# Is "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" by Alison Bechdel a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) is identified by: First printing hardcover, Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York, June 8 2006, ISBN 0-618-47794-2 (978-0-618-47794-4). US true first by an American author published first in the United States.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing hardcover, Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York, June 8 2006, ISBN 0-618-47794-2 (978-0-618-47794-4)
- First printing carries the full descending number line ending in 1 (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page with no later-printing statement
- Bound in neon-orange decorative paper boards under a pictorial jacket showing the family house; price present on the jacket flap
- Correct publisher/imprint: Houghton Mifflin

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Alison Bechdel |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Year | 2006 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Comic / graphic novel |
| Key point | First printing hardcover, Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York, June 8 2006, ISBN 0-618-47794-2 (978-0-618-47794-4) |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First printing hardcover, Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York, June 8 2006, ISBN 0-618-47794-2 (978-0-618-47794-4). First printing carries the full descending number line ending in 1 (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) on the copyright page with no later-printing statement. Bound in neon-orange decorative paper boards under a pictorial jacket showing the family house; price present on the jacket flap.

## Is this the true first?
US true first by an American author published first in the United States. Distinguish from the UK Jonathan Cape edition and from the later trade-paperback issue, which is a separate later printing.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No notable book-club edition; the common trap is later printings under the same ISBN, so confirm the number line ends in 1. The paperback (2007) is a separate later issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic* by Alison Bechdel a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/fun-home-a-family-tragicomic
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.