The secret to superhuman strength, Alison Bechdel ; with the extremely extensive coloring collaboration of Holly Rae Taylor
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The secret to superhuman strength, Alison Bechdel ; with the extremely extensive coloring collaboration of Holly Rae Taylor
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
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illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The secret to superhuman strength
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Responsibility statement
Alison Bechdel ; with the extremely extensive coloring collaboration of Holly Rae Taylor
Summary
All her life, Alison Bechdel has searched for an elusive secret. The secret to superhuman strength. She has looked for it in her favourite books, the lives of her heroes, celibacy, polyamory, activism, therapy, and most obsessively, in her lifelong passion for exercise. Skiing, running, karate, cycling, yoga, weight lifting -- you name it, she's tried it. "Oh, to be self-sufficient! Hard as a rock! An island!" But as she gets older, her body isn't getting any stronger. And in a changing, sometimes overwhelming world, are "cantaloupe-sized guns" all a person needs? Maybe the all-important secret is not where she expected to find it... In this, her third graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel has written a personal story about selfhood, self-sabotage, mortality, addiction, bliss, wonder, and the concerns of a generation. This is a chronicle of the conundrums we all grapple with as we seek our true place in the world
Target audience
adult
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Creator
Subject
- Autobiographical comics
- Graphic novels
- Exercise + Psychological aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Bechdel, Alison, 1960-
- Exercise + Psychological aspects
- Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women cartoonists -- United States -- Biography
- Identity (Psychology) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Fads -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Fads
- Identity (Psychology)
Content
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colourist
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject12
- Autobiographical comics
- Graphic novels
- Exercise + Psychological aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Bechdel, Alison, 1960-
- Exercise + Psychological aspects
- Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women cartoonists -- United States -- Biography
- Identity (Psychology) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Fads -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Fads
- Identity (Psychology)
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1
- colourist1