List of female comics creators

This is a list of women who have been involved with producing comic books and comic strips. Many notable female comics creators exist though the field of comics creation is traditionally male-dominated.

Americas

Canada

• Kate Beaton
• Sheree Bradford-Lea
• Julie Doucet
• Obom
• Iris
• Zviane
• Sophie Bédard
• Sylvie Rancourt
• Pascaline Lefèvre
• Cathon

United States

Platinum Age (1897â€"1937)

• Nell Brinkley, creator of the Brinkley Girl
• Rose O'Neill, creator of Kewpie Cartoon and the Kewpie doll
• Grace G. Drayton, also known as Grace Gebbie Wiederseim
• Margaret G. Hays, sister of Grace Drayton, frequent collaborator and independent writer
• Ethel Hays, artist on Flapper Fanny Says, among other Flapper-themed newspaper and magazine features
• Pearl Bartruff, Washington State 1920s

Golden Age/Silver Age (1930s to approx. 1970)

• Nina Albright :  Artist for comics packager Bernard Baily Studio
• Ruth Atkinson a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson:  Artist, Fiction House, Timely Comics, Lev Gleason Publications
• Olive Bailey: Artist, Land of the Lost
• Violet Barclay:  Timely/Atlas Comics inker
• Toni Blum: Writer, Eisner & Iger studio
• Ann Brewster: Artist, affiliated with studios such as Binder, Chesler, Iger, as well as Simon and Kirby's Prize Comics.
• Linda Fite:  Writer, The Cat (Marvel Comics)
• Ramona Fradon:  Artist, Aquaman and Metamorpho (DC Comics); also, Brenda Starr comic strip (1980â€"1996)
• Barbara Hall, Harvey, co-founder of Quarry Hill Creative Center
• Ray Herman:   1940s editor at Holyoke Publishing and elsewhere.
• Patricia Highsmith; Nedor/Standard/Better Comics and others
• Virginia Hubbell:  Charles Biro's ghost writer, Lev Gleason Publications' Crime Does Not Pay
• Natalie Krigstein: writer of romance comics and wife of Bernie Krigstein
• Lee Marrs:  Artist-writer for Star Reach, elsewhere (1970s)
• Alice Marble: associate editor on Wonder Woman from 1941-1945, creator/writer of "Wonder Women of History" feature from 1942-1946.
• Elizabeth Holloway Marston:   involved in the creation of DC Comics character, Wonder Woman
• Marion McDermott: editor for St. John publications, including It Rhymes with Lust, one of the first graphic novels
• Emma C. McKean: Cartoonist; As Contributor to New Comics #1, she was the first woman to contribute original comics material to a comic book.
• Tarpe Mills, pseudonym of June Mills: Cat-Man (Holyoke Comics), Miss Fury
• Joye Murchison: Assistant to Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston and scripter of many Wonder Woman stories between 1945 and 1947.
• Lily Renée a.k.a. Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips):  Fiction House and St. John Publications artist
• Ruth Roche:  generally credited writer of Phantom Lady (Fox Comics)
• Marie Severin:  Prolific EC and Marvel Comics artist
• Marcia Snyder:  Fiction House artist
• Daisy Swayze:  Fawcett Comics letterer; sister of artist Marc Swayze
• Janice Valleau:   Quality Comics artist
• Tatjana Wood:  Shazam Award-winning colorist
• Dorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek: DC Comics' first woman editor

