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Alison Bechdel (/ ˈ b ɛ k d əl / BEK-dəl; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For , she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir Fun Home , which was subsequently adapted as a musical that won a Tony Award for Best Musical in ...
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a 2006 graphic memoir by the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. It chronicles the author's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, United States, focusing on her complex relationship with her father.
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May 9, 2024 · Alison Bechdel (born September 10, 1960, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist who was perhaps best known for the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For (1983–2008)—which introduced the so-called Bechdel Test, which evaluates movies on the basis of gender inequality—and the graphic memoir Fun Home (2006).
Apr 18, 2024 · April 18, 2024. Author and cartoonist Alison Bechdel became a cultural fixture over 40 years ago when she inadvertently created a way to gauge gender representation in Hollywood through the “ Bechdel Test .” It continues to be a relevant cultural touchstone that came out of her long-running comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For.”
Feb 9, 2022 · February 9, 2022 4 min read. Illustration by Judy Blomquist/Harvard Staff. The cartoonist, memoirist, and MacArthur “genius” Alison Bechdel described the myriad ways she has wrestled with time during the 2022 Rita E. Hauser Forum for the Arts on Tuesday.
Alison Bechdel (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. She created the comic strip about gay women called Dykes to Watch Out For. She also created a graphic novel Fun Home.The book also became a musical that won a Tony Award in 2015. In 2012, she published her second graphic book Are You My Mother?
