interstellar ship, the Galaxion, as they test a new experimental hyperdrive engine...
- Ariel SchragAriel SchragAriel Schrag is an American cartoonist and television writer who achieved critical recognition at an unusually early age for her autobiographical comics.-Biography:...
, Definition; Potential
1999
- Devin Grayson, Catwoman, Black Widow
- Dawn Brown, Little Red Hot
- Chynna Clugston-Major, "Blue Monday" in Action Girl and Oni Double Feature
- Jane Fisher & Kirsten Petersen, WJHC
- Rachel Hartman, Amy Unbounded
- Ariel Schrag, Definition; Potential
- Jen SorensenJen SorensenJen Sorensen is an American cartoonist who authors Slowpoke, a weekly comic strip that often focuses on current events from a liberal perspective. The comic generally makes use of three recurring characters: Mr...
, Slowpoke - Tara Tallan, Galaxion
- Maggie Whorf, BoHoS
2000
- Rachel Hartman (Amy Unbounded)
- Kalah Allen (Jann of Renew)
- Rachel Ancion (Shades of Blue)
- Suzanne Bowman (Fridge Magnet Stories)
- Chynna Clugston-Major (Blue Monday)
- Leelah Corman (Flim Flam, Queen's Day)
- Alison Williams (Sorcerer's Children)
2001
- Anne Timmons (Go Girl)
- Fiona AveryFiona AveryFiona Kai Avery is a comic book and television writer. Avery was hired as a reference editor for the fifth season of Babylon 5, and later continued in that role for the failed spin-off Crusade...
(No Honor, Rogue, Fionaverse) - Robyn Chapman (Theater of the Meek)
- Catherine Doherty (Can of Worms)
- Rachel Dodson (Harley QuinnHarley QuinnHarley Quinn was first introduced as a villain on September 11, 1992, in the animated series Batman: The Animated Series, later adapted into DC Comics' Batman comic books. As suggested by her name , she is clad in the manner of a traditional harlequin jester...
) - Jennifer Feinberg (Little Scrowlie)
- Shaenon K. Garrity (NarbonicNarbonicNarbonic is a webcomic written and drawn by Shaenon K. Garrity. The storylines center on the misadventures of the staff of Narbonic Labs, which is the domain of mad scientist Helen Narbon. The strip started on July 31, 2000 and finished on December 31, 2006. On January 1, 2007, Garrity launched the...
) - Rebecca GuayRebecca GuayRebecca Guay is an artist specializing in watercolor painting and illustration. She is mostly known for her work commissioned by Magic: The Gathering, White Wolf, and DC Vertigo comics, World of Warcraft TCG, Wizards of the Coast, Dungeons & Dragons and Bella Sara TCG.-Early life:Guay received a...
(Green Lantern: 1001 Emerald Nights) - Gisèle Lagacé (Coolcatstudio.com)
- Gail SimoneGail SimoneGail Simone is an American writer of comic books. Best known for penning DC's Birds of Prey, her other notable works include Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom, and Deadpool. In 2007, she took over Wonder Woman...
(Simpsons comicsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
) - Jen Sorenson
- Elizabeth Watasin (Charm School);
- Fiona Avery
2002
Tie:- Gisèle Lagacé (Cool Cat Studio)
- Ashley-Jane Nicolaus (writer, Haven)
- Dorothy GambrellDorothy GambrellDorothy Gambrell is a cartoonist who writes and draws the online comic strip Cat and Girl in addition to the blog very small array. Her work has appeared in the literary journal Backwards City Review, and the Anton Chekhov anthology The Other Chekhov....
(Cat and Girl, New Adventures of Death) - Layla Lawlor (Raven's Children)
- Lark PienLark PienLark Pien is an American cartoonist who has created the minicomics Stories from the Ward, Mr. Boombha, and Long Tail Kitty, the last of which won her the Friends of Lulu Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent in 2004...
(Stories from the Ward)
- Dorothy Gambrell
2003
- 2003 Winner - Raina TelgemeierRaina TelgemeierRaina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist whose works include the autobiographic webcomic Smile , which was published by Scholastic Press's Graphix imprint as a full-color graphic novel in February, 2010....
(Take Out Comics)- Layla Lawlor (Raven's Children)
- Jenn Manley Lee (DiceboxDiceboxDicebox, by American cartoonist Jenn Manley Lee, is a science fiction webcomic which has been hosted at the subscription-based comics anthology site Girlamatic...
) - Joanne Mutch (Rummblestrips)
- Justine Shaw (Nowhere GirlNowhere GirlNowhere Girl is an adult fiction webcomic by Justine Shaw, named after a song written by British futurist band B-Movie in 1982. The comic was originally planned to be in five parts, but only two of them have been completed thus far; plans to complete the comic have been shelved by the author,...
)
2004
- Lark PienLark PienLark Pien is an American cartoonist who has created the minicomics Stories from the Ward, Mr. Boombha, and Long Tail Kitty, the last of which won her the Friends of Lulu Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent in 2004...
(Long Tail Kitty)- 2004 Nominees - Sara Beeves (Girly Comic: Mockaroni & Cheese)
- Dylan Meconis (Bite Me!)
- Christina WeirChristina WeirChristina Weir is a writer of comic books and television. She writes with her husband, Nunzio DeFilippis, whom she met while they were both students at Vassar College....