Bronze Age and Modern Age

• Laura Allred
• Fiona Avery
• Samm Barnes: Marvel Comics writer
• Anina Bennett: Writer, editor at First Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Co-creator of Heartbreakers
• Amber Benson: Writer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Comics)
• Karen Berger: Editor, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint
• Maddie Blaustein: Writer, Milestone Comics' Hardware
• Nicole Boose: Editor, Cable & Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• June Brigman: Artist and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics); Artist Brenda Starr comic strip (1996-)
• Sarah Byam: Writer, Black Canary (DC Comics), Mode Extreme (Marvel/Razorline)
• Kat Cahill, Writer and creator, I Hate Gallant Girl (Image Comics/ShadowLine)
• Roz Chast : New Yorker staff cartoonist The Party After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995-2003
• Meloney Crawford Chadwick:  Harris Comics editor
• Bobbie Chase:  Marvel Comics editor
• Joyce Chin:  Artist, Wynonna Earp (IDW),
• Nancy A. Collins: Writer, DC/Vertigo's Swamp Thing
• Amanda Conner:  Artist, The Pro (Image Comics), Disney's Gargoyles (Marvel Comics)
• Colleen Coover: Writer and artist.
• Joanna Davidovich
• Rosario Dawson: Writer and co-creator, Occult Crimes Taskforce Image Comics
• Renae De Liz, Artist, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)
• Tania del Rio: Artist/Writer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics)
• Kristen Fitzner Denton: Colorist Scratch9, Editor Komikwerks
• Rachel Dodson: Inker, Marvel and DC
• Colleen Doran: Writer and artist, A Distant Soil (Image Comics)
• Valerie D'Orazio: Assistant editor, DC Comics
• Leigh Dragoon: Artist, By the Wayside
• Jo Duffy a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy: Writer and Marvel Comics editor
• Jan Duursema: Artist, Star Wars: Legacy (Dark Horse Comics)
• Mary Fleener: Artist and writer, Slutburger
• Kaja Foglio: Writer and co-creator, Girl Genius (Studio Foglio)
• Robin Furth: Plotter, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics)
• Shaenon K. Garrity: Writer, Marvel Comics' Marvel Holiday Special
• Megan Rose Gedris: Writer, artist and creator, YU+ME:dream, I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space (Platinum Studios)
• Devin Grayson: Writer, Arsenal, Batman: Gotham Knights, Catwoman, Nightwing (all DC Comics)
• Pia Guerra: Artist, Vertigo's Y The Last Man
• Sandra Hope: Inker, World of Warcraft (WildStorm)
• Eva Hopkins: Writer, colorist and co-creator, Dark Ivory (Image Comics)
• Heidi Hughes: Writer, The Voyages of The SheBuccaneer (Great Big Comics)
• Judith Hunt: Co-writer,co-creator, artist Evangeline (Comico)1984 and online comic Evangeline (August 2008)
• Lora Innes: Writer, artist and creator, The Dreamer (IDW Publishing)
• Jenna Jameson: Creator and plotter, Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)
• Barbara Kaalberg: Inker, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Malibu Comics
• Jenette Kahn: editor and executive, DC Comics
• Carol Kalish: executive, Marvel Comics
• Annette Kawecki: Marvel Comics letterer
• Barbara Kesel a.k.a. Barbara Randall Kesel: Writer, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)
• Sheila Keenan: Executive Editor, Scholastic Graphix
• Caitlin R. Kiernan: Writer, Vertigo's The Dreaming
• Kim Krizan: Writer, BOOM! Studio comics
• Elaine Lee: Writer, Vamps (DC Comics), Saint Sinner (Marvel/Razorline)
• Stephanie Lesniak: Artist and co-creator, Blazin' Brandy (Scrap Pictures)
• Marjorie Liu: Writer, X-23, Black Widow, Dark Wolverine, NYX, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Linda Ly: Writer, Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope Entertainment)
• Cynthia Martin, artist for (among others) Marvel Comics's Star Wars
• Laura Martin: Colorist, Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ruse (CrossGen)
• Tara McPherson: Cover artist, Vertigo
• Adriana Melo: Artist, Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
• Rachelle Menashe: Writer, Virus (Dark Horse Comics)
• Denise Mina: Writer, Vertigo's Hellblazer
• Mary Mitchell: Artist, Batman: Gotham Knights (DC Comics)
• Leah Moore: Writer, Wildstorm's Albion
• Melanie J. Morgan: Writer, Betty and Veronica, Jughead (Archie Comics)
• Mindy Newell: Writer/editor, Marvel, DC, and First
• Ann Nocenti:  Writer, Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
• Sonia Oback: Colorist, "Uncanny X-Men", "X-23: Target X" (Marvel Comics)
• Glynis Oliver: Colorist, X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Lisa Patrick: Marvel Comics editor
• Jodi Picoult: Writer, DC's Wonder Woman
• Tamora Pierce: Writer, Marvel Comics' White Tiger
• Wendy Pini: Artist and co-creator, Elfquest (WaRP Graphics), and Masque of the Red Death (Go! Comi)
• Rachel Pollack: Writer, Doom Patrol (DC Comics)
• Janice Race: Editor, DC Comics
• Nickiesha Ashanty Ricketts: Writer and Editor
• Emma Rios: Artist, "Pretty Deadly"
• Susana Romero: Founder, ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio
• Jessica Ruffner: Writer, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures (Marvel Comics/Dabel Brothers)
• Sara Ryan: Writer, Me and Edith Head
• Nicola Scott: Artist, Birds of Prey (DC Comics)
• Diana Schutz: Editor, Dark Horse Comics
• Barbara Schulz: Inker, Books of Magic (Vertigo), Micronauts (Image/Devils)
• Erica Schultz: Writer, "Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne" (Marvel Comics)
• Jean Simek: Letterer, Marvel Comics and Topps Comics; daughter of Artie Simek
• Kristen Simon: Editor in Chief, Shadowline Comics (Jim Valentino's imprint at Image Comics)
• Gail Simone: Writer, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman (all DC Comics)
• Louise Simonson a.k.a. Louise Jones: Marvel Comics editor; Writer and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics);
• Mary Skrenes: Writer and co-creator, Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics)
• Barbara Slate: Writer, Betty (Archie Comics)
• Beth Sotelo: Colorist, Soul Fire: Dying of the Light (Aspen MLT), Atomika (Mercury Comics)
• Fiona Staples: Artist, "Saga"
• Roxanne Starr: Letterer
• Christina Strain: Colorist, Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (all Marvel Comics)
• Jill Thompson: Artist and writer, Wonder Woman, Sandman, and her own Scary Godmother series
• Maggie Thompson: Editor, Comics Buyer's Guide magazine
• Kathleen Webb: Writer, Betty (Archie Comics)
• Christina Weir: Writer, Oni Press
• G. Willow Wilson: Writer, Cairo (Vertigo)
• Amy Wolfram: Writer, Teen Titans: Year One (DC Comics)
• Teri S. Wood: Artist and writer, Wandering Star (Sirius)
• Darlene Culkin: Artist and writer, Ankle Biter, Dark Enough Without Me, Earth Will Be Mine, Reclaim My Place
• Kim Yale: Writer/editor, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Warp Graphics
• Christina Z: Writer, Witchblade (Image Comics/Top Cow Productions), Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)
• Kelly Sue DeConnick: Writer, Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Avengers Assemble (Marvel Comics)
• Sara Pichelli: Artist, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics)
• Kathryn Immonen: Writer, Journey into Mystery, Runaways (Marvel Comics)

