Nicole Georges' Queer Graphic Memoir

For everyone who loves a quirky great read -- and especially for those who wanted Are You My Mother? to have less therapy and be more of a Fun Home 2 -- get Nicole Georges' wonderful new graphic memoir Calling Dr. Laura. (Ignore the off-putting title; it makes sense.) The story really takes off when Nicole goes to a psychic who looks at her palm and says, You don't get along with your mother. How's your relationship with your father? Nicole says, No relationship, he's been dead since I was three. To which the psychic replies, The man you think is your father may be dead but your real father is very much alive.... 

Released two weeks ago the book already has been lionized by these leading lesbians: 

Rachel Maddow: “Calling Dr. Laura is an engrossing, lovable, smart and ultimately poignant trip through a harrowing emotional bottleneck in family life. It’s great art, great writing, a great story...What a wonderful book.”

Alison Bechdel: “... a riveting family mystery. There’s a powerful chemistry going on between her delicate drawings and the probing honesty of her investigations. Calling Dr. Laura is disarming and haunting, hip and sweet, all at once.”

Eileen Myles: “... an epic for our time. Anyone with a family, who loves dogs, who needs advice and
wants to understand the inner workings of a complex and magical female artist must read Calling Dr. Laura. I couldn’t put this memoir down for a couple of long great evenings, and I’m still shaken by her animating, wide and searching squares.” 

Beth Ditto: “... a charming little gem. An honest glimpse into the life of a smart and witty Portland femme gay with an upbringing so weird, it’s normal.”

Susan Stryker: “… super-sweet-and-sad graphic memoir about coming of age and coming to terms with her supremely dysfunctional family is a great new addition to the queer graphic arts canon.”

Michelle Tea: “...endearing, beloved illustrations…  charming.” 

And NPR says, "Like many of the best graphic memoirists, Georges is able to pluck the funniest and most compelling bits out of a life story, and this is one of the book's great strengths (the gorgeous and strange art is another)... it's a beautiful and innovative portrait of a young adult who's moving away from old family stories toward creating new ones of her own."