I (a guy, so consider the source?) thought 3 or so stars throughout, but liked the ending and hope to read more, so I rounded up. Not deep commentary, but includes a wistful, thoughtful epilogue. You know the (Alison) Bechdel test, which observes that when any film/tv/comics stories are told with women talking, that they almost always talk about men? Well, generations later, some of them still talk nostalgically of men! But mostly it is about relationships, and a variety of women in various shapes and colors and sizes. The we-comic excerpts are loosely connected, with jokey punchlines to strips, but just okay jokes, usually. Can women live without men?! Will they suddenly be different? Will they have better relationships? Of course we know that W/W relationships already exist, so we have some data on that (and in comics, from work such as Dykes to Watch Out For), but what if NO men were around? Will this make women suddenly different? What if women ruled the world?ĭhaliwal's answers to these questions are lightly humorous, not (to me, at least) laugh-out-loud funny. Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly ISBN: 9781770463356 Number of pages: 300 Dimensions: 203 x 152 mm You may also be interested in.A book based on/derived from Dhaliwal's web comic of the same name about a time in the future when men die out. Woman World is an uproarious and insightful graphic novel from a very talented and funny new voice. For the most part, Woman World's residents are focused on their struggles with unrequited love and anxiety, not to mention that whole survival of humanity thing. Only Grandma remembers the distant past, a civilization of segway-riding mall cops, Blockbusters movie rental shops, and That's What She Said jokes.
Dhaliwal's infectiously funny instagram comic follows the rebuilding process, tracking a group of women who have rallied together under the flag of Beyonce's Thighs.
When a birth defect wipes out the planet's entire population of men, Woman World rises out of society's ashes. D+Q's edition of Woman World will include new and previously unpublished material. Now, readers everywhere will delight in the print edition as Dhaliwal seamlessly incorporates feminist philosophical concerns into a series of perfectly-paced strips that skewer perceived notions of femininity and contemporary cultural icons. With her startling humor, it's no surprise that Aminder Dhaliwal's web comic Woman World has a devoted audience of more than 120,000 readers, updated biweekly with each installment earning an average of 25,000 likes.
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