Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story
The alternative-comics master offers an indelible and idiosyncratic take on the protofeministPeter Bagge is famous for his slacker character Buddy Bradley and, more recently, for his contributions to the libertarian magazine Reason. Margaret Sanger was a noted nineteenth-century... show more
<B>The alternative-comics master offers an indelible and idiosyncratic take on the protofeminist</B><p>Peter Bagge is famous for his slacker character Buddy Bradley and, more recently, for his contributions to the libertarian magazine <I>Reason</I>. Margaret Sanger was a noted nineteenth-century birth-control activist, as well as an educator, a nurse, a mother, and a founder of Planned Parenthood. <I>Woman Rebel</I> by Peter Bagge would seem to be an improbable pairing in content and in form, but Sangers life takes on a whole new vivacity as Bagge creates an adoring, fast-paced biography of this trailblazing woman whose legacy is still incredibly relevant and inspiring. <p>     Drawn in full color with an extensive bibliography and an introduction by the journalist Tom Spurgeon of the <I>Comics Reporter</I>, <I>Woman Rebel</I> showcases Bagges signature cartoony, rubbery style and potent sense of humor, as well as his respect for the precedent-setting political and social maverick. In a style jam-packed with fact and fun, Bagge charts Sangers life, from her impoverished childhood in rural New York to her brief formal education, from her work in the Lower East Side tenements to her involvement with the burgeoning birth-control movement. Bagge has created the most accessible Sanger biography ever; <I>Woman Rebel </I>is perfect for introducing this vanguard of the womens rights movement to a whole new generation of readers.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781770461260 (1770461264)
Publish date: October 15th 2013
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Pages no: 104
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Feminism,
Biography Memoir,
Womens,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Gender,
Gender Studies
Not a big hit with me despite the subject matter. I just couldn't reconcile the material with the art; the dissonance stayed with me throughout. Library copy
sometimes history needs people willing to be assholes to get things done, and margaret sanger was one of those people. I have mixed feelings about her and this graphic novel, but I'm glad that she was around when she was.
sometimes history needs people willing to be assholes to get things done, and margaret sanger was one of those people. I have mixed feelings about her and this graphic novel, but I'm glad that she was around when she was.