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

Africa

Congo

• Fifi Mukuna^[1]

Egypt

• Bahiga Thomassian, aka Bhiga^[2]
• Amaal Khattab^[3]

Gabon

• Sophie Endamne^[4]

Ivory Coast

• Marguerite Abouet - (writer of Aya of Yop City)

Madagascar

• Jenny^[5]
• M'Aa - (makes comics together with her husband Xhi)^[6]

Mauritius

• Annick Sadonnet, aka Sadon, Ajol or Sade^[7]

Tanzania

• Martha Gellege - (Anti Bwalo)^[8]

South Africa

• Karen Botha^[9]
• Marieke Blomerus^[10]
• Marisa Cloete - (Gebuza, To Dig a Big Hole)^[11]
• Lara-Ann Jibrail^[12]
• Mariette Kemp^[13]
• Sian Kuiken^[14]
• Ingrid van der Merwe^[15]
• Ina van Zyl^[16]

Americas

Argentina

• Maitena Burundarena - Superadas
• Gisela Dester^[17]
• Isol^[18]
• Daniela Kantor^[19]
• María Delia Lozupone^[20]

Brazil

• Erica Awano - Holy Avenger
• Chantal - (Juventude)^[21]
• Priscila Farias^[22]
• Raquel Gompy^[23]
• Seung Joo-Kang - (Disney comics)^[24]
• Ana-Luiza Koehler - (Awrah)^[25]
• Adriana Melo - notable for her work on the Star Wars: Empire franchise
• Bianca Pinheiro^[26]
• Germana Viana^[27]

Canada

• Isabelle Arsenault
• Kate Beaton
• Sandra Bell-Lundy - Between Friends^[28]
• Sheree Bradford-Lea
• Peti Buchel^[29]
• Emily Carroll
• Svetlana Chmakova - Dramacon (Tokyopop)
• Julie Delporte
• Julie Doucet
• Susan Dewar^[30]
• Leanne Franson
• Odette Fumet (newspaper comic strip adaptations of swashbuckler novels), dies at age 94.^[31]
• Pia Guerra - artist, Vertigo's Y The Last Man
• Lynn Johnston - For Better or For Worse.
• Molly Kiely^[32]
• Sophie Labelle
• Yvette Lapointe - Les Petits Espiègles^[33]
• Kate Leth - writer, Bravest Warriors (Boom! Comics), Edward Scissorhands (IDW), Adventure Time (Boom! Comics)
• Gisèle Lagacé - Cool Cat Studio, Penny and Aggie, Ménage à 3^[34]
• Sam Maggs - Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, Rick & Morty Ever After, Transformers, My Little Pony
• Maia Matches (born in Canada, later moved to the Netherlands)^[35]
• Caroline Merola
• Diane Obomsawin
• Rina Piccolo - (Six Chix, Tina's Groove)^[36]
• Doris Slater^[37]
• Fiona Staples - Saga
• Jillian Tamaki - Skim and This One Summer
• Olga Urbansky - Sergeant Renfrew, based on the comedy character by Dave Broadfoot^[38]
• Chrissie Zullo^[39]
• Zviane

Mexico

• Cecilia Pego^[40]

United States

Platinum Age (1897–1937)

• Nell Brinkley - (The Brinkley Girl)
• Mildred Burleigh - (Pigtails)
• Dot Cochran - (Dot and Dodo, Me and My Boyfriend)^[41]
• Fanny Cory - (Other People's Children, Sonny Sayings, Little Miss Muffet)^[42]
• Grace G. Drayton - (Dolly Drake and Bobby Blake in Storyland, The Terrible Tales of Captain Kiddo, Toodles, Dolly Dimples, The Campbell Kids, The Pussycat Princess)^[43]
• Edwina Dumm - (Cap Stubbs and Tippie)
• Lovrien Gregory - (The Pioneers)^[44]
• Carol Hager - (continued The Adventures of Waddles)^[45]
• Ethel Hays - (Ethel, Flapper Fanny Says, Marianne, Vic and Ethel).^[46]
• Margaret G. Hays - (Jennie and Jack, Also The Little Dog Jap)^[47]
• Mary A. Hays - (Kate and Karol, the Cranford Kids).^[48]
• Louise Hirsch - (Tessie Tish, Charlie Chirps)^[49]
• Virginia Huget - (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Flora's Fling, Campus Capers, Miss Aladdin, Molly the Manicure Girl, continued Skippy and Oh Diana).^[50]
• Fay King - (1910s-1930s cartoons and early autobiographical comics)
• Rose O'Neill - (Kewpie)
• Marjorie Organ - (Reggie and the Heavenly Twins, Strange What a Difference a Mere Man Makes, The Wrangle Sisters^[51]
• Louise Quarles - (Bun's Puns)^[52]
• Katharine P. Rice - (Flora Flirt)^[53]
• Inez Townsend (born in the U.K., later moved to the U.S.) - (Gretchen Gratz, Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins).^[54]
• Dorothy Urfer - (Annibelle)^[55]

Golden Age/Silver Age (1930s-c. 1970)

• Nina Albright - (artist for comics packager Bernard Baily Studio)^[56]
• Rosie Arima - (Chig, Li'l Eva-Cue)^[57]
• Ruth Atkinson a.k.a. Ruth Atkinson Ford, R. Atkinson - (worked for Fiction House, Timely Comics, Lev Gleason Publications)
• Violet Barclay - (worked as an inker for Timely/Atlas Comics)
• Toni Blum - (writer for Eisner & Iger)
• Ann Brewster
• Hannah Carter - (continued her husband, Ad Carter's series Just Kids as Mush Stebbins and his Sister.)^[58]
• Fanny Cory - (Little Miss Muffet)^[59]
• Jill Elgin - (continued Girl Commandos).^[60]
• Linda Fite - (writer for The Cat, Marvel Comics)
• Ramona Fradon - (worked on Aquaman and Metamorpho, DC Comics, drew Brenda Starr, Reporter)^[61]
• Barbara Hall - (drew for Black Cat, Girl Commandos, the Blonde Bomber)
• Ray Herman^[62] - (1940s editor at Holyoke Publishing and elsewhere.)^[63]
• Patricia Highsmith - (worked for Nedor/Standard/Better Comics and others)
• Virginia Hubbell - (Charles Biro's ghost writer, Lev Gleason Publications' Crime Does Not Pay).^[64]
• Alice Kirkpatrick^[65]
• Virginia Krausmann - (continued Annibelle and Marianne)^[66]
• Lee Marrs - (worked for Star Reach)
• Alice Marble - (associate editor on Wonder Woman from 1941-1945, creator/writer of Wonder Women of History feature from 1942-1946)
• Elizabeth Holloway Marston - (co-creator of Wonder Woman)
• Joye Hummel - (wrote several scripts of Wonder Woman when the original script writer, William Moulton Marston, was too ill to continue on his own.)^[67]
• Tarpe Mills, pseudonym of June Mills - (Cat-Man (Holyoke Comics), Miss Fury)
• Jackie Ormes - (Torchy Brown, Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger).
• Ramone Patenaude, aka Pat^[68]
• Albertine Randall - (The Dumbunnies)^[69]
• Lily Renée a.k.a. Reney (Lily Renée Wilhelms Peters and Lily Renée Phlllips) - (worked for Fiction House and St. John Publications)
• Ruth Roche - (writer of Phantom Lady (Fox Comics))
• Marie Severin - (worked for EC and Marvel Comics)
• Barbara Shermund^[70]
• Virginia Smith - (co-creator of The Smith Family).^[71]
• Marcia Snyder - (worked for Fiction House)
• Daisy Swayze - (lettered for Fawcett Comics, sister of artist Marc Swayze)^[72]
• Esther Takei - (Ama-Chan)^[73]
• Mercy Van Vlack - (Miranda the Tease, Green Ghost and Lotus)^[74]
• Linda Walter - (Susie Q. Smith and as illustrator Bunty)^[75][76]
• Tatjana Wood - (colorist)
• Dorothy Woolfolk a.k.a. Dorothy Roubicek - (DC Comics' first woman editor)