(Skinwalker, New MutantsNew MutantsThe New Mutants are a group of teenaged mutant superheroes-in-training published by Marvel Comics. They have been the main characters of three successive comic book series, which were spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise....
)
2005
- Vera BrosgolVera BrosgolVera Brosgol is a cartoonist and a graduate in Classical Animation of Sheridan College in Canada. She lives in Portland, Oregon and works for Laika Entertainment House where she does storyboards and concept art for their animation productions...
(Flight, Hopeless Savages B-Sides)- Stephanie Freese (Ripped from the Headlines)
- Dorothy Gambrell (Cat and Girl)
- Emily Horne (www.asofterworld.com)
- Tintin Pantoja (Sevenplains, Girlamatic.comGirlamaticGirlamatic, published by Joey Manley, is a member of the Modern Tales family of subscription-based webcomics anthology sites. Girlamatic publishes comics with a particular appeal for young adult women. The site launched on March 31, 2003 with...
, and www.mentaltentacle.com)
2006
- Leigh Dragoon (By the Wayside)
- Hope LarsonHope LarsonHope Raue Larson is an American illustrator and cartoonist. Her main field is graphic novels.-Biography:Larson is of German and Swedish descent. She grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and attendedCarolina Day School...
- Clio Chang
- Liz PrinceLiz PrinceLiz Prince is an American comics creator, noted for her sketchbook-style autobiographical comics. Her first book, Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed? won an Ignatz award for Outstanding Debut in 2005.-Biography:...
- MK Reed
- Hope Larson
2007
- Rachel NaborsRachel NaborsRachel Nabors is an American cartoonist, artist, and graphic novelist, best known for her serialized comic, Rachel the Great, as well as her two graphic novels, 18 Revolutions and Crow Princess.-Early life:...
(Crow Princess, Rachel the Great)- June Kim (12 Days)
- RivkahRivkah (artist)Rivkah is best known as the artist, writer, and creator of the ongoing teen graphic novel series Steady Beat...
(Steady BeatSteady BeatSteady Beat is a manga-inspired comic by Rivkah Greulich. It tells the story of Leah, a sixteen year old girl who finds a love letter addressed to her older sister Sarai, from a girl called Jessica. It tells of how Leah learns to accept her sister's homosexuality...
) - Joelle Jones (12 Reasons Why I Love Her)
Volunteer of the Year Award
2003- Dave RomanDave Roman-Career:Roman is the co-creator of Jax Epoch and the Quicken Forbidden , a Harvey Award-nominated webcomic. He also co-created Teen Boat , an Ignatz Award-winning webcomic. Both were with artist John Green....
(Editor, Broad Appeal) - Chris Kohler (webmaster)
2004
- Charlie Boatner
2005
- Marc Wilkofsky (New York Chapter)
2006
- Donnie Tracey (Gotham City Limits)
2007
- MK Reed
- Robin Enrico
2008
- Lee Binswanger
2004
- Maggie ThompsonMaggie ThompsonMargaret "Maggie" Thompson , is the editor of Comics Buyer's Guide, a monthly comic book industry news magazine...
, editor, Comics Buyer's GuideComics Buyer's GuideComics Buyer's Guide , established in 1971, is the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry...
- Carol KalishCarol KalishCarol Kalish was an American writer, editor, comic book retailer, and sales manager. She worked as Direct Sales Manager and Vice President of New Product Development at Marvel Comics from 1981 to 1991...
(posthumous) former vice-president, New Product Development, Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media... - Trina RobbinsTrina RobbinsTrina Robbins is an American comics artist and writer. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the few female artists in underground comix when she started. Both as a cartoonist and historian, Robbins has long been involved in creating outlets for...
, author, historian - Mimi Rosenheim, editor, AIT-PlanetLar
- Diana Schutz, editor, Dark Horse ComicsDark Horse ComicsDark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
- Carol Kalish
2005
- Heidi MacDonald editor The Beat
- Karen BergerKaren BergerKaren Berger is an American comic book editor. She is best known as the Executive Editor of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.-Biography:...
, editor, DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
/ Vertigo Comics - Vijaya Iyer, editor, Cartoon Books
- Mimi Rosenheim, editor, AIT-PlanetLar
- Diana Schutz, editor, Dark Horse Comics
- Karen Berger
2006
- Diana Schutz (Editor, Dark Horse ComicsDark Horse ComicsDark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
)- Karen Berger (Editor, DC/Vertigo)
- Jackie Estrada (Exhibit A Press, Administrator Eisner Awards)
- Françoise Mouly (Art Director, The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
) - Ronee Garcia Bougeious (Comics News Editor and columnist, PopCultureShock.com)
2007
- Jennifer De Guzman (Editor-In-Chief, Slave Labor GraphicsSlave Labor GraphicsSlave Labor Graphics is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.-Company history:...
)- Joan Hilty (Editor, DC)
- Karen Berger (senior VP, DC/Vertigo)
External links
- The Lulu Awards on Friends of LuluFriends of LuluFriends of Lulu was a non-profit, national charitable organization in the United States, founded in 1994 to promote readership of comic books by women and the participation of women in the comic book industry...
- The Lulu Awards on the Comic Book Awards Almanac
- Comic-Con Watch: Meet the Brain Janes, S. Crabtree, Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, July 27, 2007