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Library Journal
Starred Review on April 13, 2018 | Graphic Novels
First appearing as a comic strip in the French daily Le Monde, this volume features 29 women whose histories span time, geography, and circumstance. Actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, painter Tove Jansson, and journalist Nellie Bly are some of the more famous names; rapper Sonita Alizadeh; Nzinga, Queen of Ndongo and Matamba; and gynecologist Agnodice are less well known. In densely packed, nine-panel pages, Bagieu (Exquisit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2018
French artist Bagieu's brief vignettes of sequential comics art expose readers to brazen women of all fields, times, and pl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More