Hothead Paisan is an alternative comic written and drawn by Diane DiMassa

Diane DiMassa

Diane DiMassa is an American feminist author and cartoonist. Her works include comics, illustrations, and a graphic novel. She is best known for the character Hothead Paisan, Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist.- Hothead Paisan :...

. Subtitled "Homicidal Lesbian

Lesbian

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 Terrorist", it features the eponymous title character wreaking violent vengeance on male oppressors. Recurring characters include Hothead's cat Chicken, friend Roz, a talking lamp, and transgender

Transgender

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 love interest Daphne.

The series began in 1991 and has run to at least 21 issues, which have been collected as a 428-page trade paperback, The Complete Hothead Paisan, the page-count of which include a 10-page introduction.

At one point in the 1990s, there was a Hothead Paisan-themed "chawklit" candy bar available in at least two flavors, sold in comic shops, gay-themed bookstores and coffee shops. It featured the Paisan herself on the wrapper.