tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post115608599591179625..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is the most brilliant thing I've read in a long time.Chalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1156703138710116852006-08-27T14:25:00.000-04:002006-08-27T14:25:00.000-04:00Good, I got that book for a friend's birthday rece...Good, I got that book for a friend's birthday recently based on the Powell's raves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1156102718582114772006-08-20T15:38:00.000-04:002006-08-20T15:38:00.000-04:00I didn't realize she had published a graphic novel...I didn't realize she had published a graphic novel. It's nice to see her branching out. I used to read "Dykes to Watch Out For" in the early '90s and heard her speak when I was in college. She's always been very ambitious; at the time she aspired to be "the lesbian Norman Rockwell." "Dykes" was designed to humanize and normalize lesbian life (part of the grand project of "visibility" that inspired gay and lesbian artists at the time), but groundbreaking though it was I grew bored with it after awhile. The strip always had a great sense of humor but the storylines were self-involved and soap-opera-y. I'm glad to see her moving on; she's too great a talent to have stood still for so long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com