Trina Robbins - Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

Robbins is the first of the three "Ladies of the Canyon" in Joni Mitchell's classic song from the album of the same name.

Robbins was a Special Guest of the 1977 San Diego Comic-Con, when she was presented with an Inkpot Award. She won a Special Achievement Award from the San Diego Comic Con in 1989 for her work on Strip AIDS U.S.A., a benefit book that she co-edited with Bill Sienkiewicz and Robert Triptow.

She was the 1992 Guest of Honor of WisCon, the Wisconsin Science Fiction Convention, often called the world's leading feminist-oriented science fiction convention and conference.

In 1997, Robbins was a "Lulu of the Year" winner for her book The Great Women Superheroes.

In 2002, Robbins was given the Special John Buscema Haxtur Award, a recognition for comics published in Spain.

Robbins was a special guest of the 2006 Sac-Anime convention.

In 2011, Robbins' artwork was exhibited as part of the Koffler Gallery show Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women.

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