New York

Renowned for her drawing-naked-ladies-while-drinking salons, Molly Crabapple's Gilded Age graphic novel follows the mostly-nude adventures of Scarlett, a wily, LES-born strumpet who, orphaned after her mother is trampled by two lascivious circus elephants, becomes a fire-breathing vaudeville performer who takes on corrupt, fight-fixing politicians by having stamina-sapping sex with both boxers before the bout. (So I guess you could say she got their box off! Jesus.)

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