Description: Hothead Paisan: Homocidal Lesbian Terrorist by Diane DiMassa Complete run in 21 issues, all first printings, with the first issue signed by Diane DiMassa New Haven, CT: Giant Ass Publishing, 1991-1998. First editions, first printings. Complete run of 21 issues plus the Chicken Rules! comic from 2005, featuring Hothead Paisan's cat. Issue #1 signed by Diane DiMassa on the rear wrap by her photo. Basically Fine by book-grading standards, although the finer points of comic-grading elude us, with very slight rubbing along edges; a very bright set with hardly any wear. The dark-humored, outrageous alternative comic book that was a staple of 1990s lesbian culture in America. Writer and illustrator Diane DiMassa spelled out her anti-heroine's genesis in the first issue: "I wonder what would happen if, say, some lesbian really checked out for lunch, you know, like say her brain just totally shit the bed one day, and she starts believing everything she sees on T.V.? So, like, while she's going about her daily queer routine, all this T.V. crap is seeping in and she's getting psychotic, and like she needs therapy really bad, but she doesn't know it? I bet her boundaries would be really fuzzy. I bet she'd be lots of fun to be around. I bet she'd be a real... Hothead Paisan." Another key influence on the series is Dimassa's growing up in New Haven, Connecticut; sharp working-class New England humor and accents abound. First printings of the early issues are increasingly uncommon, as are runs and signed issues.
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Author: Dimassa, Diane
Publisher: Giant Ass Publishing
Year Printed: 1998
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Signed
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
