List of female comics creators

This is a list of women who have been involved with producing comic books and comic strips. Many notable female comics creators exist though the field of comics creation is traditionally male-dominated.

Platinum Age (1897–1937)

 * Nell Brinkley, creator of the Brinkley Girl
 * Rose O'Neill, creator of Kewpie Cartoon and the Kewpie doll
 * Grace G. Drayton, also known as Grace Gebbie Wiederseim
 * Margaret G. Hays, sister of Grace Drayton, frequent collaborator and independent writer
 * Ethel Hays, artist on Flapper Fanny Says, among other Flapper-themed newspaper and magazine features
 * Pearl Bartruff, Washington State 1920s

Golden Age/Silver Age (1930s to approx. 1970)

 * Nina Albright : Artist for comics packager Bernard Baily Studio
 * Ruth Atkinson a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson: Artist, Fiction House, Timely Comics, Lev Gleason Publications
 * Olive Bailey: Artist, Land of the Lost
 * Violet Barclay: Timely/Atlas Comics inker
 * Toni Blum: Writer, Eisner & Iger studio
 * Linda Fite: Writer, The Cat (Marvel Comics)
 * Ramona Fradon: Artist, Aquaman and Metamorpho (DC Comics); also, Brenda Starr comic strip (1980–1996)
 * Barbara Hall, Harvey
 * Ray Herman:  1940s editor at Holyoke Publishing and elsewhere.
 * Patricia Highsmith; Nedor/Standard/Better Comics and others
 * Virginia Hubbell: Charles Biro's ghost writer, Lev Gleason Publications' Crime Does Not Pay
 * Lee Marrs: Artist-writer for Star Reach, elsewhere (1970s)
 * Elizabeth Holloway Marston:  involved in the creation of DC Comics character, Wonder Woman
 * Tarpe Mills, pseudonym of June Mills: Cat-Man (Holyoke Comics), Miss Fury
 * Lily Renée a.k.a. Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips): Fiction House and St. John Publications artist
 * Ruth Roche: generally credited writer of Phantom Lady (Fox Comics)
 * Marie Severin: Prolific EC and Marvel Comics artist
 * Marcia Snyder: Fiction House artist
 * Daisy Swayze: Fawcett Comics letterer; sister of artist Marc Swayze
 * Janice Valleau:  Quality Comics artist
 * Tatjana Wood: Shazam Award-winning colorist
 * Dorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek: DC Comics' first woman editor

