Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoonist

Flannery O'Connor was a brilliant, funny, dark writer of amazing fiction. But it turns out that wasn't all she was interested in. She was also a cartoonist. A collection of her work, Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons, is being published this December by Fantagraphics. Here are some examples of her work.

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"I believe the totalitarian outlook of the aggressive minority in the educational-governmental section should be crushed, and if I am elected sixth vice recording secretary, I shall bend every effort to crush it."

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"Understand, I got nothing against getting educated, but it just looks like there ought to be an easier way to do it."

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"Do you have any books the faculty doesn't particularly recommend?"

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"Now Comes Spring Fever"

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"I don't enjoy looking at these old pictures either, but it doesn't hurt my reputation for people to think I'm a lover of fine arts."

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"These two express the universal feeling of heart-brokenness over school closing."

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"Isn't it fortunate that Genevieve has completely escaped that boy-crazy stage?"