books by Alison Bechdel
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Alison Bechdel
Invasion of the Dykes to Watch Out For (Dykes to Watch Out for)
Alison Bechdel
Alyson Books, 2005
Subversive Comedy
The graphic novel, Invasion of the Dykes to Watch Out For, by Allison Bechdel, confronts contemporary societal issue such as the "War on Terror," breast cancer, homosexuality, rampant consumerism, motherhood, and popular culture. Bechdel's use of humor challenges ...
Post-Dykes to Watch Out For
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 2000
impressive -- major talent
Another infusion of Mo and the gang, for those of us who don't get it daily. (If you're new to DTWOF, I recommend reading all the books -- in chrono order.) Just maybe the best one yet, as the characters and the issues they face become more mature and multi-faceted. ...
Dykes to Watch Out for: The Sequel : Added Attraction! "Serial Monogamy" : A Documentary
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 1992
Excellent book, one of her strongest works
This book, the pre-quel to Unnatural DTWOF, is hyterical. Mo and her friends go on with life (78-126) and there are several characters who have disappeared in later books, notably Mo's therapist. Highly recommended
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel
Mariner Books
, 2007
The complexities of identity
I live an hour away from Beech Creek, Alison Bechdel's tiny hometown and the setting for much of her graphic memoir Fun Home. I've always found the area oppressive: dark, looming mountains casting perpetual shadows on impoverished, dying valley towns. But after ...
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For
Alison Bechdel
Houghton Mifflin
, 2008
From the author of Fun Home -- the lives, loves, and politics of cult fav characters Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and others For twenty-five years Bechdel's path-breaking Dykes to Watch Out For strip has been collected in award-winning volumes (with a quarter of a million copies in print), syndicated in fifty alternative ...
More Dykes to Watch Out for
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 1988
My Favorite "Soap Opera"
This was the second Bechdel book I purchased and it hooked me for life. Her earlier works were bits and commentaries on life, but this one takes a group of characters and builds a web of stories and community. Each character is unique and interesting as a character, ...
New Improved!: Dykes to Watch Out for
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 1990
talented cartoonist, brilliant strip
Appropriately enough, the cover of this installment of America's favorite Lesbian cartoon "soap-opera" depicts our heroines at... the Laundermat! Alison Bechtel's "Dykes To Watch Out For" comic strip is a long-enduring feature of Gay weekly newspapers, but it is best ...
Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out for
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 1993
Buy it now!
This latest version of "Dykes" delivers good artwork, postmodern lesbians, and chosen family relations like no one else in the business. A book you will read again and again.
Dykes to Watch Out for
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 1986
A Slice of Life
I first found Ms. Bechdel's work in, of all places, a science fiction bookstore. I was in the mood for cartoon books, picked up hers, and noticed that her characters had four fingers to go with their thumbs, were mostly female, had women of all races and shapes, and ...
Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out for
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 1998
The Human Comedy, 90's Fashion
I've been reading Alison Bechdel's "Dykes" books since i discovered her stuff in the "Funny Times" when there were only three books out. She just keeps on getting better and better. Speaking as a heterosexual male, i can say with some authority that Ms. Bechdel ...
Dykes and Sundry Other Carbon-Based Life Forms to Watch Out For
Alison Bechdel
Alyson Books, 2003
As always, Bechdel's got the Zeitgeist's pulse!
Watching a cartoonist mature over the course of a career can be a real joy, and that's certainly been my experience with Alison Bechdel's most recent "Dykes to Watch Out For" collection. To my mind, it's a real shame that her work isn't syndicated on the comics page ...
The Indelible Alison Bechdel : Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out for
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 1998
Ever wished you could meet the author of DTWOF?
This book is the next best thing. It includes her earliest drawings (as in, from age 3), comments on what was happening in her life at the time that certain strips were drawn, what her mother thinks of certain storylines and who she was actually writing about in ...
Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out for
Alison Bechdel
Firebrand Books
, 1995
The experiment in "Mo"nogamy continues...
Bechdel continues to send the reader to the lighter side of lesbian culture. In this collection we watch Mo, the Heroine, in relationships, at work and play (i.e. "whine and kvetch)
The Comics Journal : Comics Gal-ore! Issue #237 (Women in Comics)
Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
, 2001
The Comics Journal is a magazine that covers the comics medium from an arts-first perspective. We are owned and operated by Fantagraphics Books, a leading publisher of alternative comic books (such as ACME Novelty Library and Eightball), collections and new work from underground comix pioneers (R. Crumb, Spain Rodriguez), and classic comic strip ...
Turbogeile Lesbenslust.
Alison Bechdel
Daphne Verlag
, 1999
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