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The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for | Alison Bechdel
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 Bechdels 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 newspapers, and translated into many languages. Now, at last, The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For gathers a rich, funny, deep and impossible to put down (Publishers Weekly) selection from all eleven Dykes volumes. Here too are sixty of the newest strips, never before published in book form. 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 a cast of characters, most of them lesbian, living in a midsize American city that may or may not be Minneapolis. Her brilliantly imagined countercultural band of friends -- academics, social workers, bookstore clerks -- fall in and out of love, negotiate friendships, raise children, switch careers, and cope with aging parents. Bechdel fuses high and low culture -- from foreign policy to domestic routine, hot sex to postmodern theory -- in a serial graphic narrative suitable for humanists of all persuasions.
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psalva
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I‘m really enjoying this collection so far. It‘s cool to see little concentrated moments like this which depict navigating the politics of relationships. These strips make me reflect on what we have that is like this today. I think of people like Julia Kaye in Super Late Bloomer and on her Instagram where she‘s exploring the day to day of transitioning and navigating relationships and breakups. ⬇️

psalva There must be others doing similar short form work but they aren‘t springing to mind. I‘d love to find other queer artists working in this genre. 1mo
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psalva
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Starting a new selection from the NPR list and I loved this panel from the intro! The only thing of Bechdel‘s I‘ve read is Fun Home, so this should be interesting.

https://www.npr.org/2017/07/12/533862948/lets-get-graphic-100-favorite-comics-an...

Aimeesue Such a great strip! 2mo
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Aimeesue
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The audio was good, but the strips themselves are better, especially the jokes in the backgrounds - book titles, newspaper headlines, tee shirt slogans.
And I love that this cover‘s a take on a Norman Rockwell painting. 😁
(Norman Rockwell, The Gossips, 1948 Saturday Evening Post cover)

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It was a fun read, and gave me a glimpse into the community I didn‘t get to be part of in my childhood/teens.

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NeamhainHughes
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Got this from the library today. Really enjoying it so far.

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Starting this massive cartoon collection from everybody's favorite lesbian feminist, Alison Bechdel!

UrsulaMonarch So great!! 7y
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Vansa
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(1/2) I find this a powerful comic strip

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Vansa
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I love Bechdel's alternate names for things.Also this is rather ironic considering I bought my book on Amazon!I find it hard to completely condemn it,when it provides so much access to books.No bookshop in India will stock this book,for instance,homosexuality is still a crime punishable by a prison sentence here!

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The news headlines are incredible

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I ADORE Alison Bechdel (1/2)

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VioletBramble
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Love this collection of comics selected from 25 years of Dykes to Watch Out For. Of course I had to listen to Ring of Keys from the Fun Home original Broadway cast album while I snapped this photo. Cutest lesbian song ever. #riotgrams #LGBTQpride

rwmg I've got Fun Home on my virtual TBR shelf 7y
VioletBramble @rwmg Fun Home is my favorite Bechdel. Hope you enjoy it. 7y
rwmg I probably won't get to it until at least the end of September when it qualifies as a ROOT 7y
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Finished my semi-annual reading and I'm reminded of just how perfect Lois and Ginger are 📚💖💦

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constanceaugusta
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Sometimes Alison Bechdel's autobiographical writing is uncannily close to home

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BooksForYears
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I had a fantastic time during the Dewey's Readathon and I can't wait for the next one! Here are the four books I completed 📚
#opencitizen #readathon #bookstack

read_diverse_books Awesome job. I didn't so so well, but I'm reading a lot on Sunday as well. 8y
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BooksForYears
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With moments to spare in the #readathon I finished this amazing bind-up of the comic DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR. The cast of characters are interesting and diverse, and there are some amazing lines throughout! So good!
#opencitizen #graphicnovel

Brenley May have to go get this RIGHT NOW 8y
BookishFeminist I need to get my hands on this one!! 8y
JanuarieTimewalker13 I really enjoyed Fun Home!!! I love the title of this one!! 8y
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elkeOriginal Do you have the complete set of Penguin Drop Caps on that top shelf?! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 8y
BooksForYears @elkeo I've got all except for Q and R 😁 8y
elkeOriginal Jealous! Those are lovely ❤️💕 8y
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BooksForYears
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I have to admit that, despite my best efforts, my concentration powers are dipping very low. I'm starting this 390-page graphic novel compendium now, but may need a nap before finishing.

Reviewsbylola You're doing great! 8y
Bibliogeekery Classic #queerbooks pick! 8y
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llwheeler
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wheee lefties! I'm pretty damn privileged along most axes, but how excited I get whenever I find lefties in media makes me remember again why diversity matters so much

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BookishFeminist 😂😂 8y
MrBook Welcome to @Litsy !!! 8y
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Mrtreads

Better than Fun House: less egoistic, more critical, and didn't take itself seriously as a good comic should be.