Tomboy

a graphic memoir

Liz Prince

About this book

A memoir about friendship, gender, bullies, growth, punk rock, and the power of the perfect outfit . . .

Growing up, Liz Prince wasn’t a girly girl, but she wasn’t exactly one of the guys either (as she learned when her little league baseball coach exiled her to the distant outfield). She was somewhere in between. But with the forces of middle school, high school, parents, friendship, and romance pulling her this way and that, the middle wasn't an easy place to be.

Tomboy follows award-winning author and artist Liz Prince through her early years and explores―with humor, honesty, and poignancy―what it means to "be a girl." From staunchly refuting "girliness" to the point of misogyny, to discovering through the punk community that your identity is whatever you make of it, Tomboy offers a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking account of self-discovery in modern America.

Subjects

  • artistas
  • artistas -- caricaturas, tiras cómicas, dibujos animados -- literatura juvenil
  • biography
  • caricaturas, tiras cómicas, dibujos animados
  • cartoon and comics
  • cartoonists
  • cartoonists -- united states -- biography -- cartoon and comics
  • cartoonists -- united states -- biography -- comic books, strips, etc. -- juvenile literature
  • cartoons and comics
  • childhood and youth
  • comic books, strips
  • comics & graphic novels, nonfiction, general
  • gender identity
  • gender identity -- cartoons and comics
  • gender identity -- comic books, strips, etc. -- juvenile literature
  • identidad
  • identidad -- caricaturas, tiras cómicas, dibujos animados -- literatura juvenil
  • juvenile literature
  • literatura juvenil
  • niñez y juventud
  • prince, liz -- childhood and youth
  • prince, liz -- childhood and youth -- comic books, strips, etc. -- juvenile literature
  • prince, liz -- niñez y juventud -- caricaturas, tiras cómicas, dibujos animados -- literatura juveni
  • rol sexual
  • rol sexual -- caricaturas, tiras cómicas, dibujos animados -- literatura juvenil
  • sex role
  • sex role -- cartoons and comics
  • sex role -- comic books, strips, etc. -- juvenile literature
  • spanish language materials