Synopses & Reviews
"I don't remember being born. I was a very ugly child. My appearance has not improved so I suppose it was a lucky break when he was attracted to my youthfulness." So begins the story of Minnie Glover in Diary of a Teenage Girl. Fifteen-year-old Minnie is plagued by a narcissistic mother, a string of sleazy stepfathers, and her own budding sexuality. More than a simple diary, this acclaimed cartoonist's semi-autobiographical story of her coming of age in San Francisco in the 1970s artfully switches gears between narrative and a visual chronicle of survival in an incomprehensible world.
Review
"[Gloeckner is] one of the most accomplished [cartoonists] in terms of mastery of the medium." The New York Times Sunday Magazine
About the Author
Phoebe Gloeckner was born in Philadelphia and raised in San Francisco. Her comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens. A critically acclaimed collection of her comics, paintings, and etchings, A Child's Life and Other Stories, was published in 1998. In addition to paintings and comics, she has made award-winning short films.