Bronze Age and Modern Age

• Laura Allred
• Sana Amanat - editor, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
• Sarah Andersen - creator, Sarah's Scribbles; co-creator, Cheshire Crossing^[77]
• Fiona Avery
• Samm Barnes - Marvel Comics writer
• Amber Benson - writer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse Comics)
• Karen Berger - editor, DC Comics' Vertigo imprint
• Christina Blanch - writer, editor, Good Boy [Mysterium]] [The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood]]
• Maddie Blaustein - writer, Milestone Comics' Hardware
• June Brigman - artist and co-creator, Power Pack (Marvel Comics); final artist Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip (1995-2011)
• Madeline Brogan^[78]
• Sarah Byam - writer, Black Canary (DC Comics), Mode Extreme (Marvel/Razorline)
• Roz Chast - New Yorker staff cartoonist The Party After You Left: Collected Cartoons 1995-2003
• Bobbie Chase - Marvel Comics editor
• Jo Chen - cover artist, Dark Horse Comics's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
• Joyce Chin - artist, Wynonna Earp (IDW),
• Becky Cloonan - writer and artist.
• 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.
• Rosario Dawson - writer and co-creator, Occult Crimes Taskforce Image Comics
• Kelly Sue DeConnick - writer, Captain Marvel, Avengers Assemble (Marvel)
• Tania del Rio - artist/writer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics)
• 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)^[79]
• Stephanie Gladden^[80]
• Devin Grayson - writer, Arsenal, Batman: Gotham Knights, Catwoman, Nightwing (all DC Comics)
• Pia Guerra - artist, Vertigo's Y The Last Man
• Stephanie Hans - artist and co-creator, DIE (Image comics), cover artist (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, BOOM)
• Judith Hunt - co-writer, co-creator, artist Evangeline (Comico)1984 and online comic Evangeline (August 2008)
• Jody Houser - writer, Faith (Valiant Comics), Mother Panic (Young Animal), Supergirl (DC Comics), Vox Machina Origins (Dark Horse)
• Jenna Jameson - creator and plotter, Shadow Hunter (Virgin Comics)
• Avy Jetter - creator Nuthin' Good Ever Happens at 4 a.m
• Jenette Kahn - editor and executive, DC Comics https://imagecomics.com/creators/stephanie-hans
• Carol Kalish - executive, Marvel Comics
• Shawn Kerri - cartoonist, Cracked, CARtoons Magazine
• Barbara Kesel a.k.a. Barbara Randall Kesel - writer, Rogue Angel: Teller of Tall Tales (IDW Publishing)
• Irene Koh - artist of The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, creator of Afrina and the Glass Coffin
• Kim Krizan - writer, BOOM! Studio comics
• Elaine Lee - writer, Vamps (DC Comics), Saint Sinner (Marvel/Razorline)
• Marjorie Liu - writer, X-23, Black Widow, Dark Wolverine, NYX, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel Comics)
• Nilah Magruder - writer, artist, illustrator, animator
• 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)
• Denise Mina - writer, Vertigo's Hellblazer
• Leah Moore - writer, Wildstorm's Albion
• 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)
• Sara Pichelli - artist, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Comics)
• 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)
• Janice Race - editor, DC Comics
• Barb Rausch^[81]
• Amy Reeder - artist and co-creator, Rocket Girl (Image Comics)
• Emma Rios - artist, "Pretty Deadly"
• Trina Robbins - artist, Warren Publishing
• Sara Ryan - writer, Me and Edith Head
• Nicola Scott - artist, Birds of Prey (DC Comics)
• Diana Schutz - editor, Dark Horse Comics
• Erica Schultz - writer, "Daredevil Annual" 2018,^[82] "Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne" (Marvel Comics)^[83]
• Cara Sherman Tereno^[84]
• 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)^[85]
• Barbara Slate^[86]
• Roxanne Starr - letterer
• Christina Strain - colorist, Runaways and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (all Marvel Comics)
• Margaret Stohl - writer, Mighty Captain Marvel, Life of Captain Marvel, Spider-Man Noir (Marvel)
• Lilah Sturges - writer, "Jack of Fables", "Everafter", "House of Mystery"
• Laurie S. Sutton - writer and editor, DC Comics and Marvel Comics
• Babs Tarr - artist, Batgirl (DC Comics)
• Cara Sherman Tereno (Arion, Lord of Atlantis, Life With The Vampire)^[84]
• Jill Thompson - artist and writer, Wonder Woman, Sandman, and her own Scary Godmother series
• Kelly Thompson - writer, Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Captain Marvel, Rogue & Gambit, Mr. & Mrs. X, Black Widow, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)
• 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), Ms. Marvel (Marvel)
• Kim Yale - writer/editor, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, First Comics, and Warp Graphics

OEL manga

• Tina Anderson - writer, Only Words (Iris Print), Games With Me (The Wild Side), Loud Snow (Gynocrat INK)
• Jo Chen - artist, Digital Manga's In These Words
• Becky Cloonan - artist, AiT/Planet Lar's Demo
• Alex de Campi - writer, Kat & Mouse (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
• Gisele Lagace - artist, writer, Pixie Trix Comix, Archie Comics
• Nina Matsumoto - artist/writer, "Yōkaiden" (Del Rey Manga)
• Amy Reeder - artist/writer, Fool's Gold (Tokyopop)
• Rivkah - artist/writer, Steady Beat (Tokyopop)

