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A review by uuuultraviolennnnt
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
adventurous
challenging
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
A comic!! how fun, I thought; what a tragic concoction of passages, I realised...
Bechdel’s hold on language is God-sent. As a queer person raised in a catholic albeit unconventional household, Bechdel’s familial dynamics in the Creek rang dangerously close to home… I found comfort in this Fun House— my own fascination with the aesthetics of masculinity led to a false identity of bisexuality. The use of grey was a beautiful stylistic choice for the comic, the interlinking of chapters so effortlessly well-done, and my biggest emotional takeaway right now is that I need to know how Bechdel would describe everything in the world, ever. Big up dykes.
Bechdel’s hold on language is God-sent. As a queer person raised in a catholic albeit unconventional household, Bechdel’s familial dynamics in the Creek rang dangerously close to home… I found comfort in this Fun House— my own fascination with the aesthetics of masculinity led to a false identity of bisexuality. The use of grey was a beautiful stylistic choice for the comic, the interlinking of chapters so effortlessly well-done, and my biggest emotional takeaway right now is that I need to know how Bechdel would describe everything in the world, ever. Big up dykes.
‘And indeed, if our family was a sort of artists’ colony, could it not be even more accurately described as a mildly autistic colony?’
‘He did hurtle into the sea, of course. But in the tricky reverse narration that impels our entwined stories, he was there to catch me when I leapt.’
Erotic truth uncovered.
Erotic truth uncovered.