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Women's & Gender Studies

Women's and Gender Studies research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gender, its function in cultures and societies, and its intersections with race and class.

Websites

Interview with Olivia Jaimes Cartoonist of 'Nancy'
Jackie Ormes The First African American Cartoonist
Superpowering girls: Female representation in the sci/fi superhero genre
Women's Media Center BBC America
Women Write About Comics

Featured Books

Black Women in Sequence by Deborah Elizabeth Whaley
Comic Book Women by Peyton Brunet; Blair Davis; Trina Robbins (Introduction by)
Comic Connections by Sandra Eckard (Editor)
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- PN6714 .C665 2018
Female Cartoonists in the United States by Hélène Tison
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST (Course Reserves) -- PN6725 $b.T57 2022
From Girls to Grrrlz by Trina Robbins
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST: Reference (3rd Floor) -- PN 6725 .R58 1999
Graphic Details by Sarah Lightman (Editor)
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection ; PN6714 .G738 2014
Great Women Cartoonists by Trina Robbins
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- PN 6725 .R585 2001
A History of Women Cartoonists by Mira Falardeau
The Inking woman by Nicola Streeten (Editor); Cath Tate (Editor); Roger Sabin; Julian Waite; Simon Greenan
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- PN6705.G7 I55 2018
Jackie Ormes: the first African American woman cartoonist by Nancy Goldstein
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- PN6727.O74 G65 2008
Marie Duval by Simon Grennan; Roger Sabin; Julian Waite
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- NC1479.D98 G742 2020
Pretty in Ink by Trina Robbins (Editor)
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- PN6725 .R585 2013
She Changed Comics by Betsy Gomez
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- PN6714 .S44 2016
Typical Girls : the rhetoric of womanhood in comic strips by Susan E. Kirtley
UK Feminist Cartoons and Comics by Nicola Streeten
Call Number: UF LIBRARY WEST General Collection -- PN6735 .S77 2020

LGBTQIA Comics

LGBTQ Comic Creators
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund celebrates LGBTQ Comic Creators,
Queer Comics Database
The mission of the database is to facilitate access to comics that contain queer representation. This includes: Comics published in print and on the web;
Comics from major publishers, independent publishers, and self-published comics.
Comics for children, teens, and adults, as well as all-ages comics;Representation from across the LGBTQIA spectrum, as well as intersectional representation.
Howard Cruse’s Queer Classic ‘Stuck Rubber Baby’ Marks 25 Years

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