Alternative comics

• Jessica Abel - (La Perdida)
• Donna Barr - (Stinz, The Desert Peach)
• Alison Bechdel - (Dykes to Watch Out For)
• Gabrielle Bell - (Lucky)
• Lucy Bellwood - (100 Demon Dialogues, Baggywrinkles)
• Lee Binswanger^[87]
• Angela Bocage - (Nice Girls Don't Talk About Sex, Religion and Politics)^[88]
• Joyce Brabner - Our Cancer Year
• Paige Braddock - Jane's World
• Vera Brosgol
• M.K. Brown - (Aunt Mary's Kitchen, Dr. N!Godatu)
• Dot Bucher^[89]
• Nancy Burton, also known as Nancy Kalish or Hurricane Nancy - (Gentle's Tripout, contributed to It Ain't Me, Babe)^[90]
• Sophie Campbell - (Too Much Hopeless Savages, Spooked)^[91]
• Jennifer Camper
• Carole - (published in Breakin' Out in It Ain't Me, Babe)^[92]
• Geneviève Castrée
• Chynna Clugston - (Blue Monday)
• Colleen Coover - (Small Favors)
• Molly Crabapple - (Scarlett Takes Mahattan, Backstage at Act-i-vate)^[93]
• Sophie Crumb - (Belly Button)
• Dame Darcy - (Meat Cake)
• Vanessa Davis - (Spaniel Rage, Make Me a Woman)
• Abby Denson - (Tough Love: High School Confidential)
• Diane DiMassa - Hothead Paisan - Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist^[94]
• Colleen Doran - (A Distant Soil)
• Julie Doucet - (Dirty Plotte)
• Debbie Dreschler^[95]
• Sarah Dyer
• Joyce Farmer - (Tits & Clits Comix)
• Karen Favreau - creator, So It Goes...
• Emil Ferris^[96]
• Jess Fink - creator, Chester 5000 XYV (Top Shelf)
• Ali Fitzgerald - (Drawn to Berlin)^[97]
• Mary Fleener - (Fleener (Zongo Comics)
• Shary Flenniken - (Trots and Bonnie)
• Ellen Forney - (I Love Led Zeppelin)
• Shaenon Garrity - (Narbonic)
• Melinda Gebbie - (Lost Girls)
• Nicole Georges - (Invincible Summer)
• Roz Gibson - (Jack Salem)^[98]
• Tatiana Gill^[99]
• Phoebe Gloeckner - creator, A Child's Life and The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Roberta Gregory - (Naughty Bits)
• Mary Hanson-Roberts - (Here Comes A Candle)^[100]
• Jessie Hartland - (Steve Jobs: Insanely Great!)^[101]
• Maria Hoey - (works with her brother Peter Hoey on the series Coin-Op)^[102]
• G.B. Jones
• Megan Kelso - (Artichoke Tales)
• Lucy Knisley - (French Milk, Relish, An Age of License, Displacement (Fantagraphics), Something New)
• Aline Kominsky-Crumb - (The Bunch, Dirty Laundry Comix)
• Krystine Kryttre^[103]
• Carol Lay — (Story Minute, Way Lay)
• Hope Larson - (Gray Horses and Salamander Dream)
• Amara Leipzig^[104]
• Caryn Leschen - (Ask Aunt Violet)^[105]
• Marisa Acocella Marchetto - (Cancer Vixen)
• Carla Speed McNeil - (Finder)
• Linda Medley^[106]
• Erika Moen - (DAR!; artist, Bucko (Dark Horse Comics),^[107] Oh Joy Sex Toy
• Diane Noomin - (DiDi Glitz)
• Christine Norrie - (Hopeless Savages)
• Liz Prince - (Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed)
• Trina Robbins - (Ms. Tree)
• Vanessa Satone - (Wasted Minds)^[108]
• Mari Schaal - (Estrus)^[109]
• Gail Schlesser^[110]
• Ariel Schrag - (Awkward)
• Dori Seda -
• Tara Seibel - (co-creator/artist/writer, Rock City Terminally Ill (Newcity)
• Christine Shields^[111]
• Carole Sobocinski^[112]
• Raina Telgemeier - (Smile (A Dental Drama))
• Carol Tyler - (The Job Thing)
• Serena Valentino - (Slave Labor Graphics, Gloom Cookie)
• Sara Varon^[113]
• Lauren Weinstein - (The Goddess of War)
• Julia Wertz - (Fart Party, Drinking at the Movies)
• Kate Worley - (Omaha the Cat Dancer)
• Catherine Yronwode - (editor-in-chief of Eclipse Comics)

Comic strips

• Isabella Bannerman - (Six Chix)^[114]
• Lynda Barry - (Ernie Pook's Comeek)
• Sandra Bell-Lundy - (Between Friends)
• Barbara Brandon-Croft - (Where I'm Coming From)^[115]
• Marjorie Henderson Buell - (Little Lulu)
• Carol Carlson - (The Adventures of Waddles)^[45]
• Kate Carew - (Handy Andy, The Angel Child)
• Nellie Caroll - (Lady Chatter)
• Natalie d'Arbeloff - (Augustine, Blaugustine)
• Melissa DeJesus - (My Cage)^[116]
• Edwina Dumm - (The Meanderings of Minnie; Cap Stubbs and Tippie)
• Jan Eliot - (Stone Soup)
• Emily Flake - (Lulu Eightball)
• Allison Garwood - (moo)^[117]
• Anne Gibbons - (Eve 'n Steven, continued Six Chix)^[118]
• Jan Green - (Hey Swingy! (also known as Julie))^[119]
• Cathy Guisewite - (Cathy)
• Alex Hallatt - (Arctic Circle)
• Marion Hull Hammel - (continued Goofus and Gallant)^[120]
• Leslie Harrington - (continued Goofus and Gallant)^[121]
• Marian Henley - (Maxine, The Little Bald Headed Girl)^[122]
• Bunny Hoest - (writer The Lockhorns)
• Nicole Hollander - (Sylvia)
• Judith Hunt - (Evangeline, The Timbertoes)^[123]
• Olivia Jaimes - (current author of Nancy)^[124]
• Kelley Jarvis - (continued comics starring Tom & Jerry, Mighty Mouse)^[125]
• Lynn Johnston - (For Better or For Worse)
• Carolyn Kelly - (worked on Pogo)^[126]
• Selby Kelly - (worked on Pogo)^[127]
• Terri Libenson - (The Pajama Diaries)
• Marty Links - (Emmy Lou)
• Karen Matchette (worked on Dennis the Menace, The Flintstones comics and assisted on For Better or For Worse).^[128]
• Anni Matsick - (continued Goofus and Gallant)^[129]
• Linda Medley^[130]
• Dale Messick - (Brenda Starr, Reporter)
• Karen Montague-Reyes - (Clear Blue Water)^[131]
• Gladys Parker - (Mopsy)
• Stephanie Piro - (Fair Game, Six Chix)^[132]
• Mary Schmich - (final writer of Brenda Starr, Reporter (1985-2011))
• Margaret Shulock - (Apartment 3-G, Six Chix^[133])
• Elena Steier - (The Ramp Rats, The Goth Scouts, The Vampire Bed and Breakfast)^[134]
• Hilda Terry - (Teena)
• Carla Ventresca - (On A Claire Day, continued Six Chix)^[135]
• Maurieta Wellman - (Goofus and Gallant)^[129]

Uruguay

• Raquel Orzuj^[136]

Chile

• Elena Poirier^[137]

Asia

China

• Shuhui Wang^[138]
• Zhang Xiaobai - (Si loin et si proche)
• Luo Yin^[139]

India

• Shreyas Krishnan^[140]
• Parismita Singh^[141]

Iran

• Marjane Satrapi - (Persepolis)

Israel

• Mira Friedmann^[142]
• Batia Kolton^[143]
• Rutu Modan^[144]
• Elisheva Nadal^[145]