Bronze Age and Modern Age

 * Laura Allred
 * Fiona Avery
 * Samm Barnes: Marvel Comics writer
 * Anina Bennett: Writer, editor at First Comics and Dark Horse Comics. Co-creator of Heartbreakers
 * Amber Benson: Writer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Comics)
 * Karen Berger: Editor, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint
 * Maddie Blaustein: Writer, Milestone Comics' Hardware
 * Nicole Boose: Editor, Cable & Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
 * June Brigman: Artist and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics); Artist Brenda Starr comic strip (1996-)
 * Sarah Byam: Writer, Black Canary (DC Comics), Mode Extreme (Marvel/Razorline)
 * Kat Cahill, Writer and creator, I Hate Gallant Girl (Image Comics/ShadowLine)
 * Roz Chast : New Yorker staff cartoonist The Party After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995-2003
 * Meloney Crawford Chadwick: Harris Comics editor
 * Bobbie Chase: Marvel Comics editor
 * Joyce Chin: Artist, Wynonna Earp (IDW),
 * Nancy A. Collins: Writer, DC/Vertigo's Swamp Thing
 * Amanda Conner: Artist, The Pro (Image Comics), Disney's Gargoyles (Marvel Comics)
 * Colleen Coover: Writer and artist.
 * Joanna Davidovich
 * Rosario Dawson: Writer and co-creator, Occult Crimes Taskforce Image Comics
 * Renae De Liz, Artist, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)
 * Tania del Rio: Artist/Writer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics)
 * Kristen Fitzner Denton: Colorist Scratch9, Editor Komikwerks
 * Rachel Dodson: Inker, Marvel and DC
 * Colleen Doran: Writer and artist, A Distant Soil (Image Comics)
 * Valerie D'Orazio: Assistant editor, DC Comics
 * Leigh Dragoon: Artist, By the Wayside
 * Jo Duffy a.k.a. Mary Jo Duffy: Writer and Marvel Comics editor
 * Jan Duursema: Artist, Star Wars: Legacy (Dark Horse Comics)
 * Mary Fleener: Artist and writer, Slutburger
 * Kaja Foglio: Writer and co-creator, Girl Genius (Studio Foglio)
 * Robin Furth: Plotter, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Marvel Comics)
 * Shaenon K. Garrity: Writer, Marvel Comics' Marvel Holiday Special
 * Megan Rose Gedris: Writer, artist and creator, YU+ME:dream, I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space (Platinum Studios)
 * Devin Grayson: Writer, Arsenal, Batman: Gotham Knights, Catwoman, Nightwing (all DC Comics)
 * Pia Guerra: Artist, Vertigo's Y The Last Man
 * Sandra Hope: Inker, World of Warcraft (WildStorm)
 * Eva Hopkins: Writer, colorist and co-creator, Dark Ivory (Image Comics)
 * Heidi Hughes: Writer, The Voyages of The SheBuccaneer (Great Big Comics)
 * Judith Hunt: Co-writer,co-creator, artist Evangeline (Comico)1984 and online comic Evangeline (August 2008)
 * Lora Innes: Writer, artist and creator, The Dreamer (IDW Publishing)
 * Jenna Jameson: Creator and plotter, Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)
 * Jenette Kahn: editor and executive, DC Comics
 * Carol Kalish: executive, Marvel Comics
 * Annette Kawecki: Marvel Comics letterer
 * Barbara Kesel a.k.a. Barbara Randall Kesel: Writer, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)
 * Sheila Keenan: Executive Editor, Scholastic Graphix
 * Caitlin R. Kiernan: Writer, Vertigo's The Dreaming
 * Kim Krizan: Writer, BOOM! Studio comics
 * Elaine Lee: Writer, Vamps (DC Comics), Saint Sinner (Marvel/Razorline)
 * Stephanie Lesniak: Artist and co-creator, Blazin' Brandy (Scrap Pictures)
 * Marjorie Liu: Writer, X-23, Black Widow, Dark Wolverine, NYX, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
 * Linda Ly: Writer, Grimm Fairy Tales (Zenescope Entertainment)
 * Cynthia Martin, artist for (among others) Marvel Comics's Star Wars
 * Laura Martin: Colorist, Planetary (DC Comics/WildStorm), Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics), Ruse (CrossGen)
 * Tara McPherson: Cover artist, Vertigo
 * Adriana Melo: Artist, Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
 * Rachelle Menashe: Writer, Virus (Dark Horse Comics)
 * Denise Mina: Writer, Vertigo's Hellblazer
 * Mary Mitchell: Artist, Batman: Gotham Knights (DC Comics)
 * Leah Moore: Writer, Wildstorm's Albion
 * Melanie J. Morgan: Writer, Betty and Veronica, Jughead (Archie Comics)
 * Mindy Newell: Writer/editor, Marvel, DC, and First
 * Ann Nocenti: Writer, Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
 * Sonia Oback: Colorist, "Uncanny X-Men", "X-23: Target X" (Marvel Comics)
 * Glynis Oliver: Colorist, X-Men (Marvel Comics)
 * Lisa Patrick: Marvel Comics editor
 * Jodi Picoult: Writer, DC's Wonder Woman
 * Tamora Pierce: Writer, Marvel Comics' White Tiger
 * Wendy Pini: Artist and co-creator, Elfquest (WaRP Graphics), and Masque of the Red Death (Go! Comi)
 * Rachel Pollack: Writer, Doom Patrol (DC Comics)
 * Janice Race: Editor, DC Comics
 * Nickiesha Ashanty Ricketts: Writer and Editor
 * Susana Romero: Founder, ¡Ka-Boom! Estudio
 * Jessica Ruffner: Writer, Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures (Marvel Comics/Dabel Brothers)
 * Sara Ryan: Writer, Me and Edith Head
 * Nicola Scott: Artist, Birds of Prey (DC Comics)
 * Diana Schutz: Editor, Dark Horse Comics
 * Barbara Schulz: Inker, Books of Magic (Vertigo), Micronauts (Image/Devils)
 * Jean Simek: Letterer, Marvel Comics and Topps Comics; daughter of Artie Simek
 * Kristen Simon: Editor in Chief, Shadowline Comics (Jim Valentino's imprint at Image Comics)
 * Gail Simone: Writer, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman (all DC Comics)
 * Louise Simonson a.k.a. Louise Jones: Marvel Comics editor; Writer and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics);
 * Mary Skrenes: Writer and co-creator, Omega the Unknown (Marvel Comics)
 * Barbara Slate: Writer, Betty (Archie Comics)
 * Beth Sotelo: Colorist, Soul Fire: Dying of the Light (Aspen MLT), Atomika (Mercury Comics)
 * Roxanne Starr: Letterer
 * Christina Strain: Colorist, Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (all Marvel Comics)
 * Jill Thompson: Artist and writer, Wonder Woman, Sandman, and her own Scary Godmother series
 * Maggie Thompson: Editor, Comics Buyer's Guide magazine
 * Kathleen Webb: Writer, Betty (Archie Comics)
 * Christina Weir: Writer, Oni Press
 * G. Willow Wilson: Writer, Cairo (Vertigo)
 * Amy Wolfram: Writer, Teen Titans: Year One (DC Comics)
 * Teri S. Wood: Artist and writer, Wandering Star (Sirius)
 * Darlene Culkin: Artist and writer, Ankle Biter, Dark Enough Without Me, Earth Will Be Mine, Reclaim My Place
 * Kim Yale: Writer/editor, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Warp Graphics


 * Christina Z: Writer, Witchblade (Image Comics/Top Cow Productions), Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)


 * Kelly Sue DeConnick: Writer, Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Avengers Assemble (Marvel Comics)
 * Sara Pichelli: Artist, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics)
 * Kathryn Immonen: Writer, Journey into Mystery, Runaways (Marvel Comics)

American manga

 * Tina Anderson Writer, Only Words (Iris Print), Games With Me (The Wild Side), Loud Snow (Gynocrat INK)
 * Queenie Chan: Artist/Writer, The Dreaming (Tokyopop)
 * Jo Chen: Artist, Wildstorm's Racer X
 * Svetlana Chmakova: Artist/Writer, Dramacon (Tokyopop)
 * Lindsay Cibos: Artist/Writer, Peach Fuzz (Tokyopop)
 * Becky Cloonan: Artist, AiT/Planet Lar's Demo
 * Jinky Coronado a.k.a. Meryl "Jinky" Coronado Calanog Campiti: Artist/Writer, Banzai Girl (Arcana Studio)
 * Alex de Campi: Writer, Kat & Mouse (Tokyopop)
 * Melissa DeJesus: Artist, Sokora Refugees (Tokyopop), daily comic strip My Cage
 * Camilla D’Errico: Artist, Make 5 Wishes (Del Rey Manga), Nightmares & Fairy Tales (Slave Labour Graphics)
 * Joanna Estep: Artist, Roadsong (Tokyopop)
 * Irene Flores: Artist, Mark of the Succubus (Tokyopop)
 * Amy Kim Ganter Artist/Writer, Sorcerers & Secretaries (Tokyopop)
 * Holly Golightly a.k.a. Holly G!, Fauve: Artist/Writer, School Bites (Broadsword Comics)
 * Priscilla Hamby: Artist
 * Lea Hernandez: Artist, Marvel Comics' Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher
 * Gisèle Lagacé: Webcomicker
 * Nina Matsumoto: Artist/Writer, "Yōkaiden" (Del Rey Manga)
 * María Victoria Robado (Shouri): Webcomicker
 * Amy Reeder: Artist/Writer, Fool's Gold (Tokyopop)
 * Rivkah: Artist/Writer, Steady Beat (Tokyopop)
 * Cassandra Wedeking: Webcomicker

