Why Read Comic Books? - Bookslut

Why Read Comic Books?
Bookslut
Comic books are an especially intimate artform, and many autobiographical comics succeed by exploiting that sense of reading someone else's diary. ...

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The Unfinished Tale of an Unlikely Hero - New York Times


New York Times
The Unfinished Tale of an Unlikely Hero
New York Times
... mundane with an edge of mordancy, that Mr. Pekar might have liked to preserve in his long-running series of autobiographical comics, American Splendor, ...

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These may or may not have been spurred on by events that flashed in the comic ... - Comic Book Resources

These may or may not have been spurred on by events that flashed in the comic ...
Comic Book Resources
... delightful hidden treasure that never got the attention I think it deserves, either as a travelogue or as a meta-commentary on autobiographical comics. ...

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Hopelessly Lost #112 - Sequential Tart News

Hopelessly Lost #112
Sequential Tart News
The life in these comics was Pekar's own. I have no idea whether they were the first of the great autobiographical comics, but they were certainly the first ...

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`Cathy' comic strip ending after 34 years - The Associated Press

`Cathy' comic strip ending after 34 years
The Associated Press
Guisewite, 59, said she chose to end the largely autobiographical comic strip because she wanted more time with her 18-year-old daughter and her parents and ...
After 34 Years and Many Diets, 'Cathy' Comic Strip to End New York Times
The 'Riffs Interview: CATHY GUISEWITE reveals why she's really ending her ... Washington Post
Author of 'Cathy' to retire; last strip Oct. 3 StandardNet
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Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women to Open at Cartoon Art Museum - Comic Book Resources

Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women to Open at Cartoon Art Museum
Comic Book Resources
The catalog will include the last story written by Harvey Pekar, the legendary writer and pioneer in autobiographical comics. Pekar had been collaborating ...

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Comic book autobiography of a teen girl's life with braces - Boing Boing (blog)

Comic book autobiography of a teen girl's life with braces
Boing Boing (blog)
Autobiographical comic books, especially ones about people's everyday lives, are my favorite kind of comic book, and I'd place Telgemeier near the top of my ...

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