on November 17, 2020, history will never be the same…
The Big SHE-Bang
Writing as if in a fever dream, iconic New Yorker cartoonist Marisa Acocella channels God the Mother and all of the goddesses, saint and sinners, and real-life women from our storied past in this epic retelling that begins with The Big She-Bang. The rest, as they say, is herstory.
Hilarious, profound, and (at times) profane, The Big She-Bang is virtuosic storytelling in which the rules are bent back to where they should have started in the first place. It is abundantly clear that the past has been recorded in big books “written by a bunch of men about a bunch of men.” Now, Acocella challenges our understanding of humanity’s past with her own Big Book.
Narrated by God the Mother, The Big She-Bang celebrates the shevolutionaries: a goddess roster that includes Eve, the Marys (Virgin Mother and Magdalene), Persephone, Sophia, Isis, Pope Joan, The Suffragettes, Gloria Steinem, Tarana Burke, Malala and more. By Klieg lighting the ways women have been erased, vilified, and dominated across eons—blamed for original sin, destruction, betrayals, witchery, and other assorted (and false) evils and ills—Acocella sets the story straight from the beginning of time to now. Not to be exclusionary, this new herstory features cameos from Yaldabaoth, Zeus, Noah, and the Rapacious Phalluses on the rampage. In the end, what hangs in the balance is nothing less than the future of humanity and Mother Earth herself.
Hilarious, profound, and (at times) profane, The Big She-Bang is virtuosic storytelling in which the rules are bent back to where they should have started in the first place. It is abundantly clear that the past has been recorded in big books “written by a bunch of men about a bunch of men.” Now, Acocella challenges our understanding of humanity’s past with her own Big Book.
Narrated by God the Mother, The Big She-Bang celebrates the shevolutionaries: a goddess roster that includes Eve, the Marys (Virgin Mother and Magdalene), Persephone, Sophia, Isis, Pope Joan, The Suffragettes, Gloria Steinem, Tarana Burke, Malala and more. By Klieg lighting the ways women have been erased, vilified, and dominated across eons—blamed for original sin, destruction, betrayals, witchery, and other assorted (and false) evils and ills—Acocella sets the story straight from the beginning of time to now. Not to be exclusionary, this new herstory features cameos from Yaldabaoth, Zeus, Noah, and the Rapacious Phalluses on the rampage. In the end, what hangs in the balance is nothing less than the future of humanity and Mother Earth herself.
“Any book that can take us on a gloriously illustrated magic carpet ride through history, mythology, religion, patriarchy, feminism, climate change, rape culture, me-too, and even sex between Mary Magdalene and Jesus, and leave us laughing, crying, raising our fists, and devoting the rest of our lives to love and the shevolution, deserves a place in the great libraries of the world. All hail Marisa Acocella!”
A New York Times Bestseller
Ann Tenna
From the celebrated New Yorker cartoonist and acclaimed author of Cancer Vixen, a brilliant, funny, and wildly imaginative first novel: the story of an influential gossip columnist brought face-to-face with her higher self—and a challenge to change her life for the better.
Glamorous, superconnected Ann Tenna is the founder of Eyemauler, a New York City-based Web site that’s always the first to dish the most up-to-the-minute dirt on celebrities and ordinary folks alike. Ann has ascended to the zenith of the New York media scene, attended by groups of grovelers all too willing to be trampled on by her six-inch Giuseppe Zanottis if it means better seats at the table.
But as high as her success has taken her, Ann has actually fallen far—very far—from her true self. It takes a near-fatal freak accident on her birthday—April Fool’s Day—and an intervention from her cosmic double in a realm beyond our own to make Ann realize the full cost of the humanity she has lost.
Told with laugh-out-loud humor, spot-on dialogue (including via cameo appearances from Coco Chanel, Gianni Versace, and Jimi Hendrix, to name just a few), and stunning, full-color artwork, Ann Tenna is a timely, necessary tale for our overly “media-cated” times: the newest, much-anticipated adventure from a supremely gifted artist at the height of her powers.
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“A master at the top of her game. I am in awe: ANN TENNA is a great work of art, its storytelling fabulous and fresh. Marchetto defines our moment with social commentary that’s sharp, witty, and wise. Here is a universe of characters that will amaze and enchant you—a winning narrative that is timely, bold, and brilliant.”
Cancer Vixen: A True Story
“What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds . . . a lump in her breast?” That’s the question that sets this powerful, funny, and poignant graphic memoir in motion. In vivid color and with a taboo-breaking sense of humor, Marisa Acocella tells the story of her eleven-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer—from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between.
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“Powerful . . . A vibrant, neon chronicle with plenty of attitude . . . A triumph of imagination and spirit.”
Just who the hell is SHE, anyway?
In January 1993, SHE became the first strip to be featured in a monthly fashion magazine—and SHE became a sensation. Women from coast to coast, from college dorms to corporate boardrooms, found a part of themselves in Marisa Acocella's smart, sassy creation. Fresh from her debut in the pages of Mirabella, SHE is the wayward daughter of suburbia, the defiant schoolgirl, the escapee from the office cubicle, the lost love of various boys du jour, the one who got away from them all. SHE is unique. SHE is everywoman. And her story is familiar to us all. Just Who the Hell Is SHE, Anyway? is not a collection of pieces, but the autobiography of a leggy, two-dimensional character who has risen from a talented artist's sketch pad to conquer the hearts and minds of women and men alike with her wit and candor. SHE is the New Woman—and this is the book that answers the question that the world has asked since Adam first laid eyes on Eve—Just Who the Hell Is SHE, Anyway?