Friendship Has Its Perks
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| Is there anyone familiar with the masterful work that cartoonist Alison Bechdel has been doing for the last twenty years who isn’t frothing at the mouth to see what the creator of Dykes To Watch Out For will come up with now that a major publisher has given her 232 pages to play with instead of the third-of-a-tabloid-page strips to which she’s been heretofore limited? | |||
| Unlike most of you, I no longer have to guess (tee hee!), since last week Alison shared with me the pre-publication bound galleys of Fun Home, her memoir in graphic novel format (or as she subtitles it, a "Family Tragicomic") that is coming from Houghton Mifflin in June. I lapped it up in a couple of lengthy sittings when I should have been grading paper from my QuarkXPress class, and Eddie is equally engrossed as I write this.
I won’t say a lot about Alison’s book right now, since I know how much her legion of fans will enjoy torturing themselves with curiosity between now and the book’s arrival in bookstores this summer. I will promise you, though, that you’ve got an interesting, touching reading experience ahead during which you’ll get fascinating glimpses of Alison’s personal history that will broaden even further the appreciation for her gifts and insights on life that you’ve already gleaned from DTWOF. One thing that won’t surprise you, of course, is that it’s a damned good book. |
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March 13th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
Ok, I’m jealous.
Happy?