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	Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.07 avg rating — 199,263 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama 3.71 avg rating — 35,250 ratings — published 2012 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For 4.45 avg rating — 13,254 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret to Superhuman Strength 4.14 avg rating — 11,476 ratings — published 2021 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spent: A Comic Novel 3.99 avg rating — 3,874 ratings — published 2025 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dykes to Watch Out For (DtWOF, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,328 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Dykes to Watch Out For (DtWOF, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 963 ratings — published 1988 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New, Improved! Dykes to Watch Out For (DtWOF, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 813 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hot, Throbbing Dykes to Watch Out For (DtWOF, #7) 4.43 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Comics 2011 (The Best American Series ®) by Alison Bechdel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessica Abel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matt Madden (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief.”
― Alison Bechdel

tags: alison-bechdel, fun-home, grief, suicide

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“I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.”
― Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

tags: erotic, homosexuality, shame, truth

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“Then there were those famous wings. Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure?”
― Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

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Which of these books would you like to be our Sixth Group Read Discussion (June 2012)?

by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra

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by Alison Bechdel

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by Enki Bilal

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Planetary, Vol. 1 All Over the World and Other Stories by Warren Ellis

by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday

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by Joss Whedon and Karl Moline

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Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1 Back on the Street by Warren Ellis

by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertston

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by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert

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by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.

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by Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu

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Green Arrow, Vol. 1 Quiver by Kevin Smith

by Kevin Smith, Phil Hester and Ande Parks

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Preacher, Vol. 1 Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis

by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

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