Japan

• Chako Abeno - (Sola, My-Otome Zwei)
• Akira Amano - (Reborn!)
• Kozue Amano - (Aria)
• Yasuko Aoike
• Kotomi Aoki - (Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru, Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru)
• Ume Aoki - (Hidamari Sketch)
• Kiyoko Arai - (Angel Lip, Ask Dr. Rin!)
• Hiromu Arakawa - (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Sakura Asagi
• Yū Asagiri - (Golden Cain, Midnight Panther)
• George Asakura - (A Perfect Day for Love Letters)
• Hinako Ashihara - (Sand Chronicles, Forbidden Dance, Piece - Kanojo no Kioku)
• Izumi Aso
• Yuki Azuma - (Schoolmate)^[146]
• Ippongi Bang
• Toriko Chiya - (Clover, Tokyo Alice)^[147][148]
• Nanae Chrono - (Peacemaker Kurogane, Senki Senki Momotama, Vassalord)
• Clamp - (RG Veda, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, Angelic Layer, Chobits, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic)
• Eiki Eiki - (Dear Myself, Train Train, Color
• Shōko Conami [ja] - (Shinobi Life^[149])
• Nariko Enomoto
• Mihona Fujii - (Gals!)
• Mari Fujimura [ja]^[150] - (Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu.)
• Kazuko Fujita - (Makoto Call!, Four Steps to Romance)
• Cocoa Fujiwara - (dear, Inu x Boku SS)
• Hiro Fujiwara - (Kaichō wa Maid-sama!)
• Moto Hagio
• Machiko Hasegawa - (Sazae-san)
• Nanae Haruno
• Bisco Hatori - (Ouran High School Host Club)
• Akiko Higashimura - (Kisekae Yuka-chan, Himawari - Kenichi Legend, Mama ha Temparish)
• Asa Higuchi - (Big Windup!)
• Tachibana Higuchi - (Portrait of M and N, Gakuen Alice)
• Aoi Hiiragi - (Mimi wo Sumaseba)
• Matsuri Hino - (Vampire Knight)
• Saki Hiwatari - (Please Save My Earth, Internal Magic)^[151]
• Katsura Hoshino - (D.Gray-man)
• Chieko Hosokawa - (Attention Please, Crest of the Royal Family)^[152][153]
• Yumi Hotta - (writer of Hikaru no Go)
• Hozumi^[154] - (Shiki no Zenjitsu, Sayonara Sorcier)
• Yukari Ichijo
• Yumiko Igarashi
• Riyoko Ikeda - (The Rose of Versailles)
• Satomi Ikezawa - (Guru Guru Pon-chan, Othello)
• Gō Ikeyamada - (Uwasa no Midori-kun!!, Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!!, Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!)
• Ryo Ikuemi - (Bara-Iro no Ashita, Kiyoku Yawaku)
• Sukune Inugami - (Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Renai Distortion, Ashita mo Kotokoto^[155])
• Risa Itō - (Oi Pītan!!, Oruchuban Ebichu)
• Natsumi Itsuki
• Mariko Iwadate
• Kaneyoshi Izumi - (Sonnanja neyo)
• Yuna Kagesaki - (Chibi Vampire)
• Narumi Kakinouchi - (illustrator of Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo, Vampire Princess Miyu)
• Yoko Kamio - (Boys Over Flowers, Cat Street)
• Aya Kanno - (Soul Rescue, Blank Slate, Otomen)
• Junko Karube
• Haruko Kashiwagi - (Hanazono Merry Go Round)^[156]
• Kazune Kawahara - (High School Debut, writer of My Love Story!!)^[157]
• Yumiko Kawahara
• Mizuki Kawashita - (Strawberry 100%, First Love Limited, Anedoki)
• Kazumi Kazui^[158] - (Dōse Mō Nigerarenai)
• Izumi Kazuto - (Binbō Shimai Monogatari)
• Toshie Kihara
• Renjūrō Kindaichi (金田一蓮十郎) - (Liar x Liar)^[159]
• Yuki Kiriga
• Miyuki Kobayashi
• Momoko Kōda - (Heroine Shikkaku^[160])
• Yun Kōga
• Fumiyo Kōno - (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni)
• Mitsurō Kubo^[161] - (Moteki and Again!)
• Ryōko Kui [ja]^[162] - (Terrarium in Drawer, Dungeon Meshi)
• Fusako Kuramochi
• Yuki Kure
• Maki Kusumoto - (Kissxxxx, V. Eye, K no Souretsu - The Funeral Procession of K, Die Tödliche Dolis)^[163]
• Kei Kusunoki - (Girls Saurus, Ogre Slayer, Diabolo, Bitter Virgin)^[164]
• Nao Maita (まいた菜穂) - (Age 12)^[165][166]
• Miyako Maki
• Sanami Matoh - (Fake, By the Sword)
• Naoko Matsuda (ja) - (Jūhan Shuttai!^[167][168])
• Temari Matsumoto - (Kyo Kara Maoh!, Just My Luck, The Loudest Whisper: Uwasa No Futari, Shinobu Kokoro: Hidden Heart, Cause of My Teacher)
• Akemi Matsunae
• Hibari Meguro (目黒ひばり) - (Seiyū Mashimashi Club^[169])
• Mitsukazu Mihara - (IC in a Sunflower, Beautiful People, Doll, Haunted House, R.I.P.: Requiem in Phonybrian, The Embalmer)
• Rin Mikimoto^[170] (ja) - (Kin Kyori Renai, Kyō no Kira-kun)
• Kanan Minami - (Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu)
• Kazuka Minami - (My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor)
• Tōko Minami (ja) - (ReRe Hello)^[171][172]
• Ai Minase (ja) - (Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi)^[173][174]
• Kazuya Minekura - (Saiyuki, Wild Adapter, Saiyuki Ibun, Saiyuki Reload Blast)^[175]
• Suzue Miuchi
• Kyoko Mizuki - (writer Candy Candy)
• Hideko Mizuno - (Fire!, Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken)
• Junko Mizuno - (Pure Trance)
• Setona Mizushiro - (X-Day, After School Nightmare)
• Jun Mochizuki - (Pandora Hearts)
• Kozueko Morimoto [ja]^[176] - (Deka Wanko, Gokusen, Kōdai-ke no Hitobito)
• Milk Morinaga - (Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, Girl Friends)
• Akiko Morishima - (Hanjuku-Joshi)^[177]
• Suu Morishita (森下suu) - (Like a Butterfly)^[178]
• Milk Morizono
• Maki Murakami
• Mayu Murata (村田真優) - (Nagareboshi Lens)^[179]
• Mayumi Muroyama
• Aya Nakahara - (Love Com, Berry Dynamite)^[180]
• Hisaya Nakajo - (Hana-Kimi, Sugar Princess)
• Hikaru Nakamura - (Arakawa Under the Bridge, Saint Young Men)
• Yoshiki Nakamura^[181] - (Skip Beat!, Tokyo Crazy Paradise)
• Junko Nakano (中野純子) - (B-Shock!, Chisa × Pon, Hetakoi)^[182]
• Nagamu Nanaji [ja]^[183] - (Parfait Tic!)
• Kiriko Nananan - (blue, Strawberry Shortcakes)
• Atsuko Nanba (南波あつこ) - (Senpai to Kanojo)^[184]
• Minako Narita - (Cipher, Alexandrite, Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku)^[185][186]
• Tomoko Ninomiya - (Nodame Cantabile)
• Keiko Nishi - (Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin, Love Song)
• Yoshiko Nishitani
• Miho Obana - (Kodomo no Omocha)
• Akane Ogura - (Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen)
• Saori Oguri - (Is He Turning Japanese?)
• Shinobu Ohtaka - (Sumomomo Momomo, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
• Reiko Okano - (Fancy Dance)
• Hiromu Ono - (Lady Love)
• Natsume Ono - (Ristorante Paradiso, House of Five Leaves)
• Yumiko Ōshima - (The Star of Cottonland)
• Minami Ozaki
• Mari Ozawa
• Peach-Pit
• Marimo Ragawa - (Baby and Me)
• Akizuki Risu
• Robico - (My Little Monster)
• Rieko Saibara - (Bokunchi, Mainichi Kaasan, Onnanoko Monogatari, Jōkyō Monogatari)
• Fumi Saimon
• Mayu Sakai - (Rockin' Heaven)
• Io Sakisaka - (Strobe Edge)
• Momoko Sakura - (Chibi Maruko-chan)
• Koharu Sakuraba - (Kyō no Go no Ni, Minami-ke)
• Kanoko Sakurakoji - (Backstage Prince, Black Bird)
• Erica Sakurazawa
• Machiko Satonaka
• Karuho Shiina - (Kimi ni Todoke)
• Chika Shiina [ja]^[187] - creator of 37.5°C no Namida
• Reiko Shimizu
• Takako Shimura - (Aoi Hana, Wandering Son)
• Chie Shinohara - (Ao no Fūin, Romance of Darkness, Red River, Purple Eyes in the Dark)
• Mayu Shinjo - (Sensual Phrase, Akuma na Eros, Haou Airen, Love Celeb, Ai Ore!-
• Aya Shouoto - (S.L.H Stray Love Hearts!, Kiss of Rose Princess, He's My Only Vampire)^[188]
• Yuki Suetsugu - (Chihayafuru)
• Akira Sugito [ja] - (Boku Girl)^[189]
• Miwako Sugiyama^[190] (杉山美和子) - (True Love)
• Fuyumi Soryo
• Keiko Suenobu - (Life, Limit)
• Hinako Sugiura
• Hiro Suzuhira - (Ginban Kaleidoscope)
• Julietta Suzuki
• Haruko Tachiiri
• Megumi Tachikawa
• Kaoru Tada
• Rumiko Takahashi - (Urusei Yatsura, Ranma ½, InuYasha)
• Hinako Takanaga - (Challengers, Little Butterfly, Liberty Liberty!, The Tyrant Falls in Love)
• Rica Takashima - (Rica 'tte Kanji!?)
• Natsuki Takaya - (Phantom Dream, Tsubasa: Those with Wings, Songs to Make You Smile, Fruits Basket, Hoshi wa Utau, Liselotte and Witch's Forest)
• Yuyuko Takemiya - (writer of Evergreen)
• Naoko Takeuchi - (Sailor Moon)
• Keiko Tobe - (With the Light)
• Yana Toboso - (Black Butler)
• Asami Tojo (東城麻美) - (Chimera, X-Kai, Thunderbolt Boys Excite, Love Prism, Only You)^[191]
• Ichigo Takano (ja) - (Yume Miru Taiyō, Orange)^[192]
• Yumi Tamura - (Basara, Chicago, 7 Seeds)
• Yellow Tanabe - (Kekkaishi)
• Meca Tanaka^[193] - (Meteor Prince)
• Arina Tanemura - (Full Moon o Sagashite, Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura)
• Ema Tōyama - (Pixie Pop, Koko ni iru yo!)
• Masami Tsuda - (Kare Kano, Eensy Weensy Monster, Chotto Edo Made)
• Mikiyo Tsuda - (The Day of Revolution, Family Complex, Princess Princess)
• Shungicu Uchida - (Minami-kun no Koibito)
• Miwa Ueda - (Peach Girl)
• Kimiko Uehara
• Chica Umino - (Honey and Clover, March Comes in Like a Lion)
• Tsunami Umino^[194] (ja) - (Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu)
• Yuki Urushibara - (Mushishi)
• Masako Watanabe
• Taeko Watanabe - (Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!, Kaze Hikaru)
• Yuu Watase - (Fushigi Yūgi, Ceres, Celestial Legend, Absolute Boyfriend)
• Yū Yabūchi^[195] - (Mizuiro Jidai, Naisho no Tsubomi, Hitohira no Koi ga Furu)
• Murasaki Yamada
• Ryoko Yamagishi
• Ebine Yamaji
• Sumika Yamamoto
• Kazumi Yamashita - (The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa)
• Kyoko Yamashita^[196]
• Waki Yamato
• Mari Yamazaki - (Thermae Romae)
• Ai Yazawa - (Nana (manga))
• Akimi Yoshida
• Yuki Yoshihara^[197]
• Miki Yoshikawa - (Yankee-kun to Megane-chan)
• Fumi Yoshinaga - (Antique Bakery, Ōoku: The Inner Chambers)
• Wataru Yoshizumi - (Handsome na Kanojo, Marmalade Boy, Ultra Maniac)
• Kaori Yuki - (Earl Cain, Angel Sanctuary)
• Sumomo Yumeka
• Yumi Unita^[198] (ja) - (Sukimasuki, Bunny Drop)

