The Lulu Awards, presented annually at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, by the Friends of Lulu bestowed the Lulu of the Year trophy for overall work; with additional awards, variously over the years, having included the Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent; the Volunteer of the Year Award; and both the Women of Distinction Award and induction into the Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame.
Winners and nominees. Awards could be given to either the works or the creators.
The Great Women Superheroes, by Trina Robbins (Kitchen Sink Press)
Action Girl, Sarah Dyer, editor (Slave Labor Graphics)
Girl Talk, Isabella Bannerman, Ann Decker, & Sabrina Jones, editors (Fantagraphics)
Leave It To Chance, by James Robinson & Paul Smith (comics)
Marilyn: The Story of a Woman, Kathryn Hyatt, (7 Stories Press)
Strangers in Paradise, Terry Moore (Homage Comics)
Action Girl, Sarah Dyer, editor (Slave Labor Graphics)
Abby Denson, Tough Love: High School Confidential, Freedom Set, and work in XY Magazine
Linda Medley, Castle Waiting (Olio)
Dave Roman and John Green, Quicken Forbidden
Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother (Sirius Entertainment)
Scary Godmother, by Jill Thompson (Sirius Entertainment)
Akiko, by Mark Crilley (Sirius Entertainment)
The Amazing "True" Story of a Teenage Single Mom, by Katherine Arnoldi (Hyperion Books)
Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley (Olio)
A Child's Life and Other Stories, by Phoebe Gloeckner (Frog, Ltd., an imprint of North Atlantic Books)
Queen of the Black Black, by Megan Kelso (Highwater)
Trina Robbins, From Girls to Grrrlz
Mark Crilley Akiko
Ellen Forney, Monkey Food
Jim Ottaviani, Dignifying Science
Dori Seda Dori Stories, edited by Kate Kane and Don Donahue
Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother comics and books
Trina Robbins, and Anne Timmons, Go-Girl!
Sequential Tart, Marcia Allass, editor, and staff
Greg Beettam & Stephe Geigen-Miller Xeno's Arrow
Chynna Clugston-Major, Blue Monday
Mark Crilley, Akiko
Les Daniels, Wonder Woman: The Complete History
Roberta Gregory
Rachel Hartmann, Amy Unbounded
Lea Hernandez, Cathedral Child and Rumble Girls
Janet Hetherington, Eternally Yours
Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse
Lawrence Marvit, Sparks
Kevin Mason & Alex Szewczuk Sleeping Dragons
Scott McCloud, Reinventing Comics
Linda Medley, Castle Waiting (Olio)
Terry Moore, Strangers in Paradise
Carla Speed McNeil, Finder
Mark Oakley, Thieves and Kings
Paul Pope, THB
Powerpuff Girls comics, various, Joan Hilty, editor
Dave Roman and John Green, Quicken Forbidden
Posy Simmonds Gemma Bovery
Jeff Smith, Bone
Jeff Smith and Charles Vess, Rose
Dave McKinnon and Terry Wiley, Sleaze Castle/Petra Etcetra
Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother
Andi Watson, Breakfast After Noon
Mary Wilshire
Sequential Tart, Marcia Allas, editor
Chynna Clugston-Major, Blue Monday
Lea Hernandez, Cathedral Child
Carla Speed McNeil, Finder
Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother
Free Comic Book Day (2002: inaugural year), Joe Field, organizer
Alison Bechdel , Dykes to Watch Out For
Chynna Clugston-Major, Blue Monday
Clamp (four female creators of manga, including Card Captor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, and X/1999)
Jen Van Meter and Christine Norrie Hopeless Savages trade paperback
Lea Hernandez, editor, Girlamatic.com
Jen Contino Comicon.com/Pulse.com
Jane Irwin Vogelein
Lawrence Klein, founder of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
Marjane Satrapi Persepolis
Shaenon Garrity, (Girlamatic.com, the Cartoon Art Museum)
Devin Grayson (DC Comics)
Megan Kelso, Scheherazade
TokyoPop website (tokyopop.com)
Flight Anthology website (flightcomics.com)
Scholastic/Graphix (publisher of The Baby-sitters Club, Queen Bee, Breaking Up)
Jen Contino (Comicon.com/Pulse, contributor)
Gail Simone (writer of Birds of Prey)
Girlamatic.com (Comics hosting website)
Zeus Comics/CAPE (Retailer/Comics and Pop Culture Expo)
Abby Denson (Tough Love: High School Confidential)
Alison Bechdel (Fun Home, Dykes to Watch Out For)
Donna Barr (The Desert Peach, Stinz)
Marjane Satrapi
Audra Furuichi
gURL Comix
Stephanie McMillan
Rutu Modan
Danielle Corsetto for Girls with Slingshots
In 2009, shortly before the demise of the Friends of Lulu, the Hall of Fame was renamed The Female Cartoonists And Comic Book Writer’s Hall Of Fame.
