Alison Bechdel - Wikipedia
Alison Bechdel (/ ˈbɛkdəl / ⓘ BEK-dəl; [1] 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 …
Alison Bechdel | Books, Test, Wife, Spent, & Facts | Britannica
Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist and graphic novelist best known for the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For (1983–2008), which introduced the so-called Bechdel test (it evaluates movies on …
An Interview with Alison Bechdel — The Yale Literary Magazine
Jan 30, 2025 · Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist and memoirist who rose to prominence with her serial comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, which ran from 1983 to 2008. In 2006, she published her first …
Alison Bechdel | Pennsylvania Center for the Book
Alison Bechdel was born September 10, 1960, in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, and attended high school where both of her parents taught English literature. …
Vermont Conversation: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel on hope ...
Jan 14, 2026 · “Who can draw when the world is burning?” asks celebrated Vermont cartoonist Alison Bechdel in her new graphic novel, Spent. This tension between the political and personal has been …
Alison Bechdel: ‘It might seem like I’m taking the piss b...
In 2022, as the Covid-19 pandemic entered its final stages, the cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of a series of celebrated graphic autobiographies, began thinking about what she might do next.
Cartoonist Bechdel brings lessons from a ‘curious’ career to ...
Sep 13, 2024 · Acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel, now a professor in the practice at Yale and 2024 Chubb Fellow, talks queerness, comics, and the classroom.