The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

OL1835947W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 31.73 Pages 426 Pdf_module_version 0.0.19 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0224087061 Urn:lcp:essentialdykesto00bech:epub:934f2cee-d17e-41df-af0d-9a1f17fd6a7c Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier essentialdykesto00bech Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1rf6kr0j Isbn 9780618968800Ġ618968806 Lccn 2008036784 Ocr tesseract 5.2.0-1-gc42a Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Cyrillic Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.7797 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary_edition (Nov.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:24:03 Boxid IA1399305 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Boston Comment Removing Scanfee from Billable Books scanned before June 2011 which appear to have manually set scanfees Donor Alison Bechdels graphic lesbians, who first appear in 1983, simultaneously come out together and bid their audience adieu in the 2008 volume The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For. The essential dykes to watch out for Alison Bechdel Resource Type: Book (Print/Paper) Publication: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008 Availability Location Call Number Availability Request PN6728.D94 B475 2008 c. All eventually end up a little more haggard than they began, but there isn’t one whose Bechdel-illustrated bags under her eyes were not hard fought for and hard won. What cannot be overemphasized is the sheer scope of the collection, which follows these women from idealistic young adulthood to contentedly disillusioned middle age and, for some, parenthood. Late in the collection, when a character receives treatment for cancer, a tiny caret in her cheek is enough to transform her from a fresh-faced mischief-maker into a sallow and frightened chemo patient.

Facial expressions are carefully nuanced, and she seems to take great joy in using small details to differentiate emotions. No one comes close to Alison Bechdel The Times This compendium is testament to a unique literary-graphic talent The Times For 25 years Bechdels path-breaking Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip has been collected in award-winning volumes. These characters, flawed but endearing, are brought to life by Bechdel’s quirky artistic sensibility. At its heart are six women: the promiscuous Lois, a feminist bookstore clerk with a penchant for gender-bending her two roommates, the overworked academic Ginger and self-identified “bisexual lesbian” Sparrow their domestically partnered friends Clarice and Toni and Mo, who despite (or perhaps because of) her frequent politically charged outbursts of neurosis is the hub of her circle. This ongoing comic strip chronicles the lives of a tight-knit group of lesbian friends over an astounding 21 years of life, work, love, boredom, political activism and countless reversals of fortune.

The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel