In the sixties, in the middle sixties, suddenly comics became this hip thing, and college students and hippies were reading them. So I was one of them, and I started reading, basically it was the Marvel Renaissance at that point.… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
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 were interested in. And there was one page in particular, a full page strip called "Gentle's… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
In the sixties, in the middle sixties, suddenly comics became this hip thing, and college students and hippies were reading them. So I was… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
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… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
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… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
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… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
I object to the hypersexualization of all the superheroines. Most of them have been hypersexualized, but especially to Wonder Woman, because she is an… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
I started drawing comics, and at first I was very influenced by the whole pop art movement, you know, Batman was on TV and… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
I am proud of having drawn the first comic about a lesbian - and it didn't even occur to me that I was drawing… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
Disney has a bible for their characters, so that people who draw Disney characters have to make them look correct. — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
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… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
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,"… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
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… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
The most interesting to me were Doctor Strange, because he was so mystic, and Thor, because that was really cool. I mean, I had… — Trina Robbins Copy Share Image
![“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," and I went, "Oh, okay," and I gave away what, of course, would now be thousands of dollars worth of comics to the neighborhood kids.” quote by Trina Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7eb/trina-robbins-33748_courses_i-entered-high-school-she-my-mother-said_879053.jpg)
