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pluralstories2022-07-25 10:36 pm
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Cuckoo, by Madison Clell (autobio comic and play, 1996-2002, 2013)
"Oh well. Who cares what one's shrink thinks? Besides, the owners of those various scripts would never emerge in that office. I was the one in control. Funny, the harder I ignored the little girl, the more light-headed I felt..."
Blurb: Autobiographical true stories of being a multiple. Sometimes serious, sometimes goofy. The comics are mostly short fragments about various multi misadventures (including banking while multiple, dealing with health insurance and hospitalization), which culminated in a longer story about how Clell realized she was multiple, dealt, and integrated. Unfortunately, while the comic has many fun bits, the story is unfinished; the play contains the whole story, but it's also compressed by necessity.
Why is it worth your time? It's pretty good. In my opinion, the most fun parts of the comic are the short, everyday bits about such things as banking while multiple. It's the little life details that ground the story. Plus Clell is, far as I know, the first multiple to have made comics about it.
Plural Tags: MPD/DID, fusion/integration, switching, abuse high-focus
Content Warnings: In comments below; contains spoilers.
Accessibility Notes: Comic is incomplete. Available only on paper, unless you go for piracy. At least one of the floppy issues are out of print. This comic is impossible to length-tag correctly, because individual issues are short, the play and trade paperback are medium, but getting the whole story requires all three of them, which is LONG.
Buy it from Madison Clell here.
Blurb: Autobiographical true stories of being a multiple. Sometimes serious, sometimes goofy. The comics are mostly short fragments about various multi misadventures (including banking while multiple, dealing with health insurance and hospitalization), which culminated in a longer story about how Clell realized she was multiple, dealt, and integrated. Unfortunately, while the comic has many fun bits, the story is unfinished; the play contains the whole story, but it's also compressed by necessity.
Why is it worth your time? It's pretty good. In my opinion, the most fun parts of the comic are the short, everyday bits about such things as banking while multiple. It's the little life details that ground the story. Plus Clell is, far as I know, the first multiple to have made comics about it.
Plural Tags: MPD/DID, fusion/integration, switching, abuse high-focus
Content Warnings: In comments below; contains spoilers.
Accessibility Notes: Comic is incomplete. Available only on paper, unless you go for piracy. At least one of the floppy issues are out of print. This comic is impossible to length-tag correctly, because individual issues are short, the play and trade paperback are medium, but getting the whole story requires all three of them, which is LONG.
Buy it from Madison Clell here.
Content Warnings