| 1. Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers | 
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By: Kurt Busiek, Neil Gaiman, Nat Gertler, Dwayne McDuffie, Trina Robbins, Greg Rucka, Jeff Smith, Kevin Smith, Marv Wolfman
Publisher: About Comics
March 08, 2002
... I'm curious... how many aspiring pencillers out there have picked up this book (or its' sequel) as a source of scripts from which to prepare sample portfolio page layouts?... more
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| 2. From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines |
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By: Trina Robbins
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
July 30, 1999
Robbins gives us a great deal of information about the world of girl/grrlz comics in USA. She showed me that there was more than super heroes stories to read at American comics, and she was able to make clear the politics of Women exclusion in comic market in USA. Great book, I deeply recommend... more
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| 3. Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Woman Doctor (Graphic Biographies) |
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By: Robbins, Trina
Publisher: Capstone Press
September 01, 2006
Book was a slightly higher reading level than expected. Other than that it worked great... more
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| 4. Forbidden City: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs (The Hampton Press Communication Series) |
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By: Trina Robbins
Publisher: Hampton Press Inc
November 16, 2009
Presented as an oral history, Forbidden City: The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs records the recollections of nearly two dozen Asian American performers who worked in San Francisco's "all-Chinese" revues from the late 1930s through the 60s.
The transcribed interviews of the artists, and their friends and relatives, paint an intimate portrait of this unique cultural scene. Profiled are... more
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| 5. The Brinkley Girls | 
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By: Trina Robbins
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
June 23, 2009
The Brinkley Girls: Best of Nell Brinkley's Cartoons from 1913-1940 packs in full-page, color reproductions of Nell Brinkley's American Weekly covers and provides a fine biographical and artistic introduction by editor Trina Robbins. All the fine detail and intricate drawings of Nell Brinkley come to life in a keepsake survey that is a 'must have' for any serious cartoon, graphic or arts library... more
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| 6. Eternally Bad: Goddesses with Attitude | 
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By: Trina Robbins
Publisher: Conari Press
July 11, 2001
I recall see this book on a friend's coffee table, and intrigued, ordered my copy. This book takes Goddess, normally seen as nurturing, kind, motherly bastions of light, into more realistic versions of them. They are seen as bitchy, moody, angry, jealous, like us moral women on earth. They are written with flaws and fun delicious evil, and has become on of my favorite books on Goddess literature, folklore... more
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| 7. Silver Metal Lover |
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By: Tanith Lee
Publisher: Harmony Books
October 01, 1985
The Silver Metal Lover ranks high as an outstandingly imaginative romantic SF love story that stays with you long after you close the cover on the final page. It portrays a future, rather dystopian world that has been greatly changed by an astronomical disaster in the near past. This event mostly exists to show the story's divergence from our own current existence. This is not any sort of post-apocalyptic... more
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| 8. Wild Irish Roses: Tales of Brigits, Kathleens, and Warrior Queens |
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By: Trina Robbins
Publisher: Conari Press
2004-10
I read this book after having loved Ms. Robbins's 'Eternally Bad: Goddesses with Attitude,' and was not disappointed. She's now one of my favorite feminist writers, and has such a fresh hip writing style, combining the academic side of things with modern language making these tales relevant for the modern reader. As she makes clear many times throughout the book, Irish women have never exactly been... more
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| 9. Bessie Coleman: Daring Stunt Pilot (Graphic Biographies) |
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By: Trina Robbins
Publisher: Capstone Press
January 01, 2007
I can say all the good things I have said of the other Graphic Library collections. Chapter structure, thematic thread, accessible to comprehension instruction strategies, vocabulary at grade level, and excellent graphics. Like the Amelia Earhart, this one starts the story with the first panel, where Bessie communicates the kind of person she is, not an Uncle Tom. I could recommend any of these stories... more
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| 10. 930 Matchbook Advertising Cuts of the Twenties and Thirties (Pictorial Archive Series) | 
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From: Dover Publications
Publisher: Dover Publications
April 09, 1997
its very interesting to flip through and the pictures are all so incredible. It shows the difference between how advertising then differs from ads now. However, i have seen better, therefore the 3 stars. But buy this book if you have time because it is interesting... more
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