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  1. May 24, 2012 · Alison Bechdel is not a sensible person, as her alter egos – first in her comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For, more recently in her celebrated graphic memoir Fun Home and this sequel, Are You My...

  2. Apr 18, 2024 · “But I think what touches people is just the fact of unearthing a family secret.” Bechdel has a new graphic memoir, “The Secret to Superhuman Strength,” where she details her obsession with fitness — and mortality — in a funny, thoughtful and very GOOP-free exploration of self-improvement.

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  4. 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 ...

  5. 3 days ago · Alison Bechdel, 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 (it evaluates movies on the basis of gender inequality), and the graphic memoir Fun Home (2006).

  6. Jun 26, 2019 · June 26, 2019. A third of the way through her seminal autobiographical graphic novel, Fun Home, Alison Bechdel reveals the reasons for the many literary allusions—Henry James, Fitzgerald, Camus, Greek mythology—peppered throughout the book. “I employ these allusions,” she writes, “not only as descriptive devices, but because my ...

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  7. May 12, 2021 · Here, an interview with Alison Bechdel, the graphic memoirist examines her relationship to exercise and, in turn, herself. She also touches on imposter syndrome, identity formation, gender ...

  8. Apr 30, 2021 · “I love to see people exercise just because they want to. I don’t think it should be connected to anything else, or it will just become miserable,” says Bechdel.

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