TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bechdel,Alison
AU  - Taylor,Holly Rae
AU  - Chad,Jon
TI  - Spent: a comic novel 
SN  - 9780063278929
AV  - PN6727.B3757 S64 2025
U1  - 741.5/973 23/eng/20250417
PY  - 2025///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Mariner Books
KW  - Bechdel, Alison
KW  - 1960-
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Women cartoonists
KW  - United States
KW  - Cartoonists
KW  - Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Lesbians
KW  - Sexual minorities
KW  - Pygmy goat
KW  - Animal sanctuaries
KW  - Television programs
KW  - Reality television programs
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Fame
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Environmental responsibility
KW  - Conservation of natural resources
KW  - Lesbian comics
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Queer comics
KW  - Graphic novels
N2  - "In Alison Bechdel's ... skewering and gloriously cast ... comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege? Meanwhile, Alison's first graphic memoir about growing up with her father ... has been adapted into a highly successful TV series. It's a phenomenon that makes Alison ... the envy of her friend group (recognizable as characters, now middle-aged and living communally in Vermont, from Bechdel's beloved comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For). As the TV show ... racks up Emmy after Emmy--and when Alison's Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viral--Alison's own envy spirals. Why couldn't she be the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV show--like Queer Eye--showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?"--
ER  -