An ABC of Vice: An Insatiable Women's Guide, Alphabetized

by Nicole Hollander, Regina Barreca

Half text, half cartoons, The ABC of Vice, The Insatiable Women's Guide, offers a quick fix to any woman who needs to laugh, who needs permission to take her pleasures seriously while taking the rest of the world for a ride. This easy-to-access manual of mischievousness includes some hilarious bad girl coupons empowering the reader to indulge herself.

136 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

I am best known for writing and drawing the syndicated cartoon strip, SYLVIA, which appears daily and weekly in more than 30 newspapers across the country, including The Boston Globe, The Berkeley Daily Planet, Women’s e News Online and The Houston Chronicle (online). Sylvia strips appear on BadGirlChats as well. I am represented by the Tribune Media Services Syndicate.

I continue to write and draw Sylvia at Badgirlchats.com, a blog composed of original writing, comments and reactions to what's in the news.

I am currently teaching college courses at the Art Institute in graphic novel writing as well as storytelling and memoir workshops at Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, but I still love speaking at events and book readings.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

The best thing about this is Nicole Hollander's illustrations. There's a "vice" for each letter of the alphabet, with a brief, humorous description, and then one of Hollander's cartoons. There are also some coupons for bad girls (one or two liners). You know how many letters there are in the alphabet, so you should have an idea of how substantial this book is.

[Erica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Allow me to share an entry: J is for Junk It is impossible to understand why people like what they like as it is to understand why they like WHO they like. What is junk to you might be treasure to somebody else. (See "(e)x-husbands.")

[Anners · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would just like to say, while on the topic of vice, I *SO* do not get why gluttony is a sin. In my opinion, not only should gluttony be taken off the deadly sin list, but the Good Life should require...nay, *necessitate* at least a small amount of gluttony.