Kazakhstan

• Dilyara Nassyrova^[199]

Lebanon

• Zeina Abirached^[200]

Malaysia

• Sandra Khoo - (Claude and Chunkie)^[201]

Mongolia

• Zolzaya Batkhuyag^[202]

South Korea

• Iwan - (Jiburo Ganeungil, Jumping).^[203]
• Lee Jung-Hyoun^[204]
• Kwon Gyo-jung^[205]
• Kwon Yoon-joo - (Snowcat)^[206]
• Kang Kyung-ok^[207]
• Lee So-young
• You - (born in South Korea, later moved to Belgium)^[208]

Taiwan

• Belle Yang - (Hannah Is My Name, Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale)^[209]

Europe

Austria

• Dora Dimow^[210]
• Marianne Frimberger (Die Fünf Negerlein)^[211]
• Ulli Lust: Ignatz Award-winning Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life
• Hella Schiefer^[212]
• Else Weichberger^[213]
• Susi Weigel^[214]
• Susanne Wenger^[215]

Belgium

• Rosita Cappaert (born as a woman, later became a transgender man) - (Cleef Combe, scriptwriter of De Ever en de Roos)^[216]
• Eva Cardon, aka Ephameron - (Us Two, Together)^[217]
• Nathalie Carpentier^[218]
• Chayé^[219]
• May Claerhout - (made comics for the magazine Ohee)^[220]
• Veerle Colle - (Colle, graphic novel based on the film Ben X)^[221]
• Antoinette Collin - (Les Naufragés de l'Escalator, Christobald)^[222]
• Nine Culliford - (wife of Peyo, who colorized his comics).
• Blanche Dumoulin - (made comics for Spirou and was the wife of Rob-Vel).^[223]
• Carine De Brab^[224]
• Marianne Duvivier^[225]
• Liliane Funcken - (made comics for the magazine Tintin with her husband Fred)^[226]
• Dominique Gillain^[227]
• Jeanne and Laure Hovine - (Nic et Nac), notable for being the first Belgian female comics artists.^[228]
• Ilah - (Cordelia)^[229]
• Nina Jacqmin - (La Tristesse de l'Éléphant)^[230]
• Kari (advertising comics)^[231]
• Karo^[232]
• Greet Liégeois - (scripted Bessy and ghosted Silberpfeil)^[233]
• Viviane Nicaise^[234]
• Erika Raven - (Ripley, Thomas Rindt)^[235]
• Séraphine, aka Séraphine Claeys^[236]
• Cécile Schmitz^[237]
• Tonet Timmermans^[238]
• Sylvia Tops - (Team Lou)^[239]
• Ann Van de Velde, aka Carrie Anne - (Ridder Geert)^[240]
• Leen van Hulst^[241]
• Katrien Van Schuylenbergh - (Oh Dierbaar Vlaanderen..., Merel)^[242]
• Judith Vanistendael - (Dance By The Light of the Moon)^[243]
• Tine Vercruysse^[244]
• Virginie Vertonghen - (La Vavache)^[245]
• You - (born in South Korea, later moved to Belgium)^[208]

Bosnia

• Enisa Bravo^[246]
• Helena Klakočar^[247]

Bulgaria

• Elena Stoilova - (Is Vasko Alive?)^[248]

Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

• Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová - (Z Mého Dětství (From my Childhood)^[249]
• Lucie Lomová^[250]

