Female cartoonists are playing a central role in the evolution of "graphic novels." Some of the most acclaimed books of the twenty-first century; such as Marjane Satrapis Persepolis and Alison Bechdels Fun Home; are autobiographical comics by women. Aline Kominsky-Crumb pioneered the autobiographical form; showing womens everyday lives; especially through the lens of the body. Phoebe Gloeckner places teenage sexuality at the center of her work; while Lynda Barry uses collage and the empty spaces between frames to capture the process of memory. Satrapi experiments with visual witness to frame her personal and historical narrative; and Bechdel meticulously incorporates family documents by hand to re-present her past.These five cartoonists move the art of autobiography and graphic storytelling in new directions; particularly through the depiction of sex; gender; and lived experience. Hillary L. Chute explores their verbal and visual techniques; which have transformed autobiographical narrative and contemporary comics. Through the interplay of words and images and the counterpoint of presence and absence; they express difficult; even traumatic stories while engaging with the workings of memory. Intertwining aesthetics and politics; these women both rewrite and redesign the parameters of acceptable discourse.
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