Alison Bechdel (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch...
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after the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, in whose 1985 comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For the test first appeared. Bechdel credited the idea to her friend...
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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...
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Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name, with music by Jeanine Tesori, and book and lyrics by Lisa Kron. The story concerns Bechdel's discovery...
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Dykes to Watch Out For (sometimes DTWOF) was a weekly comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing...
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The Secret to Superhuman Strength is a 2021 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel. The book has six "positive" reviews and eight "rave" reviews, according to...
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dyke was claimed by many lesbians as a term of pride and empowerment. Alison Bechdel, author of comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For (1983–2008), said use...
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: A Comic Drama is a 2012 graphic memoir written and illustrated by Alison Bechdel, about her relationship with her mother. The book is a companion piece...
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British trumpeter Alison Bechdel (born 1960), American cartoonist Allison Baver (born 1980), American Olympic Medalist, American Actress Alison Becker (born...
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credited to Lisa. Rachel Bloom and Martin Short guest starred. Cartoonists Alison Bechdel, Roz Chast, Marjane Satrapi, and writer Dan Harmon appeared as themselves...
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work of Alison Bechdel. A graphic novel-cum-memoir by Kurzweil, Flying Couch, was published in 2016. Inspired by graphic novels such as Bechdel's Fun Home...
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replicate. Cartoonists who were inspirations for her include Robert Crumb, Alison Bechdel, and Art Spiegelman. She has also cited horror film posters and stories...
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Bechdel may refer to: Alison Bechdel (born 1960), American cartoonist, known for the comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For Bechdel test, used to identify...
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by Fantagraphics, receiving praise from authors like Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, and Chris Ware; it was regarded as one of the best comics of 2017....
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America. 35 Fun Home Alison Bechdel Houghton Mifflin 2006 Graphic novel, Memoir 232 pp 9780618477944 A graphic memoir about Bechdel's relationship with her...
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Mae Weems, photographer and video artist Danielle Bassett, physicist Alison Bechdel, cartoonist and graphic memoirist Mary L. Bonauto, civil rights lawyer...
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novel StarCraft: Ghost: Nova. Wreden has been influenced by cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author David Foster Wallace, and the games of Brendon Chung—including...
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film and television. She is best known for her portrayal of Small Alison Bechdel in both the original Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lisa Kron...
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Broadway, off-Broadway and regional theatre. She originated the role of Alison Bechdel in the musical Fun Home, for which she was nominated for the Tony Award...
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Home and Are You My Mother? are both memoirs by American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, which incorporate features of confessional writing through the graphic...
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2010 census. It is the setting for Fun Home, a 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, who grew up there. Brittani Kline, winner of America's Next Top Model...
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Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham 1990 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Alison Bechdel 2006 Ghost World Daniel Clowes 1997 The Dark Knight Returns Frank Miller...
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on Finding His 'Nanette' Moment in 'Psychosexual' Special and That Alison Bechdel 'Fire Island' Tweet". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 23