The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For

This is really great, but I wanted to point out that a lot of the best strips are missing. Mo's first time with Harriet, Mo's first time with Sydney, my personal favourite (Digger, NO!), all the long bonus strips from the original collections (Toni and Clarice move house, the Madwimmin benefit, the tale of how all the characters met)... So while this is a must-buy, if you're a long-term fan of DTWOF you might be a bit sad to see these omissions, and especially towards the end of the anthology the plot starts not to make as much sense because crucial scenes (eg with Toni's story) are missing. I was thinking of replacing my collection of the original anthologies with this volume - not any more!

I bought this after stumbling across one of the old cartoons online. Ordered this and was not disappointed. It's funny and heartwarming and you really feel yourself getting involved with the characters lives. There are A LOT of cartoons in the book it't very addictive reading. Well worth the money. Bechdel's humour is in the little things, be sure to look at the titles of books or newspaper headlines in the background of each cartoon- they are very witty.Also don't worry about the other review which says some of the cultural references will go over British people's heads, it's no worse than Friends!

The best testimony I can give to Alison's drawing and writing would be the fact that as a European heterosexual male I could not wait to get home to read more of this wonderful book. Transcending the different environments we come from underlines the true genius of a artist/writer. The view into the everyday life of Alison's characters are truly human and breaks down any artificial borders between gender, race or political background. Marvelous!

This is the second book i read from Alison Bechdel (the first was Fun home-also highly recommend). The comic is about a funny lesbian community of friends. In the first narrative level we observe their life and in the second narrative level we observe the general American civic life (book spans from 1990's to 2008). This is a great book because it records the cultural change inside the gay community and in general the LGBT life and attitude towards politics.Enjoyed the humor, the characters, the witty description of lesbian women and the volume of information about the gay communityA++

I love this set if Cartoons. As a gay woman it is refreshing to read a clever, funny and political set of graphic stories. The characters are a blast from the past and after a few pages I was hooked. This is a must for any lesbian who wants to spend some time reflecting on the lesbian library verses the pub. Excellent writing at times laugh out loud a comic time machine. The drawings are fantastic the characters feel like old friends. Read it she is fantastic.

On what a treat it's been to revisit old friends. If you've never read Bechdel do, if you have revisit her. She captures dyke life for my generation perfectly, poignantly and politically. a stunning piece of our history.

I love this book so much

Bechdel is a great artist.The strips are absolutely funny and smart, you can see all the different characters in her work.It's also a big book, which is great because I can't get enough of it.