Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist [Paperback]

Diane DiMassa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1999

Hothead Paisan, the over-caffeinated, media- crazed psychotic lesbian "with scary hair and a fetish for guns, grenades, mallets, and sharp objects," returns for more search-and-destroy missions and preventative homicides! A cult favorite, The Complete Collection combines Hothead Paisan and Revenge of Hothead Paisan with new strips in a single volume for the first time.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Can't get enough man-slashing, het-hating action? Check out this dangerous volume, which brings together two earlier collections of the adventures of Diane DiMassa's popular independent comic. Join coffee-addicted lesbian terrorist Hothead Paisan on her restful vacation in Provincetown, and learn how she deals with gawking straight couples. Watch her surgical assault on scary male doctors. Admire her preventive treatment of rapists. Hothead Paisan goes where the rest of us only dream of going: "Sentenced to life in a rich white banker's scrotal sack," she takes revenge on the gapers and gropers of the city streets, offering her potent "Blow-You-Away Job" in the form of grenade, gun, and Lysol attacks. But she has a softer side, too, as shown in her devotion to her cat, Chicken, and her wise old grandmother. Not for the faint of heart or the satire-challenged. --Regina Marler

Product Details

• Paperback: 428 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573440841
• ISBN-13: 978-1573440844
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #990,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NO GUILT!, April 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist (Paperback)

I've read this book through about twelve times (and that's a lot... it's a big book!) and gotten several friends hooked on it. It's gory and gross and violent and completely over the top. The ultimate angry Riot Grrrl feminist takes revenge on the sexist jerks of the world.

Anybody who's ever experienced the unfairness of the world and wished they could take revenge will love this book. It's simply the most fun book to read you'll find, but at the same time there are real insights here, things that will make you stop and think, things that will make you see the life a little differently, if only for a few minutes. And plenty that will make you jump up and yell, "YES!!" But it really can't be described in a review. You just have to experience the awesome power of Hothead for yourself.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be required reading!, October 22, 2001

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This review is from: Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist (Paperback)

This is probably my all-time favorite book. I reach for it at the end of a hard day of dealing with men, the media and all the other .... in my life. Hothead is hilarious, insane and a complete antidote to all the "superheroes" I've been spoonfed all my life. DiMassa pulls no punches, nothing is sacred. This book has a permanent place on my nightstand!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only because 5 stars is as high as it goes...., July 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Complete Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist (Paperback)

Buy this immediately and strike a blow for sanity and peace of mind. This wonderful book is for every gurl who's ever thought, "You wouldn't DARE do me this way if I had a penis!" Don't expect political correctness here.

Diane DiMassa is an emotional genius and a truly great cartoonist. Her drawings of Chicken the cat make me want to run out and buy tuna just in case she shows up at my door. However, if it was a choice between Trinity and Chicken, I'd have to think a while...