Marie Severin, EC and Marvel Comics
Marge Henderson Buell, creator of Little Lulu
Edwina Dumm
Ramona Fradon, Silver Age artist (Aquaman, Metamorpho) and Brenda Starr comic strip
Dale Messick, creator, Brenda Starr
Dale Messick, Brenda Starr
Marjorie Henderson Buell
Ramona Fradon
Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse
Trina Robbins, cartoonist; author, A Century of Women Superheroes
Ramona Fradon
Marge Henderson Buell
Lynn Johnston
Trina Robbins
Marge Henderson Buell
Fran Hopper (Fiction House comics, 1940s)
Tarpe Mills, (Miss Fury)
Lily Renee (Fiction House comics, 1940s)
Hilda Terry, Teena
Rumiko Takahashi, Ranma 1/2, Yurusei Yatsura, other manga
Tie:
Trina Robbins
Hilda Terry
Roberta Gregory
Lea Hernandez
Lynn Johnston
Lee Marrs
Linda Medley
Wendy Pini, Elfquest
Dorothy Woolfolk Roubicek
Dori Seda
Rumiko Takahashi
Lynn Johnston
Nell Brinkley, early 20th century cartoonist/illustrator
Wendy Pini, Elfquest
Barb Rausch, Barbie
Dorothy Woolfolk Roubicek
Rumiko Takahashi
Wendy Pini
Lynda Barry, Marlys and One! Hundred! Demons!
Barb Rausch, Vicki Valentine and Barbie
Dorothy Woolfolk Roubicek
Rumiko Takahashi
Lynda Barry (Marlys, 100 Demons)
Amanda Conner, Vampirella, Soulsearchers & Co.
Barb Rausch
Dorothy Woolfolk Roubicek
Rumiko Takahashi
Donna Barr, A Fine Line Press
Nell Brinkley, The Three Graces
Amanda Conner
Phoebe Gloeckner, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Rumiko Takahashi
Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother, Death: At Death’s Door
Roberta Gregory (Naughty Bits, Artistic Licentiousness)
Phoebe Gloeckner (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
Linda Medley (Castle Waiting)
Rose O'Neill (creator, Kewpie dolls)
Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother)
Carol Tyler (The Job Thing, Late Bloomer)
Colleen Doran (A Distant Soil, The Book of Lost Souls)
Lily Renee Phillips (The Lost World, Werewolf Hunters)
Donna Barr (The Desert Peach, Stinz)
Nell Brinkley
Marty Links
Tarpe Mills
Louise Simonson
Gail Simone
Jessica Abel, Artbabe
Jen Benka. Manya
Ariel Bordeaux, Deep Girl
Kris Dresen, Manya; Action Girl
Jennifer Graves, Robin; Supergirl
Kathryn Hyatt, Marilyn: The Story of a Woman
Carla Speed McNeil, Finder, Shanda the Panda
Ursula O'Steen, Girl Talk, Pure Friction
Elizabeth Watasin, A-Girl, Action Girl
Christina Z, Witchblade
Carla Speed McNeil, Finder
Jenny Gonzalez, Kronikle Komix
Devin Grayson, Catwoman
Tara Jenkins, Galaxion
Ariel Schrag, Definition; Potential
Devin Grayson, Catwoman, Black Widow
Dawn Brown, Little Red Hot
Chynna Clugston-Major, "Blue Monday" in Action Girl and Oni Double Feature
Jane Fisher & Kirsten Petersen, WJHC
Rachel Hartman, Amy Unbounded
Ariel Schrag, Definition; Potential
Jen Sorensen, Slowpoke
Tara Tallan, Galaxion
Maggie Whorf, BoHoS
Rachel Hartman (Amy Unbounded)
Kalah Allen (Jann of Renew)
Rachel Nacion, misspelled "Rachel Ancion" (Shades of Blue)