Alternative comics

 * Carmen Aquino : Writer-artist, "Shaya" "HARLEM" "I Love Alien!"
 * Jessica Abel: Writer-artist, La Perdida (Fantagraphics)
 * Lady Attercop: Creator Strange Fiction
 * Jennie Breeden: Writer-artist, The Devil's Panties
 * Donna Barr
 * Fallon Star: Writer, "Epic Win"
 * Alison Bechdel: Creator Dykes to Watch Out For
 * Gabrielle Bell: Writer/artist, Lucky (Drawn and Quarterly)
 * Joyce Brabner: Writer, Our Cancer Year
 * Paige Braddock: Creator Jane's World
 * Vera Brosgol
 * M.K. Brown: Creator Aunt Mary's Kitchen and Dr. N!Godatu
 * Jennifer Camper
 * Geneviève Castrée: WOELV
 * Ruji Chapnik: Writer/artist, Don Depresso
 * Shannon Chenoweth: Creator/Writer The Line (Misfit Comics)
 * Chynna Clugston: Creator, Oni Press's Blue Monday
 * Colleen Coover: Creator Small Favors
 * Danielle Corsetto: Creator Girls With Slingshots
 * Sophie Crumb: Writer/artist, Belly Button (Fantagraphics)
 * Dame Darcy: Creator, Fantagraphics' Meatcake
 * Vanessa Davis: Creator, writer/artist, Spaniel Rage, Make Me a Woman (Drawn and Quarterly)
 * Jennifer Daydreamer: Creator, Jennifer Daydreamer
 * Abby Denson: Creator Tough Love: High School Confidential
 * Diane DiMassa
 * Colleen Doran: Creator A Distant Soil
 * Julie Doucet: Creator Dirty Plotte
 * Sarah Dyer
 * Jess Fink: Creator Chester 5000 XYV (Top Shelf)
 * Mary Fleener
 * Shary Flenniken: Creator Trots and Bonnie
 * Ellen Forney
 * Shaenon Garrity: Creator, Narbonic webcomic
 * Melinda Gebbie: Artist, Lost Girls (Top Shelf Productions)
 * Nicole Georges: Writer/artist, Invincible Summer (Microcosm Publishing)
 * Tatiana Gill: Creator, Living in the Now webcomic; artist Pictures of You; artist, A Strange Day
 * Phoebe Gloeckner: Creator A Child's Life and The Diary of a Teenage Girl
 * Roberta Gregory: Creator  Naughty Bits (Fantagraphics)
 * G.B. Jones
 * Megan Kelso: Writer/artist, Artichoke Tales (Fantagraphics)
 * Aline Kominsky-Crumb: Creator The Bunch
 * Carol Lay
 * Hope Larson : Gray Horses and Salamander Dream
 * Jackie Lewis: Artist, Oni Press's Play Ball
 * Vanesa Littlecrow: Creator, Nine Lives of Catnose
 * MariNaomi: Writer/artist, Kiss & Tell
 * Carla Speed McNeil: Writer/artist, Finder
 * Erika Moen: Writer/artist, DAR!; artist, Bucko (Dark Horse Comics)
 * Diane Noomin: Creator DiDi Glitz
 * Christine Norrie: Artist, Hopeless Savages (Oni Press)
 * Liz Prince : Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed
 * Trina Robbins: Writer-artist, Ms. Tree (Eclipse Comics)
 * Ariel Schrag: Creator, Awkward (Slave Labor Graphics)
 * Dori Seda: 1980s underground satirist
 * Terrie Smith: Artist, Chester Ringtail
 * Tara Tallan: Creator & writer-artist Galaxion (Helikon Comics)
 * Raina Telgemeier: Writer/artist, Smile (A Dental Drama)
 * Carol Tyler: Cartoonist; books include The Job Thing (Fantagraphics, 1993) ISBN 1-56097-111-8
 * Serena Valentino: Writer, Slave Labor Graphics' Gloom Cookie
 * Penny Van Horn: Cartoonist; book Recipe for Disaster and Other Stories (Fantagraphics, 1999) ISBN 1-56097-330-7
 * Sara Varon: Writer/artist, Sweaterweather (Alternative Comics)
 * Lauren Weinstein: Writer/artist The Goddess of War
 * Julia Wertz: Writer/artist, Fart Party, Drinking at the Movies
 * Kate Worley: Creator, Omaha the Cat Dancer
 * Catherine Yronwode: Editor-in-chief of Eclipse Comics
 * Ursula Murray Husted : Writer-artist, "The Lions of Valletta", "Making Rain", "Drawing on Yourself"

