Famous Women Cartoonists

This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet.

Alison Bechdel

(American Cartoonist Known for the Long-Running Comic Strip 'Dykes to Watch Out For')

Birthdate: September 10, 1960

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, United States

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is best known for her Dykes to Watch Out For strip, which gained a lot of popularity in various LGBT weeklies. The strip’s prime character is believed to be modeled on her. The lesbian artist’s works gave rise to the Bechdel Test, which targets gender inequality in Hollywood.

Jessie Cave

(Actress)

Birthdate: May 5, 1987

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: London, England

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

Raina Telgemeier

(Cartoonist)

Birthdate: May 26, 1977

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Lynda Barry

(Cartoonist)

Birthdate: January 2, 1956

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Richland Center

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

(Comics artist)

Birthdate: August 1, 1948

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Long Beach

Francoise Mouly

(Designer, Publisher, and Editor)

Birthdate: October 24, 1955

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Paris, France

Louise Simonson

(Comics artist, Screenwriter)

Birthdate: September 26, 1946

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Atlanta

Lynn Johnston

(Canadian Cartoonist and Author Best Known for Her Newspaper Comic Strip 'For Better or for Worse')

Birthdate: May 28, 1947

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Collingwood, Canada

Coco

(Cartoonist)

Birthdate: August 21, 1982

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Annemasse, France

Kate Beaton

(Comics artist and the creator of the comic strip Hark! A Vagrant.)

Birthdate: September 8, 1983

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Nova Scotia, Canada

Rose O'Neill

(Cartoonist)

Birthdate: June 25, 1874

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: April 6, 1944

Renée French

(Comics writer who won the Inkpot Award at San Diego Comic-Con in 2007 for the graphic novel The Ticking)

Birthdate: 1963 AD

Birthplace: United States

Minna Sundberg

(Reuben Award-Winning Cartoonist and Illustrator Known for Her Webcomics 'Stand Still, Stay Silent')

Birthdate: January 9, 1990

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Sweden

Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator and cartoonist Minna Sundberg was 25 when she became the first Finn to win a Reuben Award. Known for her works such as A Redtail's Dream and Lovely People, she is now devoted to Christianity and supports an online Christian bookstore on her website, Hummingfluff Studio.

Dale Messick

(Comic-strip artist)

Birthdate: April 11, 1906

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: South Bend, Indiana, United States

Died: April 5, 2005

Helen E. Hokinson

(Cartoonist)

Birthdate: June 29, 1893

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Mendota, Illinois, United States

Died: November 1, 1949

Power Paola

(Colombian-Ecuadorian Cartoonist and Author of Graphic Memoirs)

Birthdate: June 20, 1977

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Quito, Ecuador

Power Paola is a Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist and author of graphic memoirs. Paola's work deals with themes of feminism, sexuality, personal identity, and family. One of her best-known works, Virus Tropical, was adapted into a film in 2017. Power Paola is also known as one of the most important members of a comics collective called Chicks on Comics.

Omaya Joha

(Artist)

Birthdate: February 2, 1972

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Gaza City, Palestine