Comments on: fifteen minutes

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:00:38 +0000

Great Dougwolk piece. Can’t say I like his characterization of it as “the best thing Bechdel has done” though. Apples and oranges, ya know: the book is brilliant, so’s the strip, why compare ‘em? Great to have heard in Phila that you never intend to stop DTWOF.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:02:06 +0000

Alison,

Got my copy yesterday and read it right away… half before the kid came home from school and the other half after I tucked her into bed.
tried reading a bit while she was doing her homework
but I think the cover and a new book in my hands
was too distracting for her.
She kept trying to peek over my shoulder…”whaddya reading?”
“a book about a woman’s life
and it’s illustrated like a comic”
“what’s it about?”
“the girl, her growing up, her family”
“is it for kids too?”
“no, honey, it’s a grownup’s book”
peeking over my shoulder “is that the girl?”
“no, that’s her mother”
“where’s the girl?”
“here she is”
“oh”
“now go back to your homework,
you can read it yourself when you’re a little older”
“‘kay, Mom”.
Anyway…wow. Beautiful, richly told, haunting, funny. I really loved it. Thank you for writing it and for sharing such an intimate part of your life with us.
I hope to see you at your signing/talk in Philadelphia.
The accolades that you are receiving are well deserved and long overdue. Congratulations.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:04:13 +0000

I bought the book today (at my local indie bookstore, natch). Physically, it is a freakin’ gorgeous book. (It’s also a steal at 20 bucks!) And the content is just wonderful – probably the most literary graphic novel/memoir I have ever read. I’ve been a fan of DTWOF for almost a decade now, and it’s terrific to see you get the recognition you deserve.

By: Judy M.

Judy M. — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:30:22 +0000

I liked the book very much. Congratulations on your well-deserved moment in the spotlight, and please don’t feel pressured to make any grand, explicitly political gestures.

By: starrai

starrai — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:48:18 +0000

Apparently, Marvel comics writer Brian Michael Bendis had a strange Fed-Ex Fanboy moment one time, when his fed-ex package arrived re-taped after being opened. Inside was a handwritten very nice note from one of his longtime fans — and this was back before Marvel had even heard of Bendis.

Those Fed-Ex folks know everyone.

I am counting the days down until I get my copy. It’s seriously a nerve-wracking wait by now!

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:42:07 +0000

I can understand getting overwhelmed, but I’d be lying if I said you didn’t deserve it. Enjoy it for now, in a surprisngly short time, you’ll be able to lay low again. I did, however, post in my amazon review that part of me always wanted to be the with-it person who was always a fan and part of me is reluctant to share you with people who are just discovering you now.

Isn’t fame just the damndest thing?

By: Cathy J.

Cathy J. — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:40:40 +0000

Hi Alison, beautiful new web page, and I (like everyone here) am so happy to see you getting the recognition you deserve. You are my role model. We’ll say hello at Simmons College in Boston.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:39:44 +0000

Well, can you imagine Mo at a White House dinner?? OMG! What about any of our other favorites?? For some reason I keep seeing Mo….her eyes narrowed dangerously and her fists clenched under the 500 count starched white cotton napkin as she is served the pink champaigne….on simmer!

By: fireeyedgirl

fireeyedgirl — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:28:39 +0000

I’m just going to jump into this debate on the political choices confronting certain author-artists – and say that I got the book this weekend and have read it twice already and it is even more gorgeous than I had hoped. Thank you so much – I know rationally that you didn’t write the book for me, but reading it was such a pleasure I can’t do anything but thank you for it.

By: --MC

--MC — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:31:12 +0000

Sure, why not? Alison can go to a White House literary brunch and brace Laura Bush on our country’s misadventure in Iraq. Sort of like Eartha Kitt giving Ladybird Johnson an earful about Vietnam. (God bless Eartha Kitt!)