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A Child's Life and Other Stories [Revised Edition] #[nn]

Jan 2000 · North Atlantic Books · 18.95 USD; 23.50 CAD

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This revised edition collects Phoebe Gloeckner's early graphic narratives and illustrated stories, including the title piece "A Child's Life," which blends autobiographical and fictional elements to explore themes of adolescence, trauma, and sexuality. The volume also features additional short works that showcase Gloeckner's raw, unflinching artistic style and her influence on underground comics and graphic memoir.

Contains 22 stories

A Shoulder to Cry On

11 pp

MinnieLenkaPascalMinnie's MotherMinnie's Sister

Honni Soit Qui Mal y Pense

5 pp

MinnieBeth

Hommage à Duchamp

3 pp

Minnie

En Famille or Beggar's Banquet

8 pp

MinnieMarybethPascalJohnButcher

Developmental Developments

6 pp

MinnieMinnie's GrandmotherCherylCheryl's Dad [John Sheap]Minnie's Grandfather

An Object Lesson In Bitter Fruit

6 pp

MinnieMinnie's Sister

Magda Meets the Little Men in the Woods

3 pp · Satire-Parody

MagdaHusband In Ten YearsHusband in 13 YearsBoyfriend in 17 YearsMagda's Mommy

Cat Litter Caper

2 pp

AliceAlice's Little SisterAlice's Mom

Quaker School Q-Ties in Plan Against The Boys

5 pp · Humor

Alice

Periodic Fantasy

1 pp · Humor

MinnieMomMiss Hess

Fun Things to Do With Little Girls

3 pp · Biography

Phoebe GloecknerPhoebe's SisterStepfatherMother's BoyfriendMomma

Minnie's 3rd Love or: Nightmare On Polk Street

12 pp

Phoebe GloecknerMinnieBitsyTabathaRichieBrandyMother's BoyfriendLanceGaryBethieHippie DavidDocTotal Stranger

It's Mary the Minor: A Confused Young Misfit Tells Her Story

3 pp · Biography

MaryRichard

Vocational Training

3 pp

Ann

The Girl From a Different World

7 pp

PennyWalterWalter's MomWalter's DadOld Guy At the Busstop

One Best Friend Too Many or Fie On You and Good Riddance! To Think That I Once Loved You!

4 pp

Friend

The Bob Skoda Story

14 pp

JillRickBob SkodaSally

Time Out For Pain (Three 3/4 Views)

3 pp

An Evening in Prague

5 pp

Jana DvorakovaDr. Anna DvorakovaOfficer

The Sad Tale of the Visible Woman and Her Invisible Man

3 pp

The Visible Woman

Tommy and Darryl

5 pp

DarrylTommy

Private Display

3 pp

Young Man

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker, letterer Phoebe Gloeckner

cover pencils, inks Phoebe Gloeckner

Reprints

↩ Reprints Wimmen's Comix #8 (1983), Wimmen's Comix #9 (1984), Weirdo #24 (1988), Wimmen's Comix #14 (1989), Weirdo #26 (1989), Wimmen's Comix #16 (1990), Young Lust #7 (1990), Weirdo #28 (1993), Twisted Sisters Comics #3 (1994), Buzzard #16 (1996), Buzzard #17 (1996), Buzzard #18 (1997), Mind Riot: Coming of Age in Comix #[nn] (1997), A Child's Life and Other Stories #[nn] (1998), Buzzard #20 (1998)

Reprinted in Vida de una niña #[nn] (2005)

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