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- Birth nameTrina Perlson
- Trina Robbins was born on August 17, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Funny Ladies (1991), No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (2021) and Independent Lens (1999). She died on April 10, 2024 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Robbins became increasingly outspoken in her beliefs, criticizing underground comix artist Robert Crumb for the perceived misogyny of many of his comics, saying, "It's weird to me how willing people are to overlook the hideous darkness in Crumb's work ... What the hell is funny about rape and murder?".
- In 1969, Robbins designed the costume for the Warren Publishing character Vampirella for artist Frank Frazetta in Vampirella #1 (September 1969).
- In a 2015 poll, Robbins was ranked #25 among the best female comics creators of all-time.
- Robbins was a Special Guest of the 1977 San Diego Comic-Con, when she was presented with an Inkpot Award. She won a Special Achievement Award from the San Diego Comic Con in 1989 for her work on Strip AIDS U.S.A., a benefit book that she co-edited with Bill Sienkiewicz and Robert Triptow.
- Robbins was an active member of science fiction fandom in the 1950s and 1960s. Her illustrations appeared in science fiction fanzines like the Hugo-nominated Habakkuk.
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