Dykes to Watch Out for
by Alison Bechdel
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Author: Alison BechdelEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1986-10
ISBN: 0932379176
Number of pages: 78
Publisher: Firebrand Books
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Book Review: In utero
Summary: 5 Stars
Reading Alison Bechdel's first collection of DTWOF was a surprise, but a pleasant one. I just assumed that the on-going storylines and regular characters that made up later volumes would have an explicit beginning in this one. Wrong. Although some of the later characters and themes might be here in utero (especially Mo), none of them have been quite born yet. Instead, what Ms. Bechdel offers is a number of witty, sometimes hilarious, and usually insightful independent vignettes.
One thing that comes through clearly in this early collection is how much of an iconoclast Bechdel was and will become in her later work. There are no sacred cows. She pokes fun at lesbians who romanticize the virtues of relationship over singledom, and ironically comments on first dates, the trajectory of romances, and political zealotry. But she always does so in a compassionate way that suggests she speaks from the sort of personal experience that encourages kindness as well as a bit of wariness.
Probably the very best strip in the collection is an allegory called "Politi-cola; or, the Birth of an Activist," in which a fantasized political rivalry between Pepsi-cola and Coca-cola symbolizes the utter lack of distinctiveness between democratic and republican presidential rivals in the 1988 election. It's really a brilliant (and, alas, far-seeing) piece of political satire.
Less effective (but not displeasing) is the lesbian alphabet series that punctuates the collection. I suspect it was drawn especially for this volume as filler.
All in all, a fine start of what has become the career of one of our very best social and cultural commentators.
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