44 New Things #11 - Read a graphic novel

I just finished reading my first graphic novel - Alison Bechdel's memoir Fun Home. The "fun home" in question is the funeral home her dad ran while she was growing up. The focus of the memoir is the intertwined stories of Alison's coming out as a lesbian in college and then learning her dad is a closeted gay man, a few months before his death. I really enjoyed it.

I first read about it in this Powell's author interview with Alison Bechdel and Craig Thompson, another graphic novelist. I'll definitely be checking out his novel Blankets next.