OEL manga

• Tina Anderson Writer, Only Words (Iris Print), Games With Me (The Wild Side), Loud Snow (Gynocrat INK)
• Queenie Chan: Artist/Writer, The Dreaming (Tokyopop)
• Jo Chen: Artist, Wildstorm's Racer X
• Svetlana Chmakova: Artist/Writer, Dramacon (Tokyopop)
• Lindsay Cibos: Artist/Writer, Peach Fuzz (Tokyopop)
• Becky Cloonan: Artist, AiT/Planet Lar's Demo
• Jinky Coronado a.k.a. Meryl "Jinky" Coronado Calanog Campiti: Artist/Writer, Banzai Girl (Arcana Studio)
• Alex de Campi: Writer, Kat & Mouse (Tokyopop)
• Melissa DeJesus: Artist, Sokora Refugees (Tokyopop), daily comic strip My Cage
• Camilla D’Errico: Artist, Make 5 Wishes (Del Rey Manga), Nightmares & Fairy Tales (Slave Labour Graphics)
• Joanna Estep: Artist, Roadsong (Tokyopop)
• Irene Flores: Artist, Mark of the Succubus (Tokyopop)
• Amy Kim Ganter Artist/Writer, Sorcerers & Secretaries (Tokyopop)
• Holly Golightly a.k.a. Holly G!, Fauve: Artist/Writer, School Bites (Broadsword Comics)
• Priscilla Hamby: Artist
• Lea Hernandez: Artist, Marvel Comics' Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher
• Gisèle Lagacé: Webcomicker
• Nina Matsumoto: Artist/Writer, "Yōkaiden" (Del Rey Manga)
• María Victoria Robado (Shouri): Webcomicker
• Amy Reeder: Artist/Writer, Fool's Gold (Tokyopop)
• Rivkah: Artist/Writer, Steady Beat (Tokyopop)
• Cassandra Wedeking: Webcomicker

