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...have appeared or will appear this fall. Covering each book on a successive week in October, TIME.comix first examined Leela Corman's "Subway Series," about the tensed-up life of a modern, urban high-school girl. This week we go out to the 'burbs of the 1960s for Debbie Drechsler's rich, pastoral "The Summer of Love" (Drawn and Quarterly; 160pp...
...Drechsler has earned a comix rep since the early 1990s working exclusively in the genre of semi-autobiographical comix about growing up. Collected together in "Daddy's Girl," many of these deeply disturbing stories dealt with such taboo subjects as rape and familial sex abuse. Therefore anyone who knows her past work may be excused for feeling somewhat anxious with each turn of the page of her latest book. But worry not. "The Summer of Love" deals exclusively with the most typical of teenage experiences - alienation, confusion and anger...
...wait is over. A remarkable bounty has arrived this fall: Leela Corman's "Subway Series," Debby Drechsler's "The Summer of Love," Lynda Barry's "One Hundred Demons" and Phoebe Gloeckner's "Diary of a Teenage Girl." Even more remarkable, using different approaches, all four books explore the challenges of female adolescence. To cover them all, TIME.comix has declared October to be "Ladies' Month," reviewing each on a successive week...
...from the controversy and the field, which she did easily. But she knew coming into the Games that the long jump posed her big challenge, and on Friday she could not harness her speed, crashing out with four fouls in six jumps. Germany's Heike Drechsler took honors, Jones a consolation bronze. On Saturday, skittish baton passes yielded another bronze in the 4 x 100-m relay, but Jones' own sensational leg in the 4 x 400 brought her a third gold...
Jackie's jubilation at winning a second gold medal was tempered only by goodwill toward her East German friend and opponent. She and Drechsler left the field hand in hand on the way to receive their medals. Said Jackie after her victory: "I think it's fantastic for myself and Florence to perform so well. I can share my golds with Bobby, and Florence can share hers with Al." And with millions of viewers around the world who were thrilled by their extraordinary feats...