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American Female Cartoonists

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Alison Bechdel

(Known for the Long-Running Comic Strip 'Dykes to Watch Out For')

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Birthdate: September 10, 1960

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, United States

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is best known for her Dykes to Watch Out For strip, which gained a lot of popularity in various LGBT weeklies. The strip’s prime character is believed to be modeled on her. The lesbian artist’s works gave rise to the Bechdel Test, which targets gender inequality in Hollywood.

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Raina Telgemeier

(Cartoonist)

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Birthdate: May 26, 1977

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

3

Gail Simone

(Comics artist, Screenwriter)

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Birthdate: July 29, 1974

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Oregon

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Lynda Barry

(Cartoonist)

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Birthdate: January 2, 1956

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Richland Center

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Aline Kominsky-Crumb

(Comics artist)

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Birthdate: August 1, 1948

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Long Beach

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Louise Simonson

(Comics artist, Screenwriter)

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2

Birthdate: September 26, 1946

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Atlanta

7

Rose O'Neill

(Cartoonist)

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Birthdate: June 25, 1874

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: April 6, 1944

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Renée French

(Comics writer who won the Inkpot Award at San Diego Comic-Con in 2007 for the graphic novel The Ticking)

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Birthdate: 1963 AD

Birthplace: United States

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Dale Messick

(Comic-strip artist)

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Birthdate: April 11, 1906

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: South Bend, Indiana, United States

Died: April 5, 2005

10

Helen E. Hokinson

(Cartoonist)

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Birthdate: June 29, 1893

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Mendota, Illinois, United States

Died: November 1, 1949