Suzanne Baumann, misspelled "Suzanne Bowman" (Fridge Magnet Stories)
Chynna Clugston-Major (Blue Monday)
Leela Corman, misspelled "Leelah Corman" (Flim Flam, Queen's Day)
Alison Williams (Sorcerer's Children)
Anne Timmons (Go Girl)
Fiona Avery (No Honor, Rogue, Fionaverse)
Robyn Chapman (Theater of the Meek)
Catherine Doherty (Can of Worms)
Rachel Dodson (Harley Quinn)
Jennifer Feinberg (Little Scrowlie)
Shaenon K. Garrity (Narbonic)
Rebecca Guay (Green Lantern: 1001 Emerald Nights)
Gisele Lagace (Coolcatstudio.com)
Gail Simone (Simpsons comics)
Jen Sorenson
Elizabeth Watasin (Charm School);
Tie:
Gisele Lagace (Cool Cat Studio)
Ashley-Jane Nicolaus (writer, Haven)
Dorothy Gambrell (Cat and Girl, New Adventures of Death)
Layla Lawlor (Raven's Children)
Lark Pien (Stories from the Ward)
Raina Telgemeier (Take Out Comics)
Layla Lawlor (Raven's Children)
Jenn Manley Lee (Dicebox)
Joanne Mutch (Rummblestrips)
Justine Shaw (Nowhere Girl)
Lark Pien (Long Tail Kitty)
2004 Nominees - Sara Beeves (Girly Comic: Mockaroni & Cheese)
Dylan Meconis (Bite Me!)
Christina Weir (Skinwalker, New Mutants)
Vera Brosgol (Flight, Hopeless Savages B-Sides)
Stephanie Freese (Ripped from the Headlines)
Dorothy Gambrell (Cat and Girl)
Emily Horne (www.asofterworld.com)
Tintin Pantoja (Sevenplains, Girlamatic.com, and www.mentaltentacle.com)
Leigh Dragoon (By the Wayside)
Hope Larson
Clio Chiang, misspelled "Clio Chang"
Liz Prince
MK Reed
Rachel Nabors (Crow Princess, Rachel the Great)
June Kim (12 Days)
Rivkah (Steady Beat)
Joelle Jones (12 Reasons Why I Love Her)
Martina Fugazzotto
Kiki Jones
Julia Wertz (The Fart Party)
Kate Beaton, for Hark, a Vagrant
2003
Dave Roman (Editor, Broad Appeal)
Chris Kohler (webmaster)
2004
Charlie Boatner
2005
Marc Wilkofsky (New York Chapter)
2006
Donnie Tracey (Gotham City Limits)
2007
MK Reed
Robin Enrico
2008
Lee Binswanger
Maggie Thompson, editor, Comics Buyer's Guide
Carol Kalish (posthumous) former vice-president, New Product Development, Marvel Comics
Trina Robbins, author, historian
Mimi Rosenheim, editor, AIT-PlanetLar
Diana Schutz, editor, Dark Horse Comics
Heidi MacDonald editor The Beat
Karen Berger, editor, DC Comics / Vertigo Comics
Vijaya Iyer, editor, Cartoon Books
Mimi Rosenheim, editor, AIT-PlanetLar
Diana Schutz, editor, Dark Horse Comics
Diana Schutz (Editor, Dark Horse Comics)
Karen Berger (Editor, DC/Vertigo)
Jackie Estrada (Exhibit A Press, Administrator Eisner Awards)
Françoise Mouly (Art Director, The New Yorker)
Ronee Garcia Bougeious (Comics News Editor and columnist, PopCultureShock.com)
Jennifer de Guzman (Editor-In-Chief, Slave Labor Graphics)
Joan Hilty (Editor, DC)
Karen Berger (senior VP, DC/Vertigo)
Shelly Bond
Cindy Fournier
Janna Morishima
Joanne Carter Siegel
2009 : Shannon, Dean and Nathan Hale, Rapunzel's Revenge
2009 : Monica Villarreal, from Wapsi Square by Paul Taylor
