Crumb called her story, minnies third lovepublished in a childs life and other stories one of the comicbook masterpieces of all time. An unflinching coming of age story of a young girl s experiences with sex. Phoebe gloeckner talks about the process of turning her own teenage diaries into a graphic novel. Its now a movie starring kristen wiig, and it came out this weekend. Diary of a teenage girl author phoebe gloeckner talks to us about adapting it to film. About the author phoebe gloeckners comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens.
Jan 22, 2015 um stamps professor phoebe gloeckner talks about the process of turning her own teenage diaries into a graphic novel. In the diary of a teenage girl, what clever narration. Writer and illustrator phoebe gloeckner reveals inside intel on her book the diary of a teenage girls leap to the big screen. Illustrations of a typical 1970s girls worlda bedroom strewn with clothes and records, doodles of french vocab words, and sketches of candysit alongside an adolescent girl shooting meth.
The diary of a teenage girl written by marielle heller based on the graphic novel by phoebe gloeckner. Fun home is a complex memoir that is told in a nonlinear and recursive format. Its the tale of a 15yearold girl who becomes sexually involved with her mothers boyfriend, which causes a downward. Her books include a childs life and other stories and the diary of a teenage girl. An account in words and pictures annotated edition by phoebe gloeckner isbn. Gloeckners first novel is a reworking of the actual diary she kept for two years.
Isbn 9781883319717 oclc 440624684 revised edition, 2000. Inspired by, among other things, the illustrated novels of the victorian period, it takes the form a step further. Jul 24, 2015 phoebe gloeckner s comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens. Aug 04, 2015 sex and the revolutionary female perspective in marielle hellers diary of a teenage girl. May 10, 2017 the diary of a teenage girl by phoebe gloeckner this book is kind of a downer, but at the same time, it made me feel grateful. Aug 18, 2015 the diary of a teenage girl by phoebe gloeckner, frog books of north atlantic books, first published in 2002. Phoebe gloeckners comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens. An account in words and pictures, won a legion of diehard female fans who saw some version of themselves in 15yearold heroine minnie goetze. Its the tale of a 15yearold girl who becomes sexually involved with her mothers boyfriend, which causes a downward spiral of addiction, mental illness, and selfloathing. Meet phoebe gloeckner, author of the diary of a teenage girl. Jun 26, 2018 in this unusual novel diary of a teenage girl. Jessica zack, the author of this weeks cover story, was completely taken with phoebe gloeckners outrageously honest book the diary of a teenage girl and was eager to see how it would translate. Gloeckner wrote about the experience in the diary of a.
About the author phoebe gloeckner s comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens. An account in words and pictures is a diaristic graphic novel by author and artist. First released in, this provocative, critically acclaimed novel is now a major motion picture starring bel powley, kristen wiig, and alexander skarsgard. Aug 03, 2015 the diary of a teenage girl offers a searing comment on adult society as seen though the eyes of a young woman on the verge of joining it. While the film is based on cartoonist phoebe gloeckners graphic novel, and minnie just so happens to be a budding cartoonist, heller incorporates innovative elements of fullon animation mixed with liveaction to underscore minnies blossoming sexuality and her first step into the world of adulthood. For both young readers and adults it continues to bring to life this young woman, who for a time survived the worst horror of the modern world had seen and who remained triumphantly and heartbreakingly human throughout her ordeal.
Diary of a teenage girl writer phoebe gloeckner talks. In this unusual novel, artist and writer phoebe gloeckner presents a pivotal year in a girl s life, recounted in diary pages and illustrations, with full narrative sequences in comics form. This is the diary of minnie, a high school girl in 1970s san francisco. Diary of a teenage girl would be harrowing fiction, but unfortunately it is not. Her mother lives a pathetic life of boyfriends and drugs, but expects minnie and her younger sister to behave without any guidance or supervision. The diary of a teenage girl by phoebe gloeckner stuff. Retelling traumatic experience in alison bechdels fun home and phoebe gloeckner s the diary of a teenage girl by kayla c. Phoebe gloeckner is the author of the diary of a teenage girl 3. Bookslut diary of a teenage girl by phoebe gloeckner.
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