Ben Marcus's books The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women were considered "experimental" fiction because of his unconventional use of...
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Calling this a book about lesbianism is remarkably narrow. Alison Bechdel's piercing observation of a group of friends over years of cohabitation, obsession, political correctness, infidelity, existential crisis and of course, picking up sailors, is an enduring graphic classic, and once you start, you can't eat just one. I started with AB from watching Mo play thirdbase on a DTWOF calendar in the late eighties, and haven't missed a strip since. You cannot go wrong with DTWOF, wherever you start.
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Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out for: Cartoons (Dykes to Watch Out for) by Alison Bechdel
Therry, October 31, 2006
Calling this a book about lesbianism is remarkably narrow. Alison Bechdel's piercing observation of a group of friends over years of cohabitation, obsession, political correctness, infidelity, existential crisis and of course, picking up sailors, is an enduring graphic classic, and once you start, you can't eat just one. I started with AB from watching Mo play thirdbase on a DTWOF calendar in the late eighties, and haven't missed a strip since. You cannot go wrong with DTWOF, wherever you start.(4 of 5 readers found this comment helpful)