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The Revenge of Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist

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Hothead Paisan is not your two dimensional superhero, but superheroine she is. She boils all that is wrong with the world down to white guys who oppress everyone else. In a rage that has no equal she takes on the white male establishment with guns, grenades, chainsaws, baseball bats, and any other lethal weapon she can find. Spurred on by enormous doses of caffeine, this urban terrorist roams the city as the body count goes ever higher. Her holy rage is beautifully counterpointed by her cat Chicken, her blind friend Roz, and a deity in a table lamp that calls herself Donna Summer. These three try to bring love and peace to Hothead's tortured soul. The illustrations perfectly portray the highly emotive Hothead and her range of feelings. This second volume contains #s 10-18 of the comix and a 22 page introduction to people who don't have the first volume. But why settle for part when you can have the Complete Hothead Paisan (#s 1-21) published by Cleis Press in 1999?

What can I say that hasn't been said? Bodacious, salacious, outrageous, delicious. You don't have to be a lesbian to love this book either. Straight men should HAVE to read it-- they shouldn't have any more trouble identifying with Hothead than we've had identifying with all those "universal" straight, white, male, ablebodied, middle-class heroes! (Oh, that was sarcasm, btw...)

I can't imagine anyone reading this comic and not being inspired. Whenever I feel deflated I know that after a fix of Hothead all will be well in my world. I just pray that Diane Dimassa will shortly put us out of our misery with some further tales of Hothead. Chicken for president!!!

This book is a must for any earth inhabitant who feels like she/he doesn't belong. Hothead welcomes you into her world where "weirdoes" unite for peace and love. Feel the love, baby. Chicken rules!

Hothead is the person I would be if I weren't me! Diane di Massa is so brave and funny and insightful, that after one of those unbearable days, I come home and read about HH, and all that anger is channelled back into creativity. Buy this book!

Hothead Paisan is the greatest! Whenever I'm stressed out from a long day of dealing with stupid people, I can just read about her and my troubles magically vanish, exploded, shot, or otherwise destroyed by the awesome powers of Hothead. It's great to be able to live for a few hours in a world where people actually have a chance of getting what they deserve for the stupid things they do. Plus Daphne, Chicken, Roz... all the supporting characters are people I'd love to know and have in my own life.

This is probably the best collection of gay/lesbian comics I have ever read through, considering I am addicted to Dykes To Watch Out For by Allison Bechdel, and some other lesbian humor stories. I love the way the stories that involve HH tend to scorch men and prod at their whining and stupidities that we (as women can sometimes handle better..sorry guys.) It pokes great fun at women who are straight and preppy, pretty and Estee Lauder wearing neophytes that need a mind screwing..but already got it from this washed-up society we live in..I think it's worth a read if you're straight or a lesbian like myself..thank you.