Complete Dikes to Watch Out for Volume 1

Dykes to Watch Out For #1-7

by Alison Bechdel

Book club edition, ISBN 0965085411.

Genres: LGBT, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Queer, Comics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Quinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series so much! It's a comic strip, sometime humorous, sometimes overtly political, and sometimes touching, about a community of mostly lesbians [with occasional bisexual, queer, gay and transgender characters:]. Sometimes the political rants get to be a little much for even me, but I do love the unfolding dramas of the lives of this small community and all their challenges.

[Myriam · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a lesbian, I really tried to like this, but I just didn't. The first main character we meet is absolutely insufferable and I just couldn't get past it. I also dislike the fact that the drawings are in black and white and I don't like comic strips. I like graphic novels. I didn't know what I was getting myself into.

[Lucy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, that cartoon from Just Out that seems to take place in 1991's any-city. Turns out the characters build gracefully and next thing you know you are fully engrossed. Warning: there is a slight danger that you will begin to sort any queer woman you walk by on the street who is over the age of 30 into one of 5-6 character types.

[s.e · Rating 5 out of 5]

Leaving this around in my dorm room is doing little to convince my roommate I'm not a lesbian, even as I develop a crush on the little butch girl who I invited to our room to do pullups off my bunk bed.

She told me a story about a girl at her old all girl college that she transferred out of who would rip off Dykes to Watch Out For but it was just random girls at their college.

[Kiwi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hannah lent me this to read it as I've wanted to read it for ages. Well worth it! Often a laugh. Other times I sat there groaning at how things haven't changed.

I'm definitely going to have to get a copy of my own one of these days.

[Circe The]

I love the fact that my sons tried to read this and told me "Mom I tried - but this was just tooooo gay!"

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

So fun and addictive! A great look at queer life in the 80s.

[Sally Grey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love it! Ordered more.