Denmark

• Birthe Aksby - (Lillegut)^[251]
• Sussi Bech - (Nofret)^[252]
• Lillian Brøgger - (Fuglemanden)^[251]
• Christy Bentzon - (Lone og lille Lasse)^[251]
• Sofie Louise Dam - (Hviskeleg)^[251]
• Ida Gantriis - (Frederik og Joachim)^[251]
• Tatiana Goldberg - (Anima, Kijara)^[251]
• Carla Hansen - (co-creator of Rasmus Klump)^[253]
• Marie Hjuler [da] - (Lone og Lille Lasse)^[254]
• Kirsten Hoffmann - (Dorte og Clas)^[251]
• Line Høj Høstrup - (Det rette element)^[251]
• Angelica Inigo - (On/off)^[251]
• Ina Korneliussen - (Små fisk, Æg)^[251]
• Ingerlise Kristoffersen - (Pigen der ledte efter sin egen skygge)^[251]
• Sabine Lemire - (Mira)^[251]
• Anne Mette Kærulf Lorenzen - (Skamlebben)^[251]
• Tove Norgaard - (continued Rasmus Klump)^[255]
• Gerda Nystad - (Evas Hverdag)^[251]
• Kristina Ricken - (Live fra Lolland)^[251]
• Stine Spedsberg - (Stinestregen, Vox)^[251]
• Karoline Stjernfelt - (I morgen bliver det bedre)^[251]
• Frederikke Tornager - (Min nat med dig)^[251]
• Lisbeth Valgreen - (Gaven, Arret)^[251]
• Rikke Villadsen - (Et knald til)^[251]
• Gerda Wegener^[256]
• Nikoline Werdelin - (Café, Homo Metropolis)^[251]
• Henriette Westh - (Dorthea)^[251]
• Pernille Ørum - (Hit-Girl)^[251]

Finland

• Mari Ahokoivu^[257]
• Terhi Ekebom^[258]
• Tove Jansson - (The Moomins)^[259]
• Arja Kajermo - (Dublin Four, Tuula)^[260]
• Ina Kallis^[261]
• Kati Kovàcs^[262]
• Kaisa Leka^[263]
• Aino Louhi^[264]
• Pauliina Mäkelä^[265]
• Hanneriina Moisseinen^[266]
• Nora Paakanen - (Ted Dally)^[267]
• Tiina Paju^[268]
• Milla Paloniemi - (Kiroileva siilli, Tassutellen)^[269]
• Kaija Papu^[270]
• Kati Rapia - (Lonkka, Yellow Bird)^[271]
• Jenni Rope - (Miss Simon Ginlemon)^[272]
• Anna Sailamaa - (Paimen)^[273]
• Katri Supiläinen^[274]
• Minna Sundberg - (A Redtail's Dream and Stand Still. Stay Silent)
• Aino Sutinen^[275]
• Tiitu Takalo^[276]
• Katja Tukiainen^[277]
• Riita Uusitalo^[278]
• Amanda Vähämäki^[279]
• Emmi Valve^[280]
• Julia Vuori - (Sika)^[281]

France

• Marguerite Abouet - (Aya of Yopougon)
• Peggy Adam - (Luchadoras)
• Lucie Albon - (Le Voeu de Marc)^[282]
• Algésiras^[283]
• Aurélia Aurita^[284]
• Pénélope Bagieu - (My Quite Fascinating Life, Joséphine)
• Anne Baltus^[285]
• Stéphanie Bellat - (Princesse Libellule)^[286]
• Françoise Bertier - (Line)^[287]
• Claire Bouilhac – (Francis Blaireau Farceur )^[288]
• Marie-Madeleine Bourdin - (Titounet et Titounette)^[289]
• Elsa Brants^[290]
• Claire Bretécher - (Les Frustrés)
• Lætitia Brochier^[291]
• Camille Burger^[292]
• Marie Caillou^[293]
• Florence Cestac - (Cestac pour les grands)
• Cécile Chicault^[294]
• Nicole Claveloux^[295]
• Daphné Collignon – (Flora et les Étoiles Filantes)^[296]
• Chloé Cruchaudet^[297]
• Mariel Dauphin - (comics based on novels)^[298]
• Clio De Frégon - (Charlie, Ma Vie de Star)^[299]
• Marie-Christine Demeure^[300]
• Bernadette Després - (Tom-Tom and Nana)^[301]
• Isabelle Dethan^[302]
• Lucie Durbiano^[303]
• Colonel Moutarde
• Marie Duval - (Ally Sloper)^[304]
• Nathalie Ferlut – (Ether Glister)^[305]
• Kate J. Fricero - (Les Distractions de Mll Nini).^[306]
• Geneviève Gautier (created the comic Les Aventures du Pingouin Alfred at age 95, making her the oldest person to ever debut as a comics artist.^[307])
• Hélène Georges^[308]
• Annie Goetzinger - (Félina, Aurore, La Demoiselle de la Légion d'honneur, Agence Hardy)
• Virginie Greiner – (Secrets)^[309]
• Anne Guillard - (Valentine, Ma Vie d'Ado, Les Pipelettes)^[310]
• Joly Guth^[311]
• Loo Hui Phang^[312]
• Manon Iessel - (Capucine)^[313]
• Marie Jaffredo (Yuan: journal d'une adoption)
• Catherine Labey (born in France, later moved to Portugal)^[314]
• Oriane Lassus – (Spongiculture)^[315]
• Sandrine Lemoult^[316]
• Samantha Leriche-Gionet (Boum) - (Boumeries)^[317]
• Patricia Lyfoung - (La Rose Écarlate)^[318]
• Lisa Mandel^[319]
• Jul Maroh - (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)
• Catherine Meurisse - (Elza)^[320]
• Laureline Michaut, aka Laurel - (Le Journal de Carmilla, Cerise, Les Énigmes de Violette)^[321]
• Marion Montaigne - (Tu Mourras Moins Bête)
• Chantal Montellier - (1996)
• Aurélien Morinière^[322]
• Françoise Mouly
• Catel Muller^[323]
• Aurélie Neyret, aka Clo^[324]
• Collette Pattinger^[325]
• Françoise Pichard (Chard, Pscharr)
• Marie Pommepuy - (half of the duo Keracoët)^[326]
• Sandrine Revel^[327]
• Anouk Ricard^[328]
• Rosalys
• Annick Sadonnet, aka Sadon, Ajol or Sade^[7]
• Marjane Satrapi (born in Iran, later moved to France) - (Persepolis)
• Joëlle Savey^[329]
• Johanna Schipper (known as "Johanna")
• Anne Simon (comics artist) [fr] - (author of The Song of Aglaia (Fantagraphics))
• Maly Siri^[330]
• Solveg (Betty)^[331]
• Roxanne Starr
• Irène Stegmann^[332]
• Caroline Sury^[333]
• Tanxxx^[334]
• Annette Tison - (Barbapapa)
• Vanyda
• Valérie Vernay - (Agathe Saugrenu)^[335]
• Chloé Wary^[336]
• Claire Wendling

Germany

• Franziska Bilek^[337]
• Naomi Fearn - (Zuckerfish)^[338]
• Aisha Franz^[339]
• Kristina Gehrmann - (Im Eisland)^[340]
• Dagmar Geisler^[341]
• Cornelia Geppert - (continued Abrafaxe)^[342]
• Edith Hegenbarth - (worked on Digedags)^[343]
• Jule K^[344]
• Kathi Kaeppel^[345]
• Hyuna Kang^[346]
• Nora Krug^[347]
• Anke Kuhl ^[348]
• Marie Marcks^[349]
• Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (born in Germany, spent her life in Switzerland) - (Papa Moll).^[350]
• Marika Paul^[351]
• Elizabeth Pich - (War and Peas)^[352]
• Annegret Reimann^[353]
• Lona Rietschel - (Abrafaxe)^[354]
• Elke Steiner^[355]
• Ulrike Uhlig^[356]
• Irmtraut Winkler-Wittig - (worked for Hannes Hegen)^[357]
• Barbara Yelin^[358]
• Minou Zaribaf^[359]
• Gisela Zimmermann^[360]

