Inappropriate - by Gabrielle Bell (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Gabrielle Bell returns with a brilliant new collection of hilarious short stories. From a revisionist Red Riding Hood, to uncomfortable role reversals, Gabrielle Bell revels in skewering modern mores with razor-sharp humor and wry observations. Culled from The New Yorker, Paris Review, and Medium, including several brand new previously unpublished gems, Inappropriate collects Bell's best short comics form the last couple of years"--

Book Synopsis

2 IGNATZ AWARD NOMINATIONS: Outstanding Collection + Outstanding Story

Foreword Indies Finalist

One of the Best Graphic Novels of the Year - Library Journal

Gabrielle Bell returns with a brilliant new collection of hilarious short stories. From a revisionist Red Riding Hood, to uncomfortable role reversals, Gabrielle Bell revels in skewering modern mores with razor-sharp humor and wry observations. Culled from The New Yorker, Paris Review, and Medium, including several brand new previously unpublished gems, Inappropriate collects Bell's best short comics form the last couple of years.

Review Quotes

"Memoir and fiction stand side by side, often in the same story, in this frequently hilarious, occasionally melancholy collection that affirms Bell's status as one of the best cartoonists of her generation."-Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

"This new book gathers blackly humorous pieces (published in The New Yorker, Vice and elsewhere) that mix the surreal with the seemingly autobiographical - a Gabrielle figure who, say, visits a dreamy young dental student for a root canal, only to have her molars forcibly extracted by chatty mobsters later in the day. I'm reminded of what Benjamin Cheever wrote of his father John's journals, their commitment to truth endlessly subverted by him as a "fiction machine" "Give him a screwdriver, have him walk across the room, and he'd be holding a hammer.""--Ed Park, The New York Times

Praise for The Voyeurs: "As she watches other people living life, and watches herself watching them, Bell's pen becomes a kind of laser, first illuminating the surface distractions of the world, then scorching them away to reveal a deeper reality that is almost too painful and too beautiful to bear." - Alison Bechdel, Fun Home "The Voyeurs is the work of a mature writer, if not one of the most sincere voices of her literary generation. It's a fun, honest read that spans continents, relationships and life decisions. I loved it." - Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library "A master of the exquisite detail, Bell provides a welcome peephole into our lives." - Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker "One of the Best Nonfiction Books of the year." -Kirkus Reviews "One of the Best Graphic Novels of the year." -Publishers Weekly "Best Graphic Memoir."-The Atlantic Wire "One of the best things going in auto-bio inflected comics these days." - Art Spiegelman

About the Author

Gabrielle Bell's work has been selected several times for Best American Comics and the Yale Anthology of Graphic Fiction, and has been featured in McSweeney's, The Believer, Bookforum and Vice magazines. Her story, "Cecil and Jordan In New York," was turned into a film by Michel Gondry. The Voyeurs was named one of the best Graphic Novels of the year by Publishers Weekly. Gabrielle Bell currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.