In 1973, the Supreme Court gave women the right to make decisions over the care of their own bodies. A mere fifty years later, a rogue Supreme Court has taken that right away. Today, over 32 states have banned or severely restricted abortion. We're fighting back as best we can, with pens and brushes, paper and ink, and have produced a pro-choice anthology: Won't Back Down, featuring the work of over 30 artists, writers, inkers, and colourists, and we're giving the profits to Planned Parenthood. With Won't Back Down, Trina Robbins has created an important anthology that celebrates women who fight for justice - for anyone interested in women's rights, free speech, or simply great comics. In addition to Robbins, contributors to the anthology include Lee Marrs, Alison Sampson, Steve Leialoha, Ken Steacy, Barbara Randall Kesel, Yanick Paquette, Signe Wilkinson, Christopher Golden, Marguerite Sauvage, Gene Ha, Carrie Tupper, Todd Klein, Twyla Dawn Weixl, Sabrina Jones, Stephanie Cooke, Leea
Author Biography:
Award-winning herstorian and writer Trina Robbins has been writing books, comics, and graphic novels for nearly fifty years.
She has written and drawn comics from Honey West to Barbie, and was the first woman to draw Wonder Woman. Her books The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley's Cartoons from 1913-1940 and Tarpe Mills and Miss Fury were nominated for Eisner awards and Harvey awards. Her most recent books are Gladys Parker: A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion and the Eisner-winning The Flapper Queens. In 2013, Robbins was voted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
