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Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics

Main Gallery, House of Illustration
5 February – 15 May 2016

Pioneering female comics artists

This landmark exhibition presented original artwork by 100 women comic comic creators working across genres and generations.

It featured work from the 19th century to the present day and encompassed observational comedy, surreal fantasy, memoirs and political work.

Featuring artists from Marie Duval and Tove Jansson to Posy Simmonds, Audrey Niffenegger and Nina Bunjevac, this was the UK's largest ever exhibition of leading female comic artists.

Comics have evolved into a complex and powerful literary form, from their early incarnations as sequential satires and newspaper strips to today's countercultural zines, webcomics and award-winning graphic novels.

Women have been present throughout this evolution, creating some of the most defining and provocative works of the medium. Comix Creatrix presented the work of 100 innovative creators and debunked the myth that women have a limited stake in the world of comics.

Illustrators: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Alison Bechdel, Alison Sampson, Angie Hofmeister, Angie Mills, Anke Feuchtenberger, Anne Harriet Fish, Annie Goetzinger, Art is a Lie, Asia Alfasi, Audrey Niffenegger, Aurélie William-Levaux, Aya Morton, Barbara 'Willie' Mendes, Barbara Yelin, Blackjack, Brigid Deacon, Carla Speed McNeil, Carol Swain, Cat O'Neil, Catherine Anyango, Chantal Montellier, Charlotte Salomon, Chie Kutsuwada, Claire Bretecher, Claudia Davila, Corinne Pearlman, Dale Messick, Denny Derbyshire, Donya Todd, Eleni Kalorkoti, Ellen Lindner, Emma Vieceli, Evelyn Flinders, Fay Dalton, Florence Cestac , Francesca Ghermandi, Hannah Berry, Hwei Lim, Isabel Greenberg, Jackie Ormes, Jacky Fleming, Joana Estrela, Josceline Fenton, Julie Doucet, Karrie Fransman, Kate Beaton, Kate Brown, Kate Charlesworth, Kate Evans, Katie Green, Kaveri Gopalakrishnan, Kripa Joshi, Laura Callaghan, Laura Howell, Leela Corman, Leila Abdul Razzaq, Lily Renee, Lizz Lunney, Lorna Miller, Lynda Barry, Lynn Paula Russell, Manjula Padmanabhan, Marcia Snyder, Maria Stoian, Marie Duval, Marion Fayolle, Mary Darly, Maya Wilson, Miriam Katin, Nadine Redlich, Naniiebim, Nell Brinkley, Nicola Lane, Nicola Streeten, Nina Bunjevac, Pat Tourett, Patrice Aggs, Philippa Rice, Posy Simmonds, Rachael Ball, Rachael House, Ramona Fradon, Reina Bull, Reshu Singh, Roz Chast, Rutu Modan, Sarah Lightman, Shirley Bellwood, Simone Lia, Sophie Standing, Suzy Varty, Tarpe Mills, Tijuana Bibles by Horizontal Press, Tillie Walden, Tove Jansson, Trina Robbins, Tula Lotay, and Una.

"Joyous... eye-opening... unmissable.The Economist

Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics at House of Illustration, 2016

Comix Creatrix at House of Illustration © Paul Grover

Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics at House of Illustration, 2016

Comix Creatrix at House of Illustration © Paul Grover

Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics at House of Illustration, 2016

Comix Creatrix at House of Illustration © Paul Grover

Co-curated by Paul Gravett.