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Settle in to this wittily illustrated soap opera (Bechdel calls it "half op-ed column and half endless serialized Victorian novel") of the lives, loves, and politics of Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and the rest of the cast of cult-fav characters.
Most of them are lesbians, living in a midsize American city that may or may not be Minneapolis. Bechdel's brilliantly imagined countercultural band of friendsβacademics, social workers, bookstore clerksβfall in and out of love, negotiate friendships, raise children, switch careers, and cope with aging parents.
Bechdel fuses high and low cultureβfrom foreign policy to domestic routine, hot sex to postmodern theoryβin a serial graphic narrative suitable for humanists of all persuasions.
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"This weighty and winning volume could well be titled 'Alison Bechdel's Greatest Hits.' It features favourites from 11 past collections, as well as recent strips, and highlights why Bechdel leads the graphic narrative movement." β Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780358424178
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Mariner Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 201.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 930g
Pages: 416
About the Author
ALISON BECHDEL is the author of the best-selling memoirs Fun Home and Are You My Mother?, and the writer and artist behind thecomic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Bechdel has been the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, was guest editor of The Best American Comics 2011, and has drawn comics for Slate, McSweeney's, Entertainment Weekly, and the New York Times Book Review.
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