“They had the streets roped off and they had a carpet. In May, Robbins attended the Wonder Woman premiere in Hollywood, “probably the most glamorous moment of my life,” she said.
Robbins worked with Marvel Comics in the 1980s, and in 1986, was hired by DC Comics to draw a a four-issue limited series, “The Legend of Wonder Woman.”įrom time to time, major publishers “kill off a lot of the old characters and them revived them as new characters,” said Robbins.īefore bringing back Wonder Woman, DC Comics "needed someone to do just a four-issue series just to cover four months in between and they asked me, which was really nice,” she told Hoodline. Trina Robbins at 1982 San Diego Comic Con. Publishing 17 issues in two decades, Wimmen’s Comix depicted themes and issues concerning sexuality, politics and feminism that weren’t of interest to publishers who catered to young, male audiences. “Around that time between ’67 and ’70 and well into the early 70’s, people where just flocking to San Francisco because it was just the place to be,” said Robbins.Ī contributor to Wimmen’s Comix for 20 years, Robbins created “Sandy Comes Out,” the first comic strip to feature an out lesbian.
The year she arrived in San Francisco, Robbins produced and created It Ain’t Me, Babe, the first comic book to be entirely produced by women. “We stopped occasionally to sleep, otherwise, we just drove straight through.”Įven through the Summer of Love was three years in the past, the city was still a magnet for young people, particularly those who had a creative bent. Robbins moved to San Francisco in 1970, driving cross-country “with a bunch of other cartoonists,” she said. She is a lady of the canyon "Ladies Of The Canyon," Joni Mitchell | YouTube While in New York, Robbins also became a part of the music scene, eventually becoming close to members of The Byrds, The Doors and singer Joni Mitchell, who describes Robbins in her classic, Ladies Of The Canyon: Trina wears her wampum beads By the 1960s, her work achieved a wider audience when she designed the costume for Vampirella, the heroine of a horror anthology series. We spoke to Robbins over coffee about a career that brought her west after the Summer of Love, where she developed from being an underground cartoonist into a noted author and industry historian.Ī science fiction fan since she was a teenager, Robbins created illustrations for sci-fi fanzines. Wonder Woman premiere with Valerie Perez, Trina Robbins, Lynda Carter, Christie Marston and Susan Eisenberg. One of those women, Trina Robbins, 78, lives in San Francisco. Princess Diana has been depicted by a legion of artists, but only a few women have held the pen so since she was created in 1941 by William Moulton Marston. Now that comic book heroine and feminist icon Wonder Woman is the star of a blockbuster that’s grossed more than $750 million-with a 2019 sequel in the works-there’s been a resurgence of interest in the character.
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