American comic strips

 * Lynda Barry: The New Yorker
 * Sandra Bell-Lundy: Creator Between Friends
 * Marjorie Henderson Buell under pseudonym "Marge": Little Lulu
 * Teresa Burritt: Creator Frog Applause
 * Mabel Burvick under pseudonym "Odin" a.k.a. Odin Burvik: Dickie Dare (for a time beginning 1944; previously as assistant to husband Coulton Waugh.)
 * Kate Carew, pseudonym of Mary Williams: Handy Andy strip in U.K. comic magazine Krazy; The Angel Child
 * Nellie Caroll: Creator Lady Chatter (Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1965–66)
 * Natalie d'Arbeloff: Creator Augustine (Blaugustine webcomic)
 * Grace Dayton: Toodles; Dolly Dimples; The Pussycat Princess''
 * Edwina Dumm under pseudonym "Edwina": The Meanderings of Minnie; Cap Stubbs and Tippie
 * Jan Eliot: Creator Stone Soup
 * Mary Gauerke: The Alumnae
 * Cathy Guisewite: Creator Cathy
 * Alex Hallatt: Creator Arctic Circle
 * Bunny Hoest: Writer The Lockhorns (1971-)
 * Nicole Hollander: Creator Sylvia
 * Virginia Huget: Campus Capers
 * Judith Hunt: Artist, Timbertoes Published by Highlights for Children
 * Lynn Johnston: Creator For Better or For Worse
 * Terri Libenson: Creator The Pajama Diaries
 * Marty Links: Creator Emmy Lou
 * Dale Messick: Creator Brenda Starr
 * Gladys Parker: Creator Mopsy
 * Rina Piccolo: Creator Tina's Groove
 * Mary Schmich: Writer Brenda Starr (1985-)
 * Margaret Shulock: Apartment 3-G, Six Chix
 * Hilda Terry: Teena

