Comments on: “This is Not A Reading,” Toronto http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto News about Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and her graphic novel Fun Home Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=102 By: Zoe http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-6093 Zoe Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:14:36 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-6093 It was a pleasure to meet you and do the Q&A thing..though it made me terribly nervous. This is my blog, if you'd like to keep in touch: zoewhittall.blogspot.com It was a pleasure to meet you and do the Q&A thing..though it made me terribly nervous.

This is my blog, if you’d like to keep in touch: zoewhittall.blogspot.com

]]> By: Douglas http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-6083 Douglas Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:35:45 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-6083 Watching Elvira Kurt I was struck by the similarity of cartooning and stand-up comedy as artforms. She uses a lot of rhetorical gesture and posing to create characters (her Hungarian mother reading fairy tales was really good) and maybe it was just because the overhead spotlight was angled a little too low but she seemed to do a lot of her piece bent forward at the hips, as if she were addressing the audience through a square ink frame, like Mo. Watching Elvira Kurt I was struck by the similarity of cartooning and stand-up comedy as artforms. She uses a lot of rhetorical gesture and posing to create characters (her Hungarian mother reading fairy tales was really good) and maybe it was just because the overhead spotlight was angled a little too low but she seemed to do a lot of her piece bent forward at the hips, as if she were addressing the audience through a square ink frame, like Mo.

]]> By: mary anne http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-6028 mary anne Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:16:33 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-6028 Well, it would make sense that you are the rock star in Cananda. Is not comedy even more elevated there than here? All those Canandian comedians? Saturday Night actors et. al. Well, it would make sense that you are the rock star in Cananda. Is not comedy even more elevated there than here? All those Canandian comedians? Saturday Night actors et. al.

]]> By: Alex http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-6015 Alex Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:43:38 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-6015 Yeah, this is bang-on. You're a total rock star here. I really enjoyed your reading, as did my friend, who got her copy of Fun Home signed and floated down the street afterwards on a semi-literal cloud of air. Your work is also a great inspiration to us both. ... sorry to hear that Pearson got you. I hear they're trying to fix the place, but probably not very hard. Yeah, this is bang-on. You’re a total rock star here. I really enjoyed your reading, as did my friend, who got her copy of Fun Home signed and floated down the street afterwards on a semi-literal cloud of air. Your work is also a great inspiration to us both.

… sorry to hear that Pearson got you. I hear they’re trying to fix the place, but probably not very hard.

]]> By: Sarah http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5995 Sarah Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:19:03 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5995 You were wonderful last night! I'd looked forward to the event for weeks -- hope you come back soon. You were wonderful last night! I’d looked forward to the event for weeks — hope you come back soon.

]]> By: Jill http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5994 Jill Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:03:34 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5994 It's true! Here in Canada you are a Rock Star! If you come to Edmonton Alberta I promise that more people will be too flustered to talk to you! It’s true! Here in Canada you are a Rock Star! If you come to Edmonton Alberta I promise that more people will be too flustered to talk to you!

]]> By: pd http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5989 pd Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:08:15 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5989 We have Elvira Kurt's CD and saw her Comedy Central show (on her web site). Never laughed so hard. We have Elvira Kurt’s CD and saw her Comedy Central show (on her web site). Never laughed so hard.

]]> By: Cate http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5980 Cate Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:37:37 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5980 You were terrific last night, Alison -- I was so happy to see you read after adoring you for years :-). I'm both "hip and jaded" and starstruck by you :-). You were terrific last night, Alison — I was so happy to see you read after adoring you for years :-) . I’m both “hip and jaded” and starstruck by you :-) .

]]> By: AK http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5978 AK Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:21:32 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5978 I've gone through two digital cameras in the past two years. People drop car keys off at a lost and found, but not so much luck befalls really expensive electronic devices. Somewhere in Atlanta, someone has high resolution images of me being way too intoxicated. Hope your camera isn't gone forever, merely across borders. I’ve gone through two digital cameras in the past two years. People drop car keys off at a lost and found, but not so much luck befalls really expensive electronic devices. Somewhere in Atlanta, someone has high resolution images of me being way too intoxicated. Hope your camera isn’t gone forever, merely across borders.

]]> By: Deb http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5975 Deb Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:45:19 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/%e2%80%9cthis-is-not-a-reading%e2%80%9d-toronto#comment-5975 LOL Jenk! LOL Jenk!

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