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Roberta Gregory

@roberta-g.bsky.social

Creative human who’s been writing and drawing stuff for nearly seven decades now. I live right about in the middle of that picture across the top of this page. I wanted to be somewhere besides a city for a while before I figure out what I’m doing next.

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Roberta Gregory@roberta-g.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The first press run of my huge (500+ pages) BITCHY! book has cleared customs and is now safely on U.S. soil (and not stuck in the Strait of Hormuz as rumor had it). Publication date is officially July 21. From Fantagraphics Books.

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ,@autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The “Bootstraps” idiom was originally meant to refer to the literally impossible. It was co-opted.

Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ,@autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Idiom Origin “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” This was originally *sarcasm* & meant to convey that the act was impossible. A boot strap is a loop used to help put your boot on. This 1921 cartoon from the “Nonpartisan Leader” showcases that you can’t pull upward on your boots to levitate.

Two farmers looking at a tower. The one of the left Is pulling up on their bootstrap to no effect. The farmer on the right is using a pully system and people pulling on the rope to pull him up the tower.
Roberta Gregory@roberta-g.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Exciting news of my big BITCHY collection due out in March from Fantagraphics. Paperback and Hardboard editions. It’s definitely not for the timid…or easily offended… www.fantagraphics.com/products/bit...

Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken

This definitive collection includes the entirety of Roberta Gregory's riotous "Bitchy Bitch" stories, presenting a life from childhood into middle age, her formative experiences and her adult disappoi...

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