- Kathleen Webb
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birthdate =October 6 ,1956
location = Washington State
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nationality = American
area = Scripter, Penciller
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notable works = Archie titles, "Holly and the Ivy Halls" strip
awards =Kathleen Webb (born
October 6 ,1956 ) is anAmerican comic book writer andartist and one of the first female writers forArchie Comics . [ [http://lambiek.net/artists/w/webb_kathleen.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia: Kathleen Webb] ]Biography
Kathleen Webb was born in
Puyallup, Washington . Mentored byArchie Comics writer-artistDan DeCarlo , she sold her first script to thatcomic book company in 1985. As of 2008, she continued to write for, primarily, Archie Comics' Betty and Veronica titles. Webb has also penciledMattel -licensedBarbie stories forMarvel Comics .Christian comics
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Christian comics, Webb wrote and drew the "Holly and the Ivy Halls" comic strip forFocus on the Family 's "Brio Magazine" from 1993 to 2004. She has also illustrated Sunday-school papers forGospel Light Publications ; pencilled pages in the comics "Aida-Zee" and "Paro-Dee"; scripted and pencilled the tract "The Monster"; and contributed to the anthology "Proverbs & Parables". A comic strip of her personal testimony appeared in the first issue of "Christian Comics & Games Magazine" in 1996.She was also a panelist for the second Christian-comics panel of the
San Diego Comic Convention in 1995.Footnotes
References
* [http://home.comcast.net/~billykat/kat/katpg_01.htm Kathleen Webb Official Site]
* [http://www.comics.org/search.lasso?type=writer&query=Kathleen+Webb&sort=alpha&Submit=Search Grand Comics Database: Kathleen Webb]
*Listing, "A Century Of Women Cartoonists" byTrina Robbins (Kitchen Sink , 1993)
*Listing, "Comic-Book Superstars" byDon Thompson &Maggie Thompson (Krause Publications , 1993) ISBN 0-87341-256-7
* [http://www.christiancomicsinternational.org/pioneers2.html#Anchor-KATHLEEN-36621 Kathleen Webb - Christian Comics Pioneer]
* [http://www.archiecomics.com/acpaco_offices/diduknow/diduknow_april.htm Archie Comics - Did You Know?]
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