Alternative comics

• Carmen Aquino : Writer-artist, "Shaya" "HARLEM" "I Love Alien!"
• Jessica Abel:  Writer-artist, La Perdida (Fantagraphics)
• Lady Attercop:  Creator Strange Fiction
• Jennie Breeden:  Writer-artist, The Devil's Panties
• Donna Barr
• Fallon Star: Writer, "Epic Win"
• Alison Bechdel:  Creator Dykes to Watch Out For
• Gabrielle Bell: Writer/artist, Lucky (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Joyce Brabner: Writer, Our Cancer Year
• Paige Braddock:  Creator Jane's World
• Vera Brosgol
• M.K. Brown:  Creator Aunt Mary's Kitchen and Dr. N!Godatu
• Jennifer Camper
• Geneviève Castrée:  WOELV
• Ruji Chapnik: Writer/artist, Don Depresso
• Shannon Chenoweth: Creator/Writer The Line (Misfit Comics)
• Chynna Clugston: Creator, Oni Press's Blue Monday
• Colleen Coover:  Creator Small Favors
• Danielle Corsetto:  Creator Girls With Slingshots
• Sophie Crumb: Writer/artist, Belly Button (Fantagraphics)
• Dame Darcy: Creator, Fantagraphics' Meatcake
• Vanessa Davis: Creator, writer/artist, Spaniel Rage, Make Me a Woman (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Jennifer Daydreamer: Creator, Jennifer Daydreamer
• Abby Denson: Creator Tough Love: High School Confidential
• Diane DiMassa
• Colleen Doran:  Creator A Distant Soil
• Julie Doucet:  Creator Dirty Plotte
• Sarah Dyer
• Jess Fink:  Creator Chester 5000 XYV (Top Shelf)
• Mary Fleener
• Shary Flenniken:  Creator Trots and Bonnie
• Ellen Forney
• Shaenon Garrity: Creator, Narbonic webcomic
• Melinda Gebbie: Artist, Lost Girls (Top Shelf Productions)
• Nicole Georges: Writer/artist, Invincible Summer (Microcosm Publishing)
• Tatiana Gill: Creator, Living in the Now webcomic; artist Pictures of You; artist, A Strange Day
• Phoebe Gloeckner:  Creator A Child's Life and The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Roberta Gregory:  Creator Naughty Bits (Fantagraphics)
• G.B. Jones
• Megan Kelso: Writer/artist, Artichoke Tales (Fantagraphics)
• Aline Kominsky-Crumb:  Creator The Bunch
• Carol Lay
• Hope Larson : Gray Horses and Salamander Dream
• Jackie Lewis: Artist, Oni Press's Play Ball
• Vanesa Littlecrow: Creator, Nine Lives of Catnose
• MariNaomi: Writer/artist, Kiss & Tell
• Carla Speed McNeil: Writer/artist, Finder
• Erika Moen: Writer/artist, DAR!; artist, Bucko (Dark Horse Comics)
• Diane Noomin:  Creator DiDi Glitz
• Christine Norrie: Artist, Hopeless Savages (Oni Press)
• Liz Prince : Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed
• Trina Robbins:  Writer-artist, Ms. Tree (Eclipse Comics)
• Ariel Schrag: Creator, Awkward (Slave Labor Graphics)
• Dori Seda:  1980s underground satirist
• Terrie Smith: Artist, Chester Ringtail
• Tara Tallan: Creator & writer-artist Galaxion (Helikon Comics)
• Raina Telgemeier: Writer/artist, Smile (A Dental Drama)
• Carol Tyler:  Cartoonist; books include The Job Thing (Fantagraphics, 1993) ISBN 1-56097-111-8
• Serena Valentino: Writer, Slave Labor Graphics' Gloom Cookie
• Penny Van Horn:  Cartoonist; book Recipe for Disaster and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1999) ISBN 1-56097-330-7
• Sara Varon: Writer/artist, Sweaterweather (Alternative Comics)
• Lauren Weinstein: Writer/artist The Goddess of War
• Julia Wertz: Writer/artist, Fart Party, Drinking at the Movies
• Kate Worley: Creator, Omaha the Cat Dancer
• Catherine Yronwode: Editor-in-chief of Eclipse Comics
• Ursula Murray Husted : Writer-artist, "The Lions of Valletta", "Making Rain", "Drawing on Yourself"
• Joyce Farmer: Writer/artist, "Tits & Clits Comix"