Japanese manga

 * Akira Amano: Creator of Reborn!
 * Kozue Amano: Creator of Aria
 * Yuki Amemiya: Creator of 07-Ghost together with Yukino Ichihara
 * Yasuko Aoike
 * Kotomi Aoki: Creator of Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru, Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru
 * Ume Aoki: Creator of Hidamari Sketch
 * Kiyoko Arai: Creator: Angel Lip, Ask Dr. Rin!
 * Hiromu Arakawa: Creator/artist/writer Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Sakura Asagi
 * Hinako Ashihara: Creator of Sand Chronicles, Forbidden Dance, Piece - Kanojo no Kioku
 * Izumi Aso
 * Yuki Azuma: Creator of Schoolmate
 * Ippongi Bang
 * Nanae Chrono: Creator of Peacemaker Kurogane, Senki Senki Momotama, Vassalord
 * Clamp: Creators RG Veda, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, 	Angelic Layer, Chobits, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic
 * Eiki Eiki: Creator of Dear Myself, Train Train, Color
 * Nariko Enomoto
 * Mihona Fujii: Creator of Gals!
 * Kazuko Fujita: Creator of Makoto Call!, Four Steps to Romance
 * Cocoa Fujiwara: Creator of dear, Inu x Boku SS
 * Hiro Fujiwara: Creator of Kaichō wa Maid-sama!
 * Moto Hagio
 * Nanae Haruno
 * Bisco Hatori
 * Kyō Hatsuki (葉月京) : Creator of Love Junkies, Inu-Neko
 * Aloha Higa: Creator of Shirokuma Cafe
 * Akiko Higashimura: Creator Kisekae Yuka-chan, Himawari - Kenichi Legend, Mama ha Temparish
 * Asa Higuchi: Creator of Big Windup!
 * Tachibana Higuchi: Creator of Portrait of M and N, Gakuen Alice
 * Matsuri Hino: Creator: Vampire Knight
 * Katsura Hoshino: Creator of D.Gray-man
 * Yumi Hotta: Writer of Hikaru no Go
 * Yukari Ichijo
 * Yumiko Igarashi
 * Riyoko Ikeda: Creator of The Rose of Versailles
 * Gō Ikeyamada: Creator of Uwasa no Midori-kun!!, Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!!, Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!
 * Ryo Ikuemi: Creator of Bara-Iro no Ashita, Kiyoku Yawaku
 * Sukune Inugami: Creator of Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Renai Distortion, Ashita mo Kotokoto
 * Risa Itō: Creator of Oi Pītan!!, Oruchuban Ebichu
 * Natsumi Itsuki
 * Mariko Iwadate
 * Kaneyoshi Izumi: Creator: Sonnanja neyo
 * Rei Izumi: Illustrator of Hibiki's Magic, .hack//Legend of the Twilight
 * Yuna Kagesaki: Creator of Chibi Vampire
 * Narumi Kakinouchi: Illustrator of Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo, Vampire Princess Miyu
 * Yoko Kamio: Creator of Boys Over Flowers, Cat Street
 * Aya Kanno; Creator of Soul Rescue, Blank Slate, Otomen
 * Junko Karube
 * Kazue Kato: Creator of Blue Exorcist
 * Yumiko Kawahara
 * Mizuki Kawashita: Creator of Strawberry 100%, First Love Limited, Anedoki
 * Toshie Kihara
 * Miyuki Kobayashi
 * Momoko Kōda: Creator of Heroine Shikkaku
 * Yun Kōga
 * Erika Kurahashi: Creator Seikimatsu no Angel, Max Lovely!
 * Fusako Kuramochi
 * Yuki Kure
 * Miyako Maki
 * Temari Matsumoto: Art, Kyo Kara Maoh! Creator of Just My Luck, The Loudest Whisper: Uwasa No Futari, Shinobu Kokoro: Hidden Heart, Cause of My Teacher
 * Akemi Matsunae
 * Kanan Minami: Creator of Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu
 * Kazuka Minami: Creator of My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor
 * Kazuya Minekura: Creator of Saiyuki, Wild Adapter, Saiyuki Ibun, Saiyuki Reload Blast
 * Suzue Miuchi
 * Kyoko Mizuki: Writer: Candy Candy
 * Hideko Mizuno: Creator of Fire!, Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken
 * Junko Mizuno: Creator/artist/writer "Pure Trance" among many other notable works
 * Setona Mizushiro: Creator of X-Day, After School Nightmare
 * Milk Morinaga: Creator of Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, Girl Friends
 * Milk Morizono
 * Maki Murakami
 * Mayumi Muroyama
 * Aya Nakahara: Creator of Love Com
 * Hisaya Nakajo: Creator of Hana-Kimi, Sugar Princess
 * Hikaru Nakamura: Creator of Arakawa Under the Bridge, Saint Young Men
 * Junko Nakano (中野純子): Creator of B-Shock!, Chisa × Pon, Hetakoi
