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> [Today, although as a whole, the industry is still male-dominated, more women are drawing comics than ever before, and there are more venues for them to see their work in print. In the 1950s, when the comic industry hit an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/today-although-as-a-whole-the-industry-is-still-male-dominated-more/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/trina-robbins-33748_all-time_today-although-as-a-whole-the-industry-i_362282.jpg)

> [I started drawing comics, and at first I was very influenced by the whole pop art movement, you know, Batman was on TV and all that pop art stuff? But then my next influence was in 1966, or maybe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-started-drawing-comics-and-at-first-i-was-very-influenced-by-the/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/trina-robbins-33748_art_i-started-drawing-comics-and-at-first-i_584423.jpg)

## More by Trina Robbins

> [In the sixties, in the middle sixties, suddenly comics became this hip thing, and college students and hippies were reading them. So I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/in-the-sixties-in-the-middle-sixties-suddenly-comics-became-this-hip/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [I went to art school, but I didn't last because in those days you couldn't take comics as a course. And they weren't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-went-to-art-school-but-i-didn-t-last-because-in-those-days-you/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [Today, although as a whole, the industry is still male-dominated, more women are drawing comics than ever before, and there are more venues for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/today-although-as-a-whole-the-industry-is-still-male-dominated-more/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [There's a difference between sexy and hyper-sexy. The way I have drawn Vampirella, she's definitely sexy, I designed the costume. But her costume, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/there-s-a-difference-between-sexy-and-hyper-sexy-the-way-i-have-drawn/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [I object to the hypersexualization of all the superheroines. Most of them have been hypersexualized, but especially to Wonder Woman, because she is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-object-to-the-hypersexualization-of-all-the-superheroines-most-of/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [I started drawing comics, and at first I was very influenced by the whole pop art movement, you know, Batman was on TV and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-started-drawing-comics-and-at-first-i-was-very-influenced-by-the/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [I am proud of having drawn the first comic about a lesbian - and it didn't even occur to me that I was drawing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-am-proud-of-having-drawn-the-first-comic-about-a-lesbian-and-it/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [Disney has a bible for their characters, so that people who draw Disney characters have to make them look correct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/disney-has-a-bible-for-their-characters-so-that-people-who-draw/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [I had tried to come up with a superhero comic, but it didn't work 'cause I wasn't a superhero artist, and I left it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-had-tried-to-come-up-with-a-superhero-comic-but-it-didn-t-work/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [ I entered high school she\[ my mother\] said, "Well, you're a teenager now, and comics are for kids, so you shouldn't read them anymore,"… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-entered-high-school-she-my-mother-said-well-you-re-a-teenager-now/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [I saw the comics in the East Village Other, and they weren't superhero comics, they were all about hippies and all about things hippies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-saw-the-comics-in-the-east-village-other-and-they-weren-t-superhero/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [The most interesting to me were Doctor Strange, because he was so mystic, and Thor, because that was really cool. I mean, I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/the-most-interesting-to-me-were-doctor-strange-because-he-was-so/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [It's really sad that Wonder Woman is, she's really a slave. She belongs to DC. She's not a living person. And so she's at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/it-s-really-sad-that-wonder-woman-is-she-s-really-a-slave-she-belongs/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

> [I always drew. I don't remember a time when I didn't draw. And I actually drew comics from the age of maybe ten through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trina-robbins/i-always-drew-i-don-t-remember-a-time-when-i-didn-t-draw-and-i/)

[Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trina-robbins/)

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