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Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story

Peter Bagge

Finalist:Washington State Book Award -Biography/Memoir (2014)

The alternative-comics master offers an indelible and idiosyncratic take on the protofeminist
"[Woman Rebel] is fine work from an excellent cartoonist and I urge you to jump right in."-Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter, from his introduction

Peter Bagge's Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story is a dazzling and accessible biography of the social and political maverick, jam-packed with fact and fun. In his signature cartoony, rubbery style, Bagge presents the life of the birth-control activist, educator, nurse, mother, and protofeminist from her birth in the late nineteenth century to her death after the invention of the birth control pill. Balancing humor and respect, Bagge makes Sanger whole and human, showing how her flaws fueled her fiery activism just as much as her compassionate nature did. Sanger's life takes on a whole new vivacity as Bagge creates a fast-paced portrait of a trailblazer whose legacy as the founder of Planned Parenthood is still incredibly relevant, important, and inspiring.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
  • Publish Date: Oct 15th, 2013
  • Pages: 104
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.97in - 6.79in - 0.69in - 0.97lb
  • EAN: 9781770461260
  • Categories: • Literary• General

About the Author

Bagge, Peter: - Cartoonist Peter Bagge is the Harvey Award-winning author of the acclaimed 1990s alternative comic series Hate, starring slacker hero Buddy Bradley, and a regular contributor to Reason magazine. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he got his start in comics in the R. Crumb-edited magazine Weirdo. Bagge has published two critically acclaimed books with Drawn & Quarterly: 2017's Fire!! The Zora Neale Hurston Storyand 2013's Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story. He lives in Seattle with his wife, Joanne, daughter, and three cats.

Praise for this book

Praise for Peter Bagge

"Bagge is an indie star, famous for his wonderfully elastic cartooning style and punk-inflected comedies." --Roger Sabin, "The Observer

""Peter Bagge is one of the best comic storytellers ever." --"Vice"
"["Woman Rebel"] makes for a great read, full of politics, sex, controversy, yelling, feminism, and, of course, history." --"Paste

""I've been reading Peter Bagge's comics since I was 13 years old...So I do not say this lightly: I think Bagge's new biography of Sanger, "Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story, "is the best work of his career."--"The Stranger"

["Woman Rebel"] makes for a great read, full of politics, sex, controversy, yelling, feminism, and, of course, history. "Paste"

I've been reading Peter Bagge's comics since I was 13 years old...So I do not say this lightly: I think Bagge's new biography of Sanger, "Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story, "is the best work of his career. "The Stranger""