The longest-running solo comic by a woman was one epic rant
The longest-running solo comic by a woman was one epic rant Gareth Branwyn 8:39 am Wed Jul 29, 2026 Used with permission There are plenty of "unlikable" comic book characters. Roberta Gregory's spectacularly sour, fractally negative, permanently rage-faced antihero is the sort of person who can turn any incident, regardless of how benign, into crippling psychodrama. She's exhausting, frequently offensive, often just plain wrong, and consistently hilarious.
- ▪The longest-running solo comic by a woman was one epic rant Gareth Branwyn 8:39 am Wed Jul 29, 2026 Used with permission There are plenty of "unlikable" comic book characters.
- ▪Roberta Gregory's spectacularly sour, fractally negative, permanently rage-faced antihero is the sort of person who can turn any incident, regardless of how benign, into crippling psychodrama.
- ▪She's exhausting, frequently offensive, often just plain wrong, and consistently hilarious.
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| Publication time | Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:39:50 +0000 |
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The longest-running solo comic by a woman was one epic rant Gareth Branwyn 8:39 am Wed Jul 29, 2026 Used with permission There are plenty of "unlikable" comic book characters. And then there's Midge McCracken. Roberta Gregory's spectacularly sour, fractally negative, permanently rage-faced antihero is the sort of person who can turn any incident, regardless of how benign, into crippling psychodrama. She's exhausting, frequently offensive, often just plain wrong, and consistently hilarious. Fantagraphics is collecting Midge's complete life story in Bitchy!: The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken, assembling more than 30 stories from Gregory's landmark Naughty Bits series into chronological order for the first time.
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