Comic strips

• Lynda Barry:  The New Yorker
• Sandra Bell-Lundy:  Creator Between Friends
• Marjorie Henderson Buell under pseudonym "Marge": Little Lulu
• Teresa Burritt:  Creator Frog Applause
• Mabel Burvick under pseudonym "Odin" a.k.a. Odin Burvik: Dickie Dare (for a time beginning 1944; previously as assistant to husband Coulton Waugh.)
• Kate Carew, pseudonym of Mary Williams:  Handy Andy strip in U.K. comic magazine Krazy; The Angel Child
• Nellie Caroll: Creator Lady Chatter (Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1965â€"66)
• Natalie d'Arbeloff:  Creator Augustine (Blaugustine webcomic)
• Grace Dayton:  Toodles; Dolly Dimples; The Pussycat Princess
• Edwina Dumm under pseudonym "Edwina": The Meanderings of Minnie; Cap Stubbs and Tippie
• Jan Eliot:  Creator Stone Soup
• Mary Gauerke:  The Alumnae
• Cathy Guisewite:  Creator Cathy
• Alex Hallatt:  Creator Arctic Circle
• Bunny Hoest: Writer The Lockhorns (1971-)
• Nicole Hollander: Creator Sylvia
• Virginia Huget:  Campus Capers
• Judith Hunt: Artist, Timbertoes Published by Highlights for Children
• Lynn Johnston:  Creator For Better or For Worse
• Terri Libenson:  Creator The Pajama Diaries
• Marty Links:  Creator Emmy Lou
• Dale Messick:  Creator Brenda Starr
• Gladys Parker:  Creator Mopsy
• Rina Piccolo:  Creator Tina's Groove
• Mary Schmich: Writer Brenda Starr (1985-)
• Margaret Shulock:  Apartment 3-G, Six Chix
• Hilda Terry:  Teena