Greece

• Alkmini Grammatopoulou ^[361]
• Zoe Skiadaresi - (Bampoudas)^[362]

Hungary

• Gabriella Baracsi^[363]
• Miriam Katin^[364]
• Lívia Rusz

Italy

• Bianca Bagnarelli
• Laura Bozzano - (Disney comics)^[365]
• Lina Buffolente - (Piccolo Ranger, Comandante Mark)
• Anna Brandoli - (La Strega, Cuba 42)^[366]
• Barbara Canepa - (Disney comics)^[367]
• Giovanna Casotto
• Barbara Ciardo
• Adriana Cristina - (Disney comics)^[368]
• Iris De Paoli^[369]
• Anna Maria Falcetti - (Looney Tunes comics, Disney comics, Bobo) ^[370]
• Liliana Fantoni^[371]
• Monica Ferrone - (Xtina)^[372]
• Elena de' Grimani - (Rigel)
• Adriana Lobello^[373]
• Paola Lombroso
• Elisabetta Melaranci - (Disney comics)^[374]
• Anna Merli - (Disney comics)^[375]
• Gabriella Molisso^[376]
• Grazia Nidasio - (Valentina Mela Verde, Steffi)^[377]
• Sara Pichelli - (Marvel comics)
• Elisa Picuno - (Disney comics)^[378]
• Antonella Platano^[379]
• Valeria Turati - (Geronimo Stilton, Bobo, Disney comics)^[380]
• Antonella Vicari^[381]
• Vanna Vinci - (La Bambina Filosofica)^[382]
• Luisa Zancanella - (worked on Martin Mystère)^[383]
• Melissa Zanella^[384]
• Rafaella Zardoni^[385]
• Silvia Ziche - (Disney comics)^[386]
• Laura Zuccheri - (Hardware, Julia, worked on Ken Parker.)^[387]

Ireland

• Elizabeth Shaw - (Sonntagmorgen)^[388]

Latvia

• Ingrida Picukane^[389]
• Dace Sietina - (Life Is A Bitch).^[390]

Luxemburg

• Pascale Velleine - (Jamie Bond)^[391]

Netherlands

• Fieke Asscher - (De Rare Belevenissen van Professor Stap-door-den-Tijd)^[392]
• B. Carrot - (Alle Dagen Ui)^[393]
• Merel Barends^[394]
• Marjolein Bastin^[395]
• Irene Berbee - (Ulfbehrt, worked on Jan, Jans en de Kinderen) ^[396]
• Nelly Bodenheim^[397]
• Wilma van den Bosch - (Disney comics)^[398]
• Peti Buchel^[29]
• Rie Cramer
• Renske de Greef - (Renske Stript)^[399]
• Sandra de Haan^[400]
• Margreet de Heer - (Discoveries in Comics)^[401]
• Dilys de Jong - (5x30)^[402]
• Aimée de Jongh - (Snippers)^[403]
• Marloes de Vries (Lotta)^[404]
• Juliette de Wit^[405]
• Els Deckers, aka Vosje^[406]
• Mies Deinum^[407]
• Marissa Delbressine^[408]
• Phiny Dick - (Olle Kapoen, Birre Beer)
• Henrieke Goorhuis - (Het Lastpak)^[409]
• Dorith Graef - (Nena's Vlog)^[410]
• Fritzi Harmsen van Beek - (continued Flipje van Tiel)^[411]
• Maaike Hartjes - (Maaike's Dagboek)^[412]
• Nelleke Haverhals - (Roos)^[413]
• Eva Hilhorst^[414]
• Gerrie Hondius - (Ansje Tweedehansje)^[415]
• Patty Klein - (Noortje)^[416]
• Simone Koch - (made a promotional comic for comics store Lambiek)^[417]
• Alice Kok -^[418]
• Gradie Knipscheer - (Keesje Konijntje)^[419]
• Greetje Kroone^[420]
• Judy Koot^[421]
• Rie Kooyman - (Hoki en Poki)^[422]
• Marjolein Krijger^[423]
• Andrea Kruis - (continued Jan, Jans en de Kinderen)^[424]
• Liesbeth Labeur^[425]
• Freddie Langeler - (Pietje Pluk en Kootje Kwak, Bobby den Speurder, Barendje Kwik, Bello Blafmeier)^[426]
• Jolet Leenhouts - (De Vier-Vijf-Zes)^[427]
• Lonneke Leever^[428]
• Anne van de Leur^[429]
• Maia Matches - (born in Canada, moved to the Netherlands) - (Ruby Riveter, Bitch)^[35]
• Ellen Meske - (Merik de Meeuw)^[430]
• Johanna Bernardina Midderigh-Bokhorst^[431]
• Sandra Nieuweboer - (Karin, Beppen)^[432]
• Evi Nijs - (Alex en het feest van Jeroen Bosch)^[433]
• Coco Ouwerkerk (Acception)^[434]
• Georgien Overwater - (Sjanie, Bart en Bob, Hungry Jack)^[435]
• Joanika Ring^[436]
• Emma Ringelding^[437]
• Maartje Schalkx^[438]
• Coq Scheltens-Jongkind - (Scoutertje, Dikkie)^[439]
• Willy Schermelé^[440]
• Marieke Scholten^[441]
• Nora Schnitzler - (Keesje Knabbel)^[442]
• Willy Smit - (Tijs Wijs De Torenwachter)^[443]
• Anne and Eva Staal, aka De Stalinskis .^[444][445]
• Sandra Kleine Staarman^[446]
• Barbara Stok - (Barbaraal)^[447]
• Gwen Stok - (comics adaptations of the short stories by Toon Tellegen)^[448]
• Marlon Teunissen^[449]
• Jip van den Toorn - ^[450]
• Anne van Baarle - (De Ware Geschiedenis van Aspoetser)^[451]
• Nel van Beek - (Dol en Mina)^[452]
• Agnes van Belle - (Het zal wel)^[453]
• Linda van Bruggen^[454]
• Eveline van Dijk - (made comics promoting trepanation, based on the theories of Bart Huges.)^[455]
• Linda van Erve^[456]
• Nans van Leeuwen - (Piggelmee)^[457]
• Harriët van Reek^[458]
• Marjorie Velthuyse - (Izzie, Suul & Juul)^[459]
• Toby Vos, aka Neeltje Vos^[460]
• Marijn Van der Waa - (Hibou) ^[461]
• Fiep Westendorp - (Jip en Janneke)^[462]
• Henriette Willebeek le Mair^[463]
• Nettie van Wijland - (De Avonturen van Tijs Loerendraaier en Dikkie Duik).^[464]
• Leny Zwalve

Norway

• Anna Fiske
• Karine Haaland
• Lise Myhre
• Solveig Muren Sanden - (continued Tuss og Troll and Smørbukk)^[465]
• Hanne Sigbjørnsen
• Inga Sætre
• Vivian Zahl Olsen - (Småtte)^[466]

Poland

• Elisabeth Brozowska - (Josephine)^[467]

Portugal

• María Alcobre^[468]
• Bixa - (Laçarote e Pantalonas, 3 de Braço Dado)^[469]
• Teresa Camara Pestana^[470]
• Maria Isabel Carvalho^[471]
• Ana Cortesão^[472]
• Helena Dias^[473]
• Catherine Labey (born in France, later moved to Portugal)^[314]
• Isabel Lobinho^[474]
• Ofélia Marques, aka Ofélia^[475]
• Susa Monteiro^[476]
• Guida Ottolini^[477]
• Maria Emília Roque Gameiro, aka Màmia^[478]
• Raquel Roque Gameiro^[479]
• Joana Rosa (TMG - The Mighty Gang, Dreamland Protectors)
• Joana Mosi
• Joana Afonso (O Bestiário de Isa)
• Joana Lafuente (Transformers)
• Rita Alfaiate

Romania

• Aitch^[480]
• Louise Hirsch (born in Romania, moved to the U.S.) - (Tessie Tish, Charlie Chirps)^[49]
• Irina Georgeta Pusztai^[481]
• Veronica Solomon^[482]

Russia

• Svetlana Chmakova: artist/Writer, Dramacon (Tokyopop)
• Tatyana Gnisiuk^[483]
• Tanja Neljubina^[484]

Scotland

• Karrie Fransman - (The House That Groaned, Death of the Artist, The Darkness Behind Our Eyes, Gender Swapped Fairy Tales)^[485]
• Lorna Miller - (Artist/Writer: Witch - Contributor: Girlfrenzy, The Comics Journal, The Ramones Box Set, Vice, etc. - Artist/Colourist: Thomas the Tank Engine, Toxic, Ben 10, Powerpuff Girls, Moshi Monsters)^[486]

Spain

• Sònia Albert - (Professor Breinstein, Disney comics)^[487]
• Meritxell Andreu - (Disney comics)^[488]
• Lola Anglada^[489]
• Flavita Banana^[490]
• Carmen Barbará - (Mary Noticias)
• Juliana Bach - (Bunty and Mandy, also known as Marnie en Sanne)^[491]
• Isabel Bas - (Ana-Emilia y su Familia)^[492]
• Purita Campos - (Patty's World)^[493]
• Cristina Durán Costell
• Rosa Galcerán
• Carmen Levi - (continued Pif le chien, religious comics)^[494]
• Pilar Mir - (Ana Belén)^[495]
• Ana Miralles - (Djinn)
• Roser Oduber^[496]
• Ana Oncina
• Pepita Pardell
• Maria Pascual Alberich - (Rosa Blancas, Sissi)^[497]
• Moderna de Pueblo^[498]
• Laura Pérez Vernetti^[499]
• Margarita Querol Manzano - (Disney comics)^[500]
• Raquel Riba
• Lourdes Rueda Sala - (Disney comics)^[501]

Sweden

• Ottilia Adelborg^[502]
• Christina Alvner - (Coco)^[503]
• Inger Edelfeldt - (Hondjuret)^[504]
• Åsa Ekström
• Michaela Favilla - (worked on the Mamma Mu series) ^[505]
• Susanne Fredelius^[506]
• Kerstin Frykstrand - (Muff och Tuff)^[507]
• Anneli Furmark^[508]
• Annika Giannini - (Illustrator Man, Övergångsstället, Roberts vänne, Folk och fä)^[509]
• Ester Gill - (Lillans Morgongröt, Den Egenkära Gunilla, Sara)^[510]
• Gunna Grähs^[511]
• Stina Hjelm [sv]^[512]
• Jenny Holmlund^[513]
• Johanna Kristiansson - (Katten Nils)^[514]
• Eva Lindström^[515]
• Bia Melin (continued Agust och Lotta)^[516]
• Coco Moodysson
• Lina Neidestam^[517]
• Gunila Stierngranat - (Lila Lena och Jon Blund, Lille Göran och Jon Blund, Lasseman och Hans Vänner, Snövit, Morfars Barndomsminnen, Eva-Maria och Ingegegerd).^[518]
• Liv Strömquist - (100 Procent)^[519]
• Minna Sundberg - (A Redtail's Dream, Stand Still, Stay Silent)
• Cecilia Torudd - (Ensamma mamman)^[520]
• Margit Uppenberg, aka Gobi - (Pian)^[521]
• Natalie Zimmerman^[522]

Switzerland

• Frida Bünzli (pseudonym of Debra Bühlmann-Drenten)^[491]
• Odrade^[523]
• Edith Oppenheim-Jonas (born in Germany, spent her life in Switzerland) - (Papa Moll).^[350]
• Corinne Schroff^[524]
• Anna Sommer - (Damen Dramen)^[525]
• Valp (Valentine Pasche) - (Lock, Ashrel)
• Judith Zaugg^[526]

Turkey

• Selma Emiroğlu
• Ramize Erer^[527]

United Kingdom

• Janet Ahlberg^[528]
• Wendy Arnot - (worked on Rupert Bear)^[529]
• Mabel Lucie Attwell - (Wot A Life)^[530]
• Gabrielle Bell - (Lucky)
• Hannah Berry - (Britten and Brülightly, Adamtine, Vox Pop, LiveStock, Premeditations)^[531]
• Hilda Boswell - (Strongheart)
• Vera Bowyer^[532]
• Jenny Butterworth - (Tiffany Jones)^[533]
• Kate Charlesworth - (Sally Heathcote: Suffragette)
• Katriona Chapman - (Katzine, Follow Me In, Breakwater)^[534]
• Sue Coe
• Gillian Crampton Smith^[535]
• Evelyn Flinders - (The Silent Three)
• Barbara C. Freeman
• Dora Gibbon - (Muffy in Moonland)^[536]
• Isabel Greenberg - (The Encyclopedia of Early Earth)
• Alex Hallatt - (Arctic Circle)^[537]
• Dawn Hargy - (The Fabulous Baker Girls)
• Laura Howell - (Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green, Les Pretend, Tricky Dicky and the manga adaptation of The Beano)^[538]
• Yvonne Hutton - (worked on Roy of the Rovers)
• Helen Jacobs^[539]
• Lee Kennedy^[540]
• Jennifer Kisler - (continued Rupert Bear)^[541]
• Kat Kon^[542]
• Sonia Leong
• Lucy Matthews - (assisted on Rupert Bear)^[543]
• Kathleen McDougall - (worked on Rupert Bear)^[544]
• Lorna Miller - Scotland (Witch)
• Marjorie Owens - (worked on Rupert Bear)^[545]
• Annie Parkhouse
• Philippa Perry - (Couch Fiction)
• Dora Royle^[546]
• Kate Sheppard - (Horrible Histories)^[547]
• Posy Simmonds - (Gemma Bovery, Tamara Drewe)
• Mary M. Talbot - (Sally Heathcote: Suffragette, Dotter of Her Father's Eyes)
• Mabel Francis Taylor - (The Little Sparrowkins, continued Jungle Jinks)^[548]
• Pat Tourret - (Tiffany Jones)^[533]
• Mary Tourtel - (Rupert Bear)
• Inez Townsend (born in the U.K., later moved to the U.S.) - (Gretchen Gratz, Snooks and Snicks, the Mischievous Twins)^[54]
• Suzy Varty - (Heröine, Mama! dramas, Nelson)^[549]
• Emma Vieceli
• Laura Watton - (Biomecha)

Oceania

Australia

• Dr Jenia Meng^[550][551]
• Moira Bertram - (Jo)^[552]
• Queenie Chan - (The Dreaming, Tokyopop)
• Elizabeth Durack - (Nungalla and Jungalla)^[553]
• Cecilia May Gibbs - (Bib and Bub, Tiggy Touchwood)^[554]
• Nicki Greenberg
• Sarah Howell
• Marguerita - (Zyg & Mea)^[555]
• Kathleen O'Brien - (Wanda the War Girl)^[556]
• Mandy Ord
• Carolyn Ridsdale^[557]
• Madeleine Rosca - Hollow Fields
• Nicola Scott
• Nicole Skeltys - (Pigeon Coup)
• Ruth Vickery - (Betty and Bill)^[558]

New Zealand

• Sharon Alston - (made comics for Broadsheet)^[559]
• Kim Casali - (Love is...)^[560]