Years later, she chronicled the history of female comics artists, writing books that excavated the stories of overlooked writers and illustrators" (WaPo).Trina Robbins was also a clothes designer of the very coolest kind: "For much of her 20s, she designed clothes in Los Angeles and New York, where she befriended Jim Morrison, dressed folk and rock musicians including Donovan, Cass Elliot and David Crosby, and inspired a verse in Joni Mitchell’s song 'Ladies of… [read post]

Among the defendants are those the couple is accusing of making products that contain asbestos, including: Ametek, Certainteed, Bondex, Copes-Vulcan, Uniroyal, Durabla, Champlain, Henry Vost Machine, Cooper Industries, Kaiser Gypsum,Crosby Valve, Sepco Corp., Crown Cork, Garlock, Georgia Pacific, Foseco, Guard-Line, Insulation Co. [read post]