South America

Argentina

• Maitena Burundarena: Superadas

Brazil

• Bianca Pinheiro
• Chiquinha
• Julia Bax
• Samanta Flôor

Asia

China

• Xiao Bai: Creator of Si loin et si proche

Japan

• Chako Abeno: Illustrator of Sola, My-Otome Zwei
• Akira Amano: Creator of Reborn!
• Kozue Amano: Creator of Aria
• Yuki Amemiya: Creator of 07-Ghost together with Yukino Ichihara
• Yasuko Aoike
• Kotomi Aoki: Creator of Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru, Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru
• Ume Aoki: Creator of Hidamari Sketch
• Kiyoko Arai: Creator: Angel Lip, Ask Dr. Rin!
• Hiromu Arakawa: Creator/artist/writer Fullmetal Alchemist
• Sakura Asagi
• YÅ« Asagiri: Creator of Golden Cain, Midnight Panther
• George Asakura: Creator of A Perfect Day for Love Letters
• Hinako Ashihara: Creator of Sand Chronicles, Forbidden Dance, Piece - Kanojo no Kioku
• Izumi Aso
• Yuki Azuma: Creator of Schoolmate
• Ippongi Bang
• Toriko Chiya: Creator of Clover, Tokyo Alice
• Nanae Chrono: Creator of Peacemaker Kurogane, Senki Senki Momotama, Vassalord
• Clamp: Creators RG Veda, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, Angelic Layer, Chobits, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic
  • Eiki Eiki: Creator of Dear Myself, Train Train, Color
• Nariko Enomoto
• Mihona Fujii: Creator of Gals!
• Kazuko Fujita: Creator of Makoto Call!, Four Steps to Romance
• Cocoa Fujiwara: Creator of dear, Inu x Boku SS
• Hiro Fujiwara: Creator of Kaichō wa Maid-sama!
• Moto Hagio
• Nanae Haruno
• Bisco Hatori
• Kyō Hatsuki (è'‰æœˆäº¬) : Creator of Love Junkies, Inu-Neko
• Aloha Higa: Creator of Shirokuma Cafe
• Akiko Higashimura: Creator Kisekae Yuka-chan, Himawari - Kenichi Legend, Mama ha Temparish
• Asa Higuchi: Creator of Big Windup!
• Tachibana Higuchi: Creator of Portrait of M and N, Gakuen Alice
• Matsuri Hino: Creator: Vampire Knight
• Katsura Hoshino: Creator of D.Gray-man
• Chieko Hosokawa: Creator of Attention Please, Crest of the Royal Family
• Yumi Hotta: Writer of Hikaru no Go
• Hozumi: Creator of Shiki no Zenjitsu, Sayonara Sorcier
• Yukari Ichijo
• Yumiko Igarashi
• Riyoko Ikeda: Creator of The Rose of Versailles
• Satomi Ikezawa: Creator of Guru Guru Pon-chan, Othello
• Gō Ikeyamada: Creator of Uwasa no Midori-kun!!, Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!!, Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!
• Ryo Ikuemi: Creator of Bara-Iro no Ashita, Kiyoku Yawaku
• Sukune Inugami: Creator of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Renai Distortion, Ashita mo Kotokoto
• Risa Itō: Creator of Oi PÄ«tan!!, Oruchuban Ebichu
• Natsumi Itsuki
• Mariko Iwadate
• Kaneyoshi Izumi: Creator: Sonnanja neyo
• Rei Izumi: Illustrator of Hibiki's Magic, .hack//Legend of the Twilight
• Yuna Kagesaki: Creator of Chibi Vampire
• Narumi Kakinouchi: Illustrator of Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo, Vampire Princess Miyu
• Yoko Kamio: Creator of Boys Over Flowers, Cat Street
• Aya Kanno; Creator of Soul Rescue, Blank Slate, Otomen
• Junko Karube
• Kazue Kato: Creator of Blue Exorcist
• Kazune Kawahara: Creator of High School Debut, writer of My Love Story!!
• Yumiko Kawahara
• Mizuki Kawashita: Creator of Strawberry 100%, First Love Limited, Anedoki
• Toshie Kihara
• Miyuki Kobayashi
• Momoko Kōda: Creator of Heroine Shikkaku
• Yun Kōga
• Fumiyo Kōno: Creator of Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni
• Erika Kurahashi: Creator Seikimatsu no Angel, Max Lovely!
• Fusako Kuramochi
• Yuki Kure
• Nao Maita (まいた菜穂): Creator of Age 12
• Miyako Maki
• Sanami Matoh: Creator of Fake, By the Sword
• Naoko Matsuda (ja): Creator of JÅ«han Shuttai!
• Temari Matsumoto: Art, Kyo Kara Maoh! Creator of Just My Luck, The Loudest Whisper: Uwasa No Futari, Shinobu Kokoro: Hidden Heart, Cause of My Teacher
• Akemi Matsunae
• Rin Mikimoto (ja): Creator of Kin Kyori Renai, Kyō no Kira-kun
• Kanan Minami: Creator of Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu
• Kazuka Minami: Creator of My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor
• Tōko Minami (ja): Creator of ReRe Hello
• Ai Minase (ja): Creator of Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi
• Kazuya Minekura: Creator of Saiyuki, Wild Adapter, Saiyuki Ibun, Saiyuki Reload Blast
• Suzue Miuchi
• Kyoko Mizuki: Writer: Candy Candy
• Hideko Mizuno: Creator of Fire!, Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken
• Junko Mizuno: Creator/artist/writer "Pure Trance" among many other notable works
