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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father--a funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.
Author
Language
English
Description
Theatre has long been considered a feminine interest for which women consistently purchase the majority of tickets, while the shows they are seeing typically are written and brought to the stage by men. Furthermore, the stories these productions tell are often about men, and the complex leading roles in these shows are written for and performed by male actors. Despite this imbalance, the feminist voice presses to be heard and has done so with more...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (781 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
"With Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works, author and book critic Professor Maureen Corrigan will take you on a tour of some of the most challenged and controversial works of literature, from the plays of Shakespeare to 21st-century best-sellers--even including the dictionary and classic fairy tales. You will explore the common reasons books have been and continue to be banned, including profanity, heresy, illicit or sexual content,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
231 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Language
English
Description
In the winter of 2010, Alison Bechdel is entrenched in the process of writing "Are You My Mother", a hauntingly personal graphic memoir about her mother, and a follow up of sorts to 2006's award-winning "Fun Home." Known best for her decades-long comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For," Bechdel's artistry is in a transitional phase, as is world-renowned painter Riva Lehrer's, as she moves from art focusing on disabilities into other subjects. Charissa...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A revealing journey into the heart of erotic comic strips, SEX IN THE COMIX examines the colorful history of a unique and risqué art form. With New York comic artist and burlesque performer Molly Crabapple as our guide, this documentary navigates the history of the art form, from special editions by masters of the genre to provocative new works from a young generation of artists. Featuring legendary comic creators R. Crumb, Manara and Ralf König,...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 319 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Graphic artist Rhea Ewing celebrates the incredible diversity of experiences within the transgender community with this vibrant and revealing debut. For fans of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Meg-John Barker's Queer, Fine is an essential graphic memoir about the intricacies of gender identity and expression. As Rhea Ewing neared college graduation in 2012, they became consumed by the question: What is gender? This obsession sparked a quest in their...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
449 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The massive impact that comics have had on our culture becomes more and more clear every day, from the critically acclaimed musical Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking comic, to the dozens of superhero films hitting cinemas every year. What is it that makes comics so special? What can this unique art form do that others can't? In Comics for Grownups, comics scholar Hillary Chute reveals the history of comics, underground comics (or...
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