Dykes to Watch Out For

Dykes to Watch Out For #1

by Alison Bechdel

A collection of cartoons recounting the lives and loves of Mo and Harriet and their diverse group of lesbian friends is accompanied by an autobiographical account of the difficulty of finding a permanent relationship

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

78 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Imogen · Rating 4 out of 5]

All of the Dykes to Watch out For books came into my store. Or, like, the first ten or so. So fine, FINE, I'm gonna get over myself and admit that I have such a bad book crush on Alison Bechdel and ALSO that maybe I can have a sense of humor about what a fuckin lezzie I am. So.

So this first one is weird because some folks in it have the names and physical characteristics of the characters who would eventually make up the ongoing plot, but they are not those characters. It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone, man, but you are on acid! Except less intense.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having read the whole series (11 books so far), it's fun to see how Bechdel's art has matured. The first book in the series really has nothing to do with the series. The characters you will grow to love in books 2 through 11 aren't found here. There is no overall plot, just a collection of strips and cartoons. That's not to say this is a bad book, but just know going in that it is not really a part of what DtWOf has become. You can safely skip this book and start with book 2 and you won't missing anything plot-wise.

[Laura Siegel · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best comic book series ever. About a cast of lovable and quirky characters revolving around a woman's bookstore. And what's best-they really evolve. Read them all. You won' be disappointed.

[janine · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5 stars.

I genuinely enjoyed it but I didn't feel it was anything particularly astounding! I love the alphabet and the way, even in her early work, Bechdel works against essentialism re: the lesbian identity.

[Marsha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Filled with smirking humor as well as knowing wit, Ms. Bechdel proves that dykes (femme, butch, leather gals, whatever) have it just as rough in the dating world as the rest of us. Whether they’re eyeing that strong woman doing arm curls at the gym, secretly smirking at the problems of straight people trying to avoid pregnancies, leaving relationships, starting them or just opting out altogether (being alone means you can go out whenever you want without guilt!), Ms. Bechdel’s characters are right on the money. Just as funny now as when it was inked in the 80s, Dykes to Watch Out For is worth re-reading or reading for the first time if you didn’t catch it in the era of big hair.

[Gonza M Fontán · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jo qué llena se queda una cuando lee ve lo que sea cosas que la hacen sentir que el mundo es como es el nuestro y aún encima la hacen reír

[Teddy Goetz · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Audible production is absolutely incredible (I think this is the right place to put this review?)

[Emerson · Rating 5 out of 5]

timeless!!!

[Niina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alison Bechdelin sarjakuvan pohjalta on tehty Bechdelin testi, sitä strippiä ei kuitenkaan tässä kokoelmassa ollut. Sarjis kertoo tv-sarja L-koodin tapaan lesboystävysten elämästä ylä- ja alamäkineen.

Käydään Pride-kulkueella, riidellään, sovitaan ja tehdään vauva. Viimeksi mainittu on tämän kahdesta albumista kootun kokonaisuuden loppupuolen pääteemana. Albumin kannessakin on kuvattu vauvantulojuhlia.

Teoksen kuvaus lesbouden moninaisuudesta, rakkaudesta, ystävyydestä ja ajankuvasta tuntuu uskottavalta. Teos on rehellinen, ronski ja paikoin vilahtelee paljasta pintaakin.

[Reetta Saine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Humoristinen, mutta kantaaottava sarjis ystävyspiiristä, johon mahtuu niin maailmanparantajia, taviksia, yksinäisiä kuin seksipetojakin. Lukija pääsee miettimään naisparin lapsenhankintaa, lesbohäitä ja sitä, toimiiko kapina paremmin patriarkaatin sisä- vai ulkopuolelta käsin.

Tenttikirjaksi naistutkimukseen!

[Katri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bechdelin Hautuukoti on kevyesti yksi parhaimpia koskaan lukemiani sarjakuvia, ja sen innoittamana päätin lukea kirjailijalta muutakin.

Leppakoelämää on hauska strippityylinen sarjakuva, joka kertoo lesboystävysten elämästä arjen ja ihmissuhteiden pyörityksessä. Olen pitänyt kovasti sarjakuvien avoimuudesta ja ajankuvasta. Jatko-osat luen myös.

[Printable Tire]

So there I was at a cafe reading Dykes to Watch Out For, thinking about buying a gourmet popsicle, when the krishna paraded by.

Objectively cute and funny and likable, very much unlike Fun Home, which I found to be insufferably pretentious.

[Jascie]

I love this strip, I've been reading them since I came out. I'm dating myself, because that's been awhile........

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

I believe I read of this book in the Utne Reader. Once upon a time I read that rag. I am not certain why I would have ordered this, but I did. I found the book to be hilarious. Funny stuff.

[Ariza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesante atlas sobre antropología lésbica.

Sinceramente venía con el listón demasiado alto tras leer "Fun Home" e iba con las expectativas algo altas. Son obras muy diferentes entre sí pero, como he leído en otras reseñas, es útil para valorar la evolución de la autora.

En una sociedad donde la bollería es y ha sido invisible para la humanidad estándar y normativa hay que agradecer la existencia de obras como estas. Aunque actualmente podría clasificarse su visión como topicazo máximo, no dudo de la utilidad de la obra. Tanto para las mujeres lesbianas de la época como para las milennials/generación Z/generación hasta el ojete es un recurso útil.

Los colectivos tienen la peculiaridad que unir las diferencias personales. La capacidad de crear una cultura y un discurso en torno a la identidad me parece algo brutal y súper humano. Como seres sociales que somos, leer que existen personas similares a ti, reduce la ansiedad que causa la mera existencia. Terrible el ser humano.

Recomendable. No es una fantasía pero la autora es TOP.

[Arlie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty cool to read the comic that originated the Bechdel test. It's definitely a problematic piece of its time, but I'm glad I read it. Quick and funny.

[Juan Fuentes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Divertidísimo. Y también tierno. Muy recomendable.

[sj · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun fun

[Clau Nyappy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disfrute mucho las tiras de Bechdel, aunque no todas, con algunas no sentí conexión pero entiendo el porqué, still que gran mujer

[shrav · Rating 5 out of 5]

reread this (and i’ll do it again)

[Bronte Baonza]

listened to the stellar cast audiobook of this little comic strip and it was funnnnn, grateful for all the gays who get us where we are now

[cel]

adoro a esta tia

[Eli Entrenebras · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ojalá Bechdel me cayera un poco mejor :(

[Eve Kay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderfully funny look into the lives of lesbian women in the 90s. I so wish I had known about this in the 90s myself, it would have been an eyeopener.
I thoroughly enjoyed the realism of the characters and the stories - they were little looks into the real lives of real women, there was nothing fake. Only thing tho, some things were a little clichéd but whatcha gonna do, I think a comic might not be a comic without a little cliché.

[HeavyReader · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the first Dykes to Watch Out For collection. The characters that show up in the later books are here in an early form. These comics are not really so connected to each other as Bechdel's later comics are. It's fun to see how the writing and art developed.

[Strawny · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter bought this whole series and now I'm addicted. It's like the Archies of Lesbian culture. Now I am going to need a TV series to keep it going because I'm about to read the last one!

[Neena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great fun.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reminds me of my senior year of college.

[Devynn emory · Rating 5 out of 5]

inspiring documentation of herstory..

[Piia (kirjatarhuri) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5⭐️