The Refrigerator Monologues

People frequently leave Deadtown (either willingly or unwillingly) due to the unreliable nature of comic book deaths.

The characters consider themselves "released" from the dark and painful world of superhero storylines, ending the book with a punk rock celebration.

[3] Publishers Weekly called it "dazzling", "brilliantly furious", and "a rage-filled pleasure", and noted that "no comic book expertise is required"[2] — although the Portland Press-Herald felt that it "depends a great deal on an insider's knowledge of comic book lore for maximum enjoyment".

[8] Valente was inspired to write the book as a result of her anger at the death of Gwen Stacy in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

That old, familiar message slides into our brains with the warm familiarity of a father’s hug: when women make their own choices, disaster results.In December 2018, Amazon Studios announced that Shauna Cross was developing a pilot episode for an adaptation of The Refrigerator Monologues, to be titled "Deadtown".