Pioneering cartoonist Diane Noomin finally gets her first-ever collection after 30 (!) years of waiting!
Two pages from the hilarious and tragic DiDi Has an Orgasm
Most of the stories included in Glitz-2-Go feature Noomin’s alter-ego,
DiDi Glitz, described by Fantagraphics as "the frustrated middle-aged
glamour-puss and anxiety-ridden suburban Sisyphus".
Aline's Bunch makes a quick cameo in this page originally printed in Twisted Sisters COmics (Last Gasp, 1976)
The book starts with a wonderful foreword by fellow iconic bad girl cartoonist Aline
Kominsky-Crumb, who describes Noomin's work as a mixture of Liberace,
Joan Rivers and Jackie Mason. The two seem to share a
dedication to painfully honest and raw autobio-ish comix. The unapologetically fragile and often contradictory reality depicted in their work truly has an incredibly freeing force.
This is an absolute genius moment in the groundbreaking story 'Baby Talk - A Tale of 4 Miscarriages.' Here, DiDi interrupts the comic to confront the author about the drawbacks of hiding behind fiction to share her difficult story.
