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Visual Techniques In Alison Bechdel's Fun Home

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Graphic memoirists use visual cues to signal readers of their intention to be frank about their own memories, emotions, and experience. These distinctive visual strategies can include, but are not limited to, photographic images. Alison Bechdel, the author of Fun Home, utilizes this in her memoir to realistically show her journey to understand the depth of her father’s life. Incorporating visuals that resemble real-life photographs diverges from the stylistic conventions of the typical comic book genre. Photographs are one strategy, but it is not always the case that authenticity correlates with stylistic realism. Authors like Art Spiegelman choose to depict humans as animals to enhance the genuineness of his account. This visual cue may come

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