Talk Dirty to Me

by Luke Howard

Growing up it felt like she was meant to be ashamed of her sexuality. Girls aren t supposed to want those things, right?
With grand visions of sexual empowerment, Emma decides to try being an operator for a sex hotline. But there s a gaping wound between those visions and reality.
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Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Womens

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2016

About the author

Luke Kruger-Howard (He/Him) is an Ignatz nominated cartoonist living in New Hampshire where he takes care of two littles full-time. A graduate and former teacher at The Center for Cartoon Studies,

Luke's work has popped up in numerous places - stuff like The New Yorker, The Nib, Slate, Best American Comics, the AV Club, Buzzfeed, Google and the like. Some of his comics include Talk Dirty To Me (AdHouse Books), Our Mother (Retrofit/Big Planet Comics), Trevor (self-published and Ignatz nominated), The Big Mystery Case (Self published), and a handful more. He has been spending a lot of time recently dreaming about ways artists might be able to better separate their art practices from capitalism.

Reviews

[Jonathan Maas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great tale, cool art.

Though this is for adults, it still has a broad appeal. It shows a different kind of tale, and the art just gives it that extra bit of - everything.

Luke Howard gives a unique tale, but make no mistake - this isn't low brow. The main character is interesting, and she makes interesting decisions.

[Comics Alternative · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[The Paperback Princess (Moni) · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 The book is intriguing in that it addresses so much more of Emma's character than it does actual events in the book, but everything is too surface and shallow to truly comprehend or wholly appreciate. I came away from the book losing respect for the main character rather than identifying with her attempts to resolve her complete lack of motivation. The entirety of the book felt like patchwork. Would have liked a more coherent and in-depth story.

[Lemon Ginger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wanted to reread right after I finished it. Interesting storytelling, somehow deeply relatable and showing the confusion and awkwardness of being a human around other humans. It's one of the comics I borrowed and want to buy and reread again and again.

[Beatrix · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fast read, read it in the bookstore. LOVED the graphics. Loved how the main character overcame her embarrassment of her sexuality and embraced it.

[Khalid Albaih · Rating 2 out of 5]

Starts good then “sucks”

[Thomas Morica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid work. Entertaining and compelling. Clean and clear visuals with some flair. Straightforward and deliberate.

[King]

such cool story telling, loved the writing

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Luke Howard's comics.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funky, but short. For mature audiences, but it's not long enough to be gratuitous sexual content.

[Payge · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.

[J.T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. This was a very compelling story with fantastic artwork akin to Box Brown. An exploration of the protagonist's sexuality and a great character study. I had a friend who worked as a phone sex operator, so I can verify that the general tone of this book is accurate.

[Derek Royal · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book that begins one way, the story of a sex phone worker, and turns out to be a more intimate narrative of self-awareness. Luke Howard is known more for his shorter-form work, and, to some degree, this book has an episodic and almost composite feel to it.

[Abby Johnson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this for the Read Harder Challenge's micropress category. It was an intriguing premise - a woman who I guess felt sexually repressed moves to a new city and gets a job as a sex hotline operator. I think I would have rather read the book that Emma dreamed she might write in this novel.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

My review of this book is on TCJ.com:
http://www.tcj.com/reviews/talk-dirty...

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

graphic novel of phone sex worker
see http://www.tcj.com/reviews/talk-dirty...

not many in worldcat but I will try