The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

by Alison Bechdel

2008
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In honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ground-breaking comic strip series, Dykes to Watch Out For brings together a new collection of cartoons recounting the lives and loves of a diverse group of lesbian friends, in a volume that features selections from eleven previous volumes, as well as sixty strips never before published in book form.

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    How does Alison Bechdel use humor and serialized storytelling to normalize and humanize queer culture throughout the decades covered in the collection?

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    In what ways do Mo and her core group of friends challenge or reinforce traditional notions of family, community, and domestic life?

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    How do the political shifts and historical events depicted in the background of the strips shape the daily personal lives and activism of the characters?

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