"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.ĭeploying the smack-'em-in-the-face descriptive style of Will Eisner for a graphic biography may not seem like the best idea. Featuring a foreword by Alice Wexler, A Dangerous Woman is a marvelously compelling presentation of a woman devoted to revolutionizing her age. Sharon Rudahl's lovely, energetic illustrations bring Goldman's many facets and passions to new life her work belongs with the critically acclaimed graphic nonfiction of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. Emma Goldman was at the forefront of the radical causes of the twentieth century, from leading hunger demonstrations during the Great Depression-"Ask for work! If they do not give you work, ask for bread! If they do not give you work or bread, take the bread!"-to organizing a cloakmakers' strike, from lecturing on how to use birth control to fighting conscription for World War I, while her soulmate, Alexander Berkman, spent fourteen years in jail for his failed attentat against industrialist Henry Clay Frick.
"You are a terrible child and will grow into a worse woman! You have no respect for your elders or for authority! You will surely end on the gallows as a public menace!"-Emma Goldman's childhood religion teacherĪ wonderful retelling of the famous anarchist and radical icon Emma Goldman's extraordinary life, this graphic biography embodies the richness and drama of Goldman's story in a wholly original way.Ī Dangerous Woman depicts the full sweep of a life lived to the hilt in the struggle for equality and justice. A booksigning will immediately follow the discussion.The anarchist and radical hero Emma Goldman, brought to vivid life in a graphic biography by an acclaimed artist. The discussion will be chaired by Dr Laurence Roth, Associate Professor of English at Jewish Susquehanna University. Several of the exhibition’s featured artists will discuss their comics and the exhibition’s transition from a newspaper article to a world-touring show. Please join the Cartoon Art Museum on Thursday, Octoat 7:00pm for a very special opportunity to meet and hear some of the artists from its latest exhibition, Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women.
All are fearless about sex, romance, politics, body functions, experiences, emotions, and desires. While the history of women in comics is well-documented, and the Jewish contribution to the art form widely acknowledged, Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women will be the first museum exhibit to showcase the singular voices of female Jewish artists whose revealing diaristic and confessional work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades.
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