Cartoonist Roberta Gregory is the mind behind Naughty Bits, an award-winning comic series published by Fantagraphics between 1991 and 2004. That entire run is finally being collected in one volume, now known as Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken, and it’s one that deserves a spot in your collection.
With Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken now in bookstores, IGN can exclusively debut a new preview of the book. Check it out in the slideshow gallery below, though beware of some NSFW content:
Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken: Preview Gallery
Here’s Fantagraphics’ official summary of the book:
Midge McCracken is, to be blunt, a real BITCH. She’s bitter, judgmental and expects the worst… and she usually gets it. She’s the office sourpuss everyone avoids. Her inner monologue is mind-numbingly negative. She can be shockingly nasty, hateful and even racist. How does someone end up like this? The answer is hilarious. Seriously. Notorious for their irreverence, biting wit, and tendency to smash through the boundaries of uncomfortable subject matter, the stories in BITCHY! follow Midge’s traumatic childhood, through an awful adolescence, into an embittered middle age. And along the way, her all-too-human challenges reveal glimmers of self-awareness, insight and even…enlightenment. If it’s possible for Bitchy, then nobody is beyond hope…
“1969 was definitely a different time and place, as these stories make painfully clear,” Gregory tells IGN about the above excerpt. “Midge has survived the ordeal in all its graphic detail, and most importantly of all, Mom never found out. Midge’s evolving relationship with her mother is a major component of her life story.”
Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken is in stores now. You can order a copy on Amazon.
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