• Setona Mizushiro: Creator of X-Day, After School Nightmare
• Milk Morinaga: Creator of Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, Girl Friends
• Akiko Morishima: Creator of Hanjuku-Joshi
• Suu Morishita (森下suu): Creator of Hibi Chōchō
• Milk Morizono
• Maki Murakami
• Mayu Murata (æ'ç"°çœŸå„ª): Creator of Nagareboshi Lens
• Mayumi Muroyama
• Aya Nakahara: Creator of Love Com, Berry Dynamite
• Hisaya Nakajo: Creator of Hana-Kimi, Sugar Princess
• Hikaru Nakamura: Creator of Arakawa Under the Bridge, Saint Young Men
• Junko Nakano (中野ç´"子): Creator of B-Shock!, Chisa × Pon, Hetakoi
• Kiriko Nananan: Creator of blue, strawberry shortcakes
• Minako Narita: Creator of Cipher, Alexandrite, Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku
• Tomoko Ninomiya: Creator of Nodame Cantabile
• Keiko Nishi: Creator of Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin, Love Song
• Yoshiko Nishitani
• Miho Obana: Creator Kodomo no Omocha
• Akane Ogura: Creator Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen
• Saori Oguri: Creator of Is He Turning Japanese?
• Shinobu Ohtaka: Creator of Sumomomo Momomo, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
• Reiko Okano: Creator of Fancy Dance
• Hiromu Ono: Creator Lady Love
• Natsume Ono: Creator of Ristorante Paradiso, House of Five Leaves
• Yumiko ÅŒshima: Creator of The Star of Cottonland
• Minami Ozaki
• Mari Ozawa
• Peach-Pit
• Marimo Ragawa: Creator Baby and Me
• Akizuki Risu
• Rieko Saibara: Creator of Bokunchi, Mainichi Kaasan, Onnanoko Monogatari, Jōkyō Monogatari
• Fumi Saimon
• Mayu Sakai: Creator of Rockin' Heaven
• Io Sakisaka: Creator of Strobe Edge
• Momoko Sakura: Creator Chibi Maruko-chan
• Koharu Sakuraba: Creator of Kyō no Go no Ni, Minami-ke
• Kanoko Sakurakoji: Creator of Backstage Prince, Black Bird
• Erica Sakurazawa
• Kei Sasuga (流石景): Creator of GE - Good Ending
• Machiko Satonaka
• Karuho Shiina: Creator of Kimi ni Todoke
• Reiko Shimizu
• Takako Shimura: Creator of Aoi Hana, Wandering Son
• Chie Shinohara: Creator of Ao no FÅ«in, Romance of Darkness, Red River, Purple Eyes in the Dark
• Mayu Shinjo: Creator of Sensual Phrase, Akuma na Eros, Haou Airen, Love Celeb, Ai Ore!
• Aya Shouoto: Creator of S.L.H Stray Love Hearts!, Kiss of Rose Princess, He's My Only Vampire
• Yuki Suetsugu: Creator of Chihayafuru
• Fuyumi Soryo
• Keiko Suenobu: Creator of Life, Limit
• Hinako Sugiura
• Hiro Suzuhira: Illustrator of Ginban Kaleidoscope
• Julietta Suzuki
• Haruko Tachiiri
• Megumi Tachikawa
• Kaoru Tada
• Rumiko Takahashi: Creator Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, InuYasha
• Hinako Takanaga: Creator of Challengers, Little Butterfly, Liberty Liberty!, The Tyrant Falls in Love
• Natsuki Takaya: Creator of Phantom Dream, Tsubasa: Those with Wings, Songs to Make You Smile, Fruits Basket, Hoshi wa Utau, Liselotte and Witch's Forest
• Naoko Takeuchi: Creator Sailor Moon
• Keiko Tobe: Creator of With the Light
• Yana Toboso: Creator of Black Butler
• Asami Tojo (東城麻美): Creator of Chimera, X-Kai, Thunderbolt Boys Excite, Love Prism, Only You
• Rei Toma: Creator of Dawn of the Arcana
• Ichigo Takano (ja): Creator of Yume Miru Taiyō, Orange
• Yumi Tamura: Creator of Basara, Chicago, 7 Seeds
• Yellow Tanabe: Creator of Kekkaishi
• Arina Tanemura; Creator of Full Moon o Sagashite, Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura
• Ema Tōyama: Creator Pixie Pop, Koko ni iru yo!
• Mikiyo Tsuda: Creator of The Day of Revolution, Family Complex, Princess Princess
• Shungicu Uchida: Creator of Minami-kun no Koibito
• Miwa Ueda: Creator Peach Girl
• Kimiko Uehara
• Chica Umino: Creator Honey and Clover, March Comes in Like a Lion
• Yuki Urushibara: Creator of Mushishi
• Masako Watanabe
• Taeko Watanabe: Creator of Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!, Kaze Hikaru
• Yuu Watase: Creator of Fushigi YÅ«gi, Ceres, Celestial Legend, Absolute Boyfriend
• YÅ« YabÅ«chi: Creator of Mizuiro Jidai, Naisho no Tsubomi, Hitohira no Koi ga Furu,
• Murasaki Yamada
• Ryoko Yamagishi
• Ebine Yamaji
• Sumika Yamamoto
• Kazumi Yamashita: Creator of The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa
• Waki Yamato
• Mari Yamazaki: Creator of Thermae Romae
• Ai Yazawa
• Akimi Yoshida
• Miki Yoshikawa: Creator of Yankee-kun to Megane-chan
• Fumi Yoshinaga: Creator Antique Bakery, ÅŒoku: The Inner Chambers
• Wataru Yoshizumi: Creator of Handsome na Kanojo, Marmalade Boy, Ultra Maniac
• Kaori Yuki: Creator of Earl Cain, Angel Sanctuary
• Sumomo Yumeka
• Yumi Unita (ja): Creator of Sukimasuki, Bunny Drop

