Imagine if Lucy and Ethel worked in the world's oldest profession. Lulu and Mitzy are young, illegal immigrants trying to get by in San Francisco, even if that means pulling every scheme imaginable. It's a rough and tumble existence filled with wannabe artists, sex workers, low-lifes, and the type of fringe elements that can only exist in San Francisco.
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The eponymous heroines of this inspired story at first appear to be mindless, gross whores. But Bell digs deep, showing us how two friends struggle with dire poverty, work to better their circumstances, become separated through a combination of choice and chance, and are rejoined in a valiant rescue effort on Lulu’s part. Undocumented immigrants Lulu and Mitzy engage in street-corner hooking, nightclub work, and escorting over the course of the novel, but Bell’s bouncy black-and-white cartooning, while necessarily rife with scantily clad characters, doesn’t depict sexual congress. It does, however, include visions of San Francisco’s underside, including fleabag motels, crack houses, and denizens of the street who constitute a rainbow of underclass possibilities. While the artwork is deliberately flat and full of stereotyped expressions and poses, it balances and counterpoints well what is essentially an insightful, thought-provoking examination of Lulu’s rise from numb prostitute to intellectually and emotionally engaged young woman. Meanwhile, Mitzy still needs more development if she is to cross the line between the low life and independence. --Francisca Goldsmith
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The grimy streets of San Francisco prove to be no place for a lady in this impressive debut about a pair of illegal immigrant streetwalkers who get into trouble trying to better their station in life. Lulu is (as she's described on the Web site they finally persuade a geek customer to put up for them) "a Latina goddess of brickhouse stature," while "little Asian hottie" Mitzy "is like a shot of sake: sharp, light, and leaves you very thirsty half an hour later." What this boils down to is that Lulu is big, optimistic and able to pummel into submission any who stand in their way (including a trio of tattooed bikers in one particularly impressive throw-down), while Mitzy is a mouthy, temperamental font of complaints. Drawn with a goofy verve that owes quite a bit to Peter Bagge's toothy, overexcited style, Bell's surprisingly engaging and funny comic follows the women as they try to make an easier, safer buck. Finding that pimps and strip clubs aren't going to cut it, they flirt with going legit, with dramatically different results. The Bay Area specific satire is on point, the humor easy but genuine, and the ending surprisingly emotional. A fun debut with definite series potential. --Publishers Weekly
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Loveable Cartoon Prostitutes from San Fransico,
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Lulu & Mitzy was surprising to me because I got it at a library book sale. After reading it, it made me wish the library had kept it.The story involves two prostitutes that work on the street in downtown San Fransisco. At the beginning of the comic they decide that they want to try to make more money through various channels so they can live better. The story involves the successes and the failures that they experience. Although the tone of the novel is humorous especially in the conversations between the two women, it has its tragic moments. It reads like a good movie. I cried a little at the end. :)
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