My Most Secret Desire

by Doucet, Julie

• ISBN13: 9781896597959
• ISBN10: 1896597955
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-13
• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly

Summary

"One of the most promising of the younger graphic novelists." Charles McGrath,The New York Times Magazine Considered by many to be the most influential female cartoonist ever, Julie Doucet created an iconic body of work in the ten short years she solely devoted herself to her trailblazing comic-book seriesDirty Plotte. Her comics are densely inked and detailed with a pulsating neurosis from a decidedly female point of view that set the comic-book world on its head when the series debuted. Doucet returns to comics after a five-year hiatus with a reworked edition of her dream journalMy Most Secret Desire, complete with never-before-published material. My Most Secret Desireis considered to be Doucet 's most innovative work, exploring the longings, pressures, and exploits of the feminine subconscious. Nightmarish tales of pregnancy, menstruation, sex changes, and boyfriends haunt Doucet's nocturnal psyche with a feverish and surreal pitch.

Author Biography

Julie Doucet lives in Montreal. Her critically acclaimed comic-book series
Dirty Plotte has been collected into the graphic novels My New York Diary and Lift Your Leg, My Fish Is Dead. She also has published two art books, Long Time Relationship and Lady Pep.

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Praise for Julie Doucet:

“A very funny mix of reminiscences and dreams, written in exuberant, slightly dented French-inflected English.” —Ms. Magazine

“Julie Doucet is the female [R.] Crumb.” —Joy Press, The Village Voice

“The honesty is unsettling, but funny too . . . It’s on the cutting edge.” —Entertainment Weekly