Book description
'My New York Diary' documents the events in Doucet's life during a six-month period in 1991. At that time, she packed her bags and moved to New York and waiting for her was her new boyfriend, an aspiring cartoonist himself who took Julie to his apartment.
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This slim but dense book chronicles the ups and (mostly) downs of a young womanâs life in MontrĂ©al and New York in the 80s and early 90s, a scuzzy time capsule full of sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Doucetâs maximalist, punk-inflected art packs each and every claustrophobic panel to bursting, a perfect fit for this tale of a suffocating, toxic relationship playing out in the shadow of the Cold War. Itâs no exaggeration to say that Doucet, who recently won the AngoulĂ©me Festival's Grand Prix, is one of the most important figures in modern comics, she was one ofâŠ
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