Autography's Biography, 1972–2007

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Comics and Graphic Narratives Autobiographical and Biographical Writing American Literature and Humor Studies

Abstract

This essay studies the development of the autobiographic comic, beginning in 1972 with the pioneering work of Justin Green, Aline Kominsky, Harvey Pekar, and Art Spiegelman, and culminating in the contemporary work of graphic autobiographers such as Alison Bechdel, Phoebe Gloeckner, and Lynda Barry.

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