Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (960 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0547615590 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Georges’ memoir may be broadly categorized as examining similar ground in the same format, but here the memories, the mother, and the cartoonist herself bring very different details to the work, and thus provide a very different tale. --Francisca Goldsmith . From Booklist Alison Bechdel’s Are You My Mother? (2012) explored a lesbian cartoonist’s relationship with her mother, both in the past and in the present. Georges’ quirky, big-faced, and evocative drawings, tempered by a variety of panel sizes, show the bespectacled author as she comes to terms with her mother’s lies to her as a child about her father being dead; her girlfriend’s impatience with the adult Georges’ tolerance for her mother’s intolerance; the clutch
"A very honest, tell-all biography" according to Joseph Dewey. [[VIDEOID:mo1YUEEEEIA very honest, tell-all biography Joseph Dewey [[VIDEOID:mo1YUEEEEI42I1D]]This story started out as a monthly zine, that has just recently been compiled into a graphic novel. I liked the honest, tell-all tone that this is written in. It's also a very interesting, engaging story. It reminded me a l. 2I1D]]This story started out as a monthly zine, that has just recently been compiled into a graphic novel. I liked the honest, tell-all tone that this is written in. It's also a very interesting, engaging story. It reminded me a l. rndkr said Secrets and Lies. I truly enjoyed this graphic novel memoir from Nicole J. Georges, who, along with such folks as Annie Murphy, Aron Nels Steinke, and Jesse Reklaw, represents to me what the vibrant, influential alternative comics scene of Portland, Oregon is all about. Taryn Hipp said An honest & loving story about honesty & love.. My cheesy title to this review does not even begin to explain how raw & beautiful this graphic memoir is. Nicole J. Georges writes openly & honestly about her childhood & the lies she grew up believing. She writes about her life now as a queer artist,
When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive. Her sister, saddled with guilt, admits that the psychic is right and that the whole family has conspired to keep him a secret. Sent into a tailspin about her identity, Nicole turns to radio talk-show host Dr. Laura tells the story of what happens to you when you are raised in a family of secrets, and what happens to your brain (and heart) when you learn the truth from an unlikely source. Part coming-of-age and part coming-out story, Calling Dr. Laura Schlessinger for advice. When Nicole George
GEORGES is an e-zine publisher, illustrator, and pet-portrait artist who teaches self-publishing and autobiographical-comic workshops. She has contributed illustrations to a number of publications, including Bitch and Herbivore.. NICOLE J