South Korea

• Lee So-young

Europe

England

• Posy Simmonds Writer/Artist of Tamara Drewe

Finland

• Tove Jansson

France

• Claire Bretécher
• Colonel Moutarde
• Lucie Durbiano
• Marguerite Abouet
• Florence Cestac
• Nine Antico
• Anouk Ricard
• Pénélope Bagieu
• Chantal Montellier
• Nadja
• Annie Gotzinger
• Catel
• Catherine Meurisse
• Lisa Mandel
• Elosterv
• Jeanne Puchol
• Marion Montaigne
• Marion Fayolle
• Julie Maroh
• Laurel
• Anne Teuf
• Anne Barouet
• Olivia Clavel
• Anne Herbaut
• Caroline Sury
• Chloé Cruchaudet
• Audrey Spiry
• Anne Simon
• Emilie Plateau
• Anne-Charlotte Gauthier
• Marine Blandin
• Natacha Sicaud
• Aude Picaut
• Camille jourdy
• Leslie Plée
• Aurélia Aurita
• Cati Baur
• Florence Dupré Latour
• Delphine Panique
• Françoise Pichard

Norway

• Lise Myhre

Spain

• Sabela Arias Castro: Creator of Historias de Icía e Avoa
• Ana Miralles: Djinn

Oceania

Australia

• Madeleine Rosca

New Zealand

• Titane Laurent: God's Stuff