White Like She (1994) comic books 1990 or later
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Issue #1
Published May 1994 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Bob Fingerman. Have humanity at large and the culture of complaint we are currently immersed in got you down? Do the phrases "term of empowerment" and "politically correct" bring bile to your throat? Got buttons? White Like She will push them. What is the recipe for controversy? Take one middle-aged black janitor and expose to dangerous working conditions in a nuclear power facility. Remove brain. Add one Generation X Jewish lesbian teenager. Remove brain. Mix. Sell to adults clad in black with requisite piercings and tattoos. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #2
Published Jun 1994 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Bob Fingerman. Ever wonder what it would be like to start all over again with a brand-new life? Then White Like She is for you. Post brain-transplant Luther discovers the "joys" of womanhood as he starts his new life in the body of 19-year-old Louella Schwartz. Can you say "sexual harassment"? Luther can, as Tony and crew arrive on the scene, displaying their particular brand of gender insensitivity. Meanwhile, in the brain-juggling clinic, Dr. Fluke gets his hands wet with some new friends... 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #3
Published Jul 1994 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Bob Fingerman. White Like She goes where few books dare to tread, looking the burning issues of the day right in the eye: racial polarity, sexism, and, of course, equal rights for disembodied brains. Luther, a 50-year-old black janitor in the body of a white teenage Jewish lesbian, has his hands full as he confronts Herschel, his "father," with some potentially disturbing news. Elsewhere, Dr. Fluke is taking care of business at the brain-juggling clinic. It's too bad for him the business is with corporate knee-cappers Gregor and Arnie. Meanwhile, brain-in-a-jar Louella starts feeling body conscious... 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #4
Published Aug 1994 by Dark Horse.$2.50
$2.50
Story and art by Bob Fingerman. If you're politically correct, run for cover! In the final issue of White Like She, Louella confronts gender inequality... even if it takes a new life in a man's body to do it! Just as Luther makes peace with his new life in a woman's body -- Louella's body -- Louella's disembodied brain looks at life from the other side of the glass ceiling courtesy of the brain-juggling Dr. Fluke. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
