New Releases by Trina Robbins

Contains graphic adaptions of eight works by Louisa May Alcott.

Fourteen-year-old Sarah is a slave in Maryland during the 1850s. She knows her only chance at freedom is in the North, where slavery is illegal. To get there, though, Sarah needs help from members of the Underground Railroad. Who can she trust? The road to the Promised Land will not be easy.

An easy biography of Florence Nightingale, told in graphic format.

Tells the story of how Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr came up with the idea for a secret communication system, which would much later become the basis for wireless technology. Written in graphic-novel format.

Tells the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. Written in graphic-novel format.

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 did it for love or money...or both! Some of them fabled femme fatales of yesteryear. some headliners in yesterday''s newspapers. Jean Harris, Ruth Snyder, Kate Bender, Belle Starr, Bonnie Parker, Phoolan Devi, Lizzie Borden, Grace Marks, Valerie Solanas, Amy Fisher and more - true - life who, where, why, when, and howdunnits. Bandit queens, gun molls, mothers, and widows (often self-made)- this array of real-life women who murdered makes for fascinating reading. Thoroughly researched, with archival photos and illustrations.

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.

Robbins began her cartooning career in the underground in 1966, and has become not only a major artist but the foremost pop historian of women in comics. To keep her survey to a reasonable size, she has neglected cartoons writers unless they were working with a cartoonist, and defines cartoons as two or more panels, continuity, or speech balloons inside the panel. c. Book News Inc.

An account of the first moon landing by Apollo 11 in 1969 in graphic novel format.

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.

A comic book-style retelling of a governess working in a mansion called Thornfield.

Discusses famous and obscure women superheroes in comic books and newspaper cartoons from the 1930s to the present.

This books is about cartoonists, and only cartoonists. Women writers are only mentioned when they''ve worked with a woman cartoonist. Also, this book is a history of women cartoonists.

In ancient Mesopotamia, Girl embarks on a journey of self-discovery with the giant speaking cat who has raised her.

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.

Dr. Minerva has turned to Wonder Woman for assistance, but when the Amazon princess/superhero and the scientist/super-villain make their way to the last remaining source of the Cheetah''s serum, they find more is at stake than expected! "Island of Lost Souls" part 2 of 3.

Island of Lost Souls part 1 of 3! Diana''s compassionate heart is tested when Dr. Barbara Minerva appears, begging for assistance as she seeks out the last remaining source of Urzkatarga.

Dr. George Herbert''s paradise has been compromised by Luthor''s henchmen, but Wonder Woman is determined to save the Cheetah-both body and soul! "Island of Lost Souls" part 3 of 3.