Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
The original She was launched as a regular comics feature of Mirabella in 1993 and quickly became a reader favorite. Here, Acocella continues her efforts to create a character that embodies the cultural history of a generation of upper-middle class white women. A post-feminist everywoman, She is impatient with the status quo even in the womb. A child of suburbia stuck with gender-based expectations, She manages to both laugh at and deconstruct these conventions, wryly acknowledging the role they play in shaping her life (``Barbie did introduce the concept of `man as accessory'"). She wants to play with the boys in every sense of the word, and, after leaving home (and her ``(s)mother''), she gets her chance by joining the corporate media world. But for all her revolutionary rants, Acocella's heroine is just a neo-material girl with a rebel attitude cum pose. Which shallow trend shall I choose to be now, she seems to say-the sad result of viewing life as a succession of pop phenomena. She's pissed (like other ``power babes'' in her circle) that boys have all the fun but that's about it. She is fun, but ultimately is more about social climbing than social change. Acocella's drawing is barely adequate, but her page layouts are lively and carry the story well. (Oct.)
Just Who the Hell Is She, Anyway?: The Autobiography of She
by Marisa Acocella MarchettoIn January 1993, SHE became the first strip to be featured in a monthly fashion magazine - and SHE became a sensation. Women from coast to coast, from college dorms to corporate boardrooms, found a part of themselves in Marisa Acocella's smart, sassy creation. Fresh from her debut in the pages of Mirabella, SHE is the wayward daughter of suburbia, the defiant… See more details below
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In January 1993, SHE became the first strip to be featured in a monthly fashion magazine - and SHE became a sensation. Women from coast to coast, from college dorms to corporate boardrooms, found a part of themselves in Marisa Acocella's smart, sassy creation. Fresh from her debut in the pages of Mirabella, SHE is the wayward daughter of suburbia, the defiant schoolgirl, the escapee from the office cubicle, the lost love of various boys du jour, the one who got away from them all. SHE is unique. SHE is everywoman. And her story is familiar to us all. Just Who the Hell Is SHE, Anyway? is not a collection of pieces, but the autobiography of a leggy, two-dimensional character who has risen from a talented artist's sketch pad to conquer the hearts and minds of women and men alike with her wit and candor. SHE is the New Woman - and this is the book that answers the question that the world has asked since Adam first laid eyes on Eve - Just Who the Hell Is SHE, Anyway?
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Library Journal - Library Journal
The defiant, sexy SHE arrives straight from the pages of Mirabella.
Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780517882948
- Publisher:
- Crown Publishing Group
- Publication date:
- 09/27/1994
- Edition description:
- 1st ed
- Pages:
- 208
- Product dimensions:
- 7.09(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)
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