"Suffering Sappho!": Lesbian Content and Queer Female Characters in Comics

This book explores the past place, current presence, and possible future status of lesbianism in comics.

Publisher Marketing: Michelle Ann Abate is Professor of Literature for children and young adults at The Ohio State University. Karly Marie Grice is Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Christine N. Stamper is independent scholar based in Michigan. Table of Contents : Introduction Michelle Ann Abate, Karly Marie Grice and Christine N. Stamper 1. Lovers, enemies, and friends: The complex and coded early history of lesbian comic strip characters Caitlin McGurk 2. A regressive formula of perversity: Wertham and the women of comics Carol L. Tilley 3. Making space: Jennifer Camper, LGBTQ anthologies, and queer comics communities Margaret Galvan 4. Representations of same-sex relationships between female characters in all-ages comics: Princess Princess Ever After and Lumberjanes Erica Gillingham 5. Situating Cyberzone : Black lesbian identity in comics Sheena C. Howard 6. Survival angst: Reading Hothead Paisan in the Trump era Cynthia Barounis 7. "There is no such thing as a straight woman" Queer female representations in South Asian graphic narratives Poushali Bhadury 8. PoC, LGBTQ, and gender: The intersectionality of America Chavez Laura M. Jiménez Publisher Marketing : This book explores the past place, current presence, and possible future status of lesbianism in comics.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 122 | Publication Date: 2021-09-30