Post by MRPs_Missives on Apr 10, 2024 18:31:03 GMT -5
According to several reports, including one by Gail Simone, legendary comic creator Trina Robbins has passed. She was 85.
from Gail Simone's FB:
(Mrs. MRP w/Trina Robbins c. 2014
We had the honor and privilege of meeting Trina at Gem City Comic Con in 2014 and she was nothing but completely supportive of my wife's creative endeavors, which made quite an impression and meant a lot to Mrs. MRP. So with great sadness, we raise a toast to Trina today, to honor her memory and to honor her legacy.
-M
from Gail Simone's FB:
My hero, friend and mentor, Trina Robbins, has passed.
Not only was she a legendary creator of comics, she was also one of comics' greatest historians and researchers, and a guiding light to countless girls and women who had a hard time believing there was space for them in this art form.
She proved there was and fought endlessly to remind people of the legacies of the incredible female creators that were often overlooked and undervalued over the decades.
She was one of the first creators to speak to me about comics before I ever even considered writing a script and she treated my goofy questions with far more kindness and scholarship than they likely deserved.
I was with her on what may have been her last convention panel, in Maul, a few short months ago. What seemed like a small pleasure is now a blessed memory. And she was as kind and generous with new aspiring creators as she had been with me.
Decades of love for this art and this community. There is no replacement for her.
I am saying this without any grace at all, I just found out that she had passed and I lack the ability to give her the memorial she deserves, at least for now.
But I hope people realize who it is that we have lost.
We are blessed with her books, her art, and her guidance, and those all will live on.
My deepest condolences for her friends and family. She is the person a lot of us aspire to be but will never quite make it, and if we even get close, it's partially because Trina was already there to give us a boost and a light on the path.
This hurts a lot.
Every memory of her is precious to me. I hope you got to meet her, too, and you'd know exactly what I mean.
Love you, Trina.
Not only was she a legendary creator of comics, she was also one of comics' greatest historians and researchers, and a guiding light to countless girls and women who had a hard time believing there was space for them in this art form.
She proved there was and fought endlessly to remind people of the legacies of the incredible female creators that were often overlooked and undervalued over the decades.
She was one of the first creators to speak to me about comics before I ever even considered writing a script and she treated my goofy questions with far more kindness and scholarship than they likely deserved.
I was with her on what may have been her last convention panel, in Maul, a few short months ago. What seemed like a small pleasure is now a blessed memory. And she was as kind and generous with new aspiring creators as she had been with me.
Decades of love for this art and this community. There is no replacement for her.
I am saying this without any grace at all, I just found out that she had passed and I lack the ability to give her the memorial she deserves, at least for now.
But I hope people realize who it is that we have lost.
We are blessed with her books, her art, and her guidance, and those all will live on.
My deepest condolences for her friends and family. She is the person a lot of us aspire to be but will never quite make it, and if we even get close, it's partially because Trina was already there to give us a boost and a light on the path.
This hurts a lot.
Every memory of her is precious to me. I hope you got to meet her, too, and you'd know exactly what I mean.
Love you, Trina.
(Mrs. MRP w/Trina Robbins c. 2014
We had the honor and privilege of meeting Trina at Gem City Comic Con in 2014 and she was nothing but completely supportive of my wife's creative endeavors, which made quite an impression and meant a lot to Mrs. MRP. So with great sadness, we raise a toast to Trina today, to honor her memory and to honor her legacy.
-M
