
Published online:
20 May 2021
Published in print:
25 August 2020
Online ISBN:
9781496829047
Print ISBN:
9781496828996
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The Graphic Novel The Graphic Novel
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The Hand-Drawn in the Digital Age The Hand-Drawn in the Digital Age
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From Comics Collective to Comics Community From Comics Collective to Comics Community
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Simone Lia Simone Lia
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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References References
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Chapter
8 Women’s Cartoons and Comics in the Twenty-First Century: How the Humor in Simone Lia’s Fluffy Challenges Gendered Assumptions around Parenting
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Pages
179–194
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Published:August 2020
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Streeten, Nicola, 'Women’s Cartoons and Comics in the Twenty-First Century: How the Humor in Simone Lia’s Fluffy Challenges Gendered Assumptions around Parenting', in Thomas Giddens (ed.), Critical Directions in Comics Studies (Jackson, MS , 2020; online edn, Mississippi Scholarship Online, 20 May 2021), https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496828996.003.0008, accessed 6 May 2025.
Abstract
Streeten draws on Simone Lia’s graphic novel Fluffy (2005, Jonathan Cape) to demonstrate how humor combines with the comics form to address and quietly challenge assumptions around childcare, parenting, and masculinity. Streeten’s consideration is part of her wider thesis that the humorous cartoon and comic has been an essential element of feminist activism in the UK, supporting serious political messages. Her claim is that the structures built by feminist activity have made the buoyant position and visibility of women cartoonists in the UK today possible. The role of humor in this history, has been an essential, yet little recognized aspect.
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