The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For

Discover a transformative graphic novel that intertwines humor and poignant social commentary. 'The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For,' penned by the internationally-acclaimed Alison Bechdel, offers a witty and insightful exploration of lesbian culture in 1980s America. This captivating collection, presented in a trade paperback format, compiles the finest comic strips from Bechdel’s celebrated series, featured in over fifty alternative newspapers across the USA. Engage with a diverse ensemble of characters - from academics and social workers to booksellers - as they navigate the complexities of love, relationships, and personal growth. Each comic strip is a joyful fusion of high and low culture, tackling topics from postmodern theory to hot romance, making it suitable for readers of all backgrounds and beliefs. The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For isn’t merely a graphic novel; it’s a rich narrative that reflects the intricacies of life and community. Delve into 416 pages of Bechdel's groundbreaking work, which has been cherished and recognized for its authenticity and humor. Perfect for LGBTQ+ literature enthusiasts, collectors of graphic novels, and anyone who appreciates cultural history, this book will enlighten and entertain. Experience why Times says, 'No one comes close to Alison Bechdel' with this essential collection.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780224087063
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2008
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Pages: 416


Description:
Internationally-acclaimed graphic-literary talent Alison Bechdel offers acerbically funny insight into the lesbian culture of 1980s America in this comic strip collection.Bechdel's brilliantly imagined counter-cultural band of friends - academics, social workers, booksellers - fall in and out of love, negotiate relationships, raise children, switch careers and cope with aging parents. The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For fuses high and low culture - from foreign domestic policy to domestic routine, postmodern theory to hot sex - in a serial graphic narrative 'suitable for all humanist persuasions'.Alison Bechdel has been chronicling the lives of a small universe of cartoon characters in her strip Dykes To Watch Out For, which has been syndicated in fifty alternative newspapers in the USA and has been published in eleven volumes. For this first time, this collection gathers the best of those volumes.'So much more than a comic strip... No one comes close to Alison Bechdel' Times