Publishers
Weekly recently reviewed Life's a Bitch. Follow the link
below to read the review or check out the copy below-
http://www.publishersweekly.com/
Life's a Bitch: The Complete Bitchy Bitch Stories
Vol. 1
Roberta Gregory. Fantagraphics Books, $16.95 paper (272p)
ISBN 156097656-X
Midge McCracken is the self-destructive pessimist every
office has. Not to mince words about it, she's a bitch.
Gregory, one of the underground comics movement's few female
movers and shakers, first introduced Midge, aka Bitchy Bitch,
in her series Naughty Bits. This mammoth collection includes
the first half of Midge's story, and a never-before-published
comic on her lost decade, the '80s. Readers follow Midge
through several decades, illuminating how she ended up a
40-year-old snarky office drone. Every panel includes Midge's
internal monologue, always expecting the worst and usually
getting it. Some of the stories focus on her office-mates‹annoyingly
cheerful Sylvia and her quest to solve all her problems
through positive energy; power hungry manager Pam; intolerant
Christian Marcie and her fight against Satan in all his
forms. The art is loose and scratchy, bursting into manic
episodes. It's crass, it's crude, it's biting, and it's
uproariously funny. Gregory doesn't shy away from politically
incorrect topics. Don't mistake Bitchy for a female Dilbert.
Her life is filled with real problems that make us like
her despite her offensive exterior. (Aug.)
The
last issue of Naughty Bits (#40) got a wonderful review!
I still have some copies for sale, so get them while they
last! http://www.comicbookgalaxy.com/083104_review.html
Time
Magazine online put my series, Naughty Bits, into their
list of the
Top Ten Comics of 2000! What an honor!
I
have been interviewed many times! I just egosurfed, and
found dozens of interviews, the first several of which are
linked below. And these are the ones in English! I never
seem to pass up an opportunity to babble about what I am
working on currently, or what’s going on in my life
at the moment.
Interview: Digress
Magazine: Short, but with comic art!
Digress Magazine: Interview with Roberta Gregory
From The Independent Reviews Site - Review of Bitchy
Butch, World’s Angriest Dyke, and interview with Roberta:
Interview With The Bitch Herself
Another Roberta interview from Happy Death, Inc. -
An Interview with Roberta Gregory
Radio interview with Roberta from March, 2000 (transcript
from Silver
Bullet Comic Books - You get to read the, like, California-like
way I communicate verbally. Y’know?) -
Roberta Gregory's Naughty Interview
Mike Whybark’s transcript of interview from 2003 for the Ink and Pixels column in
Tablet Newspaper. Lots of great details, with links! Even
a link to the bargain cinema I frequent! -
Roberta Gregory Interview for Ink and Pixels
Another interview from the year 2000 for Grayhaven Magazine. A lot of people must
have read that Time Magazine story!
An Interview with Roberta Gregory