 * Kiriko Nananan: Creator of blue, strawberry shortcakes
 * Minako Narita: Creator of Cipher, Alexandrite, Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku
 * Tomoko Ninomiya: Creator of Nodame Cantabile
 * Keiko Nishi: Creator of Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin, Love Song
 * Miho Obana: Creator Kodomo no Omocha
 * Akane Ogura: Creator Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen
 * Saori Oguri: Creator of Is He Turning Japanese?
 * Shinobu Ohtaka: Creator of Sumomomo Momomo, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
 * Reiko Okano: Creator of Fancy Dance
 * Hiromu Ono: Creator Lady Love
 * Yumiko Ōshima: Creator of The Star of Cottonland
 * Minami Ozaki
 * Mari Ozawa
 * Peach-Pit
 * Marimo Ragawa: Creator Baby and Me
 * Akizuki Risu
 * Rieko Saibara: Creator of Bokunchi, Mainichi Kaasan, Onnanoko Monogatari, Jōkyō Monogatari
 * Fumi Saimon
 * Mayu Sakai: Creator of Rockin' Heaven
 * Io Sakisaka: Creator of Strobe Edge
 * Momoko Sakura: Creator Chibi Maruko-chan
 * Koharu Sakuraba: Creator of Kyō no Go no Ni, Minami-ke
 * Kanoko Sakurakoji: Creator of Backstage Prince, Black Bird
 * Erica Sakurazawa
 * Kei Sasuga (流石景): Creator of GE - Good Ending
 * Machiko Satonaka
 * Karuho Shiina: Creator of Kimi ni Todoke
 * Reiko Shimizu
 * Takako Shimura: Creator of Aoi Hana, Wandering Son
 * Chie Shinohara: Creator of Ao no Fūin, Romance of Darkness, Red River, Purple Eyes in the Dark
 * Mayu Shinjo: Creator of Sensual Phrase, Akuma na Eros, Haou Airen, Love Celeb, Ai Ore!
 * Yuki Suetsugu: Creator of Chihayafuru
 * Fuyumi Soryo
 * Keiko Suenobu: Creator of Life, Limit
 * Hinako Sugiura
 * Hiro Suzuhira: Illustrator of Ginban Kaleidoscope
 * Julietta Suzuki
 * Haruko Tachiiri
 * Megumi Tachikawa
 * Kaoru Tada
 * Rumiko Takahashi: Creator Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, InuYasha
 * Hinako Takanaga: Creator of Challengers, Little Butterfly, Liberty Liberty!, The Tyrant Falls in Love
 * Natsuki Takaya
 * Naoko Takeuchi: Creator Sailor Moon
 * Keiko Tobe: Creator of With the Light
 * Yana Toboso: Creator of Black Butler
 * Asami Tojo (東城麻美): Creator of Chimera, X-Kai, Thunderbolt Boys Excite, Love Prism, Only You
 * Rei Toma: Creator of Dawn of the Arcana
 * Yumi Tamura: Creator of Basara, Chicago, 7 Seeds
 * Yellow Tanabe: Creator of Kekkaishi
 * Arina Tanemura; Creator of Full Moon o Sagashite, Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura
 * Ema Tōyama: Creator Pixie Pop, Koko ni iru yo!
 * Mikiyo Tsuda: Creator of The Day of Revolution, Family Complex, Princess Princess
 * Shungicu Uchida: Creator of Minami-kun no Koibito
 * Miwa Ueda: Creator Peach Girl
 * Kimiko Uehara
 * Chica Umino: Creator Honey and Clover, March Comes in Like a Lion
 * Yuki Urushibara: Creator of Mushishi
 * Masako Watanabe
 * Yuu Watase: Creator of Fushigi Yūgi, Ceres, Celestial Legend, Absolute Boyfriend
 * Murasaki Yamada
 * Ryoko Yamagishi
 * Ebine Yamaji
 * Sumika Yamamoto
 * Kazumi Yamashita: Creator of The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa
 * Waki Yamato
 * Mari Yamazaki: Creator of Thermae Romae
 * Ai Yazawa
 * Akimi Yoshida
 * Miki Yoshikawa: Creator of Yankee-kun to Megane-chan
 * Fumi Yoshinaga: Creator Antique Bakery, Ōoku: The Inner Chambers
 * Wataru Yoshizumi: Creator of Handsome na Kanojo, Marmalade Boy, Ultra Maniac
 * Kaori Yuki: Creator of Earl Cain, Angel Sanctuary
 * Sumomo Yumeka

Others

 * Ana Miralles: Djinn (Spain)
 * Bianca Pinheiro (Brazil)
 * Chiquinha (Brazil)
 * Claire Bretécher (France)
 * Colonel Moutarde (France)
 * Françoise Pichard (France)
 * Julia Bax (Brazil)
 * Lee So-young (South Korea)
 * Madeleine Rosca (Australia)
 * Maitena Burundarena: Superadas (Argentina)
 * Posy Simmonds Writer/Artist of Tamara Drewe (England)
 * Samanta Flôor (Brazil)
 * Titane Laurent: God's Stuff (New Zealand)
 * Tove Jansson (Finland)
 * Xiao Bai (China): Creator of Si loin et si proche
 * Sabela Arias Castro: Creator or Historias de Icía e Avoa (Spain)