Donna Barr (born 1952) is an American comic book author and cartoonist. She was born in Everett, Washington, the second child in a "pod" of six siblings. Common elements in her work are fantastic human/animal hybrids and German culture.

Her series "Stinz", about a society of centaur-like people in a setting reminiscent of pre-industrial Germany, was originally published in 1986 as a short story in a hand-bound book.Iit was then serialized in the Eclipse Comics series "The Dreamery", edited by Lex Nakashima. It was picked up by Albedo creator Steve Gallacci under his Thoughts & Images label, moving on to MU Press and its imprint Aeon Press. It was then self-published under A Fine Line Press.

Her other long-running series, "The Desert Peach" is about Pfirsich Rommel, the fictional homosexual younger brother of Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel. Beginning in 1987, it was set in North Africa during World War 2. The first three issues were published by Thoughts & Images. Additional issues were published by Fantagraphics Books, Aeon Press, and then self-published. Other works include Hader and the Colonel, The Barr Girls, and Bosom Enemies. Barr has also recently published a number of novels, including Permanent Party, An Insupportable Light, and Bread and Swans. The last two of these feature "Stinz" and "The Desert Peach", respectively.

Some of Barr's later books take advantage of the new print-on-demand technologies. She has illustrated several GURPS role-playing books, including GURPS Ice Age and GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. Barr also produced illustrations for the Traveller roleplaying books, including Alien Module 8: Darrians, the MegaTraveller Player's manual and several issues of both The Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society and Challenge magazine.

Donna Barr blogspot

The Desert Peach Tumbler page

War Is Hell...And Also Very Bizarre In The Desert Peach

Donna Barr's Patreon page

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