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Bechdel, Alison, 1960-
Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Physical fitness -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fads -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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The secret to superhuman strength / Alison Bechdel ; with the extremely extensive coloring collaboration of Holly Rae Taylor.
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Bechdel, Alison, 1960-
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
Call #:
613
.7
B391s
Subjects
Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Physical fitness -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Fads -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9780544387652 (hc.)
9780358554844
Description:
231 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Summary:
"Comics and cultural superstar Alison Bechdel delivers a deeply layered story of her fascination, from childhood to adulthood, with every fitness craze to come down the pike: from Jack LaLanne in the 60s ("Outlandish jumpsuit! Cantaloupe-sized guns!") to the existential oddness of present-day spin class. Readers will see their athletic or semi-active pasts flash before their eyes through an ever-evolving panoply of running shoes, bicycles, skis, and sundry other gear. But the more Bechdel tries to improve herself, the more her self appears to be the thing in her way. She turns for enlightenment to Eastern philosophers and literary figures, including Beat writer Jack Kerouac, whose search for self-transcendence in the great outdoors appears in moving conversation with the authors own. This gifted artist and not-getting-any-younger exerciser comes to a soulful conclusion. The secret to superhuman strength lies not in six-pack abs, but in something much less clearly defined: facing her own non-transcendent but all-important interdependence with others."--provided by publisher.
Genre:
Graphic non-fiction.
Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Other authors:
Taylor, Holly Rae.
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1
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