Throughout history and across the globe, one characteristic connects the daring women of Brazen: their indomitable spirit. With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Pénélope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known.
From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sometimes infuriating but always inspiring, and include colorful and expressive comic panels with just the right dash of humor; they're certain to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.
"Bagieu’s writing is sly and understated, and her panels combine impish comedy with unexpected moments of sensuousness. The women in these biographies pursue political freedom, love, artistic fulfillment, and — sometimes — the joy of their own bodies.... Any one of these stories would make a rousing picture book biography; 29 of them in one volume produces a work whose energy and wit will spur readers to get going and change the world." — Publishers Weekly
Recommended Age | 15 and up |
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Author | Pénélope Bagieu |
Illustrator | Pénélope Bagieu |
ISBN | 1626728690 |
Publication Date | Mar 6, 2018 |
Publisher | First Second |
Language | English |