Tag: Comic Books and Strips

Trina Robbins, Creator and Historian of Comic Books, Dies at 84

Trina Robbins, who as an artist, writer and editor of comics was a pioneering woman in a male-dominated field, and who as a historian specialized in books about women cartoonists, died Wednesday. She was 84. Her death at a San Francisco hospital was confirmed by her longtime partner, the superhero comics inker Steve Leialoha, who […]

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Ed Piskor, Comics Artist, Dies After Sexual Misconduct Accusations

The comics artist Ed Piskor, who was best known for his multivolume “Hip Hop Family Tree,” died last week after posting a lengthy note to social media about an accusation of sexual misconduct that led a gallery in Pittsburgh to indefinitely postpone an exhibition of his work. The death of Piskor, who lived in Munhall, […]

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