We Ate Wonder Bread [Paperback]

This is veteran cartoonist Hollanders first long-form work; her coming-of-age story, starring the gangsters, the glamorous,the bed bugs, the (enviable) Catholic girls, the police, the jukebox, the fortuneteller, and the blue Hudsonthe family car, always at the ready for frequentdrives into better neighborhoods. Not only does this illustrated memoir giveinsight into how Hollander developed her style and wit, its a chronicle of aChicago community that has since disappeared into an expressway.Where on earth did this sharp, outspoken feminist, leftist cartooning genius of socially conscious sarcasm come from? Her new book,Hollander started her strip in the late 1970s, when 'a woman cartoonist was an oxymoron,' but her scribbly characters, collaged with photos and mixed-media backdrops, and her raw, chatty honesty feel as contemporary as anyGet comfortable, because youre not going to be able to put this book down until youve finished it.Nicole Hollanders cartoons are always spot on politically and of course, quite funny. She is in a league of her own.This is a graphic memoir about a longtime syndicated cartoonists (