Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader, music lover, passionate amateur actor.

Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel: “Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon.

Forced to deal with unimaginable challenges, Alissa suddenly found herself cast into the role of ‘9/11 widow,’ tossed into a storm of bureaucracy, politics, patriotism, mourning, consolation, and, soon enough, motherhood.” The next morning, he said goodbye to his 7½-months-pregnant wife, Alissa, and headed out the door. In an instant, Alissa’s world was thrown into chaos.

American Widow by Alissa Torres and Sungyoon Choi: “On September 10, 2001, Eddie Torres started his dream job at Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

But he is truly more than all of them-he is himself.” Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching.

Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. American Splendor by Harvey Pekar: “ American Splendor is the world’s first literary comic book.By signing up you agree to our terms of use

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More Than Comics by Elizabeth Briggs