![]() ![]() She stated, "It's weird to me how willing people are to overlook the hideous darkness in Crumb's work. Robbins was becoming increasingly outspoken in her beliefs, for instance criticizing underground comix pioneer Robert Crumb for the perceived misogyny of many of his comics. Wimmen's Comix #1 featured Robbins' "Sandy Comes Out," the first-ever comic strip featuring an "out" lesbian. From this period on, Robbins became increasingly involved in creating outlets for and promoting female comics artists, through projects such as the comics anthology Wimmen's Comix, with which she was involved for twenty years. That same year she established the first all-woman comic book, the one-shot It Ain't Me, Babe Comix. In 1970 Robbins left New York for San Francisco, where she worked at the feminist underground newspaper It Ain't Me, Babe. Robbins' first comics were printed in the East Village Other she also contributed to the spin-off underground comic Gothic Blimp Works. Robbins became an active member of science fiction fandom in the 1950s, and her illustrations appeared in science fiction fanzines such as the Hugo-nominated Habakkuk. ![]()
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