New Releases by Trina Robbins

Forget the myth of the sweet Irish Colleen. Real Irish women were no cream-puff debs. From the ancient warrior queens Marrigan, Macha, and Badbh to the labor-movement maven Mother Jones, Irish women have backbones of steel. Wild Irish Roses is a fascinating look at wild Irish women throughout history; serious information imparted in Trina Robbins'' trademark style, with verve and humor. The women in Wild Irish Roses are not always nice girls or even good girls, but they are women who know how to get things done, whether on the battlefield or in the bedroom. These are women who preserved and handed down the old stories. They are women who fought in revolutions with either gun or pen, wrote books, starred in books others wrote, and stormed heaven itself. Wild Irish Roses is a celebration of tough, independent, beautiful Irish women from myth to modernity. It''s a book that is sure to entertain, inform, and inspire readers of every background to find the Irish rose in themselves--to discover what they want and have the courage to go out and get it.

Today is like any other day in Grover Cleveland High's science lab - any day in the Jurassic Era, that is! Doc, the school genius, has rigged up a tight little time machine masquerading as an exercise bike, all fine and good until pretty-girl princess Heather cops a ride and drags herself, Doc and Lindsay Goldman - a.k.a. teen superhero GoGirl! - back several million years to the dinosaur-infested jungles of the long-gone past. As if being late for cheerleading practice isn't enough of an annoyance, try ditching a hungry T-Rex! And where did those alien spaceships come from?!

The celebrated author and cartoonist collects twenty chilling true crime stories from the annals of history, each with a female criminal who does not hesitate to the pull the trigger or utilize another weapon of murder--including Bonnie Parker, Charlotte Corday, Belle Starr, and Phoolan Devi. Original.

Various stories of women in the comic book industry and how they got started in it.

In this irreverent tribute to mythological "bad girls" from around the world, Robbins tells 20 enjoyable tales of goddesses who sleep with dwarves, slip drugs into drinks, get even, and generally raise hell. 40 illustrations.

The art and commentary of Nell Brinkley (1886–1944) ran in American newspapers from 1907 through the 1930s. At the height of her popularity, “The Brinkley Girl” appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and inspired poems and popular songs. Brinkley’s name even sold hair curlers, and her delicate pen work influenced later women cartoonists. As early as 1913, Brinkley was drawing working women, from farm and factory workers to those pursuing careers, using her art to encourage decent pay, pensions, and housing for thousands of young women working for the war effort. This work covers her life and her work, which might upon first glance show pretty girls but on a closer inspection reveals a post–Victorian feminism. It also looks at her rise to popularity, the innocent sexuality of her Brinkley girls, the sugary and sentimental Betty and Billy series, and the beauty of her line drawings.

Boys aren''t the only ones who read comics—girls do too! From Betty and Veronica to Slutburger and Art Babe, Girls to Grrrlz explores the amazing but true history of girl comics. Pop culture fans will delight in author Trina Robbinss chronological commentary (with attitude) on the authors, artists, trends, and sassy, brassy characters featured in comic books for the last half-century. Meet the bubble-headed bombshells of the ''40s, the lovelorn ladies of the ''50s, the wimmin libbers of the ''70s, and the grrrowling grrrlz of today. Her commentary is paired with a ton of rare comic book art pulled from the best girl comics published since World War II. Bridging the gap between Ms. and Sassy, between Miss America and Naomi Wolf, From Girls to Grrrlz reminds us how comic book characters humorously—and critically—reflect our changing culture.

Women and the Comics is the first attempt to document the careers of the hundreds of women who have created and worked in the field of comic strips, comic book and cartooning. The women whose work is showcased in this book have been long overlooked or ignored by most other histories of comics. In this volume you''ll encounter the art of Rose O''Neill, whose Kewpies popularity spans over 70 years; Nell Brinkley, whose "Brinkley Girl" was just as famous in her day as Gibson''s; Grace Drayton, whose lovely drawings gave the Campbell Kids life; the "flapper" artists of the 1920s; Dale Messick, creator of Brenda Starr; Martha Orr, who originated Mary Worth; the once anonymous female comic book artists of the 1940s; newspaper strip creators Marty Links (Bobby Sox), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy) and Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse); and the many women who write and draw today''s most popular comic books. A special chapter surveying female cartoonists in Europe, Japan, and Australia is also included. Women and the Comics is a landmark book, the result of four years of research by Catherine Yronwode and Trina Robbins. It is a reference source designed to serve future generations interested in discovering the contributions women have made to America''s most popular art form.

Everyone's favorite hooker, Scarlett, uses her wiles and contacts in order to help her friend and former madam, Dollface, do a job for the CIA. The girls travel to a certain Arab country in order to frame a leader with dangerous socialist inclinations with drug possession, thus opening the way for their own operative to take over. Along the way, though, Scarlett learns a little more about how men and women in other lands think and where her loyalties truly lie.

A collection reprinted from various sources, featuring Rosie the Riveter, Panthea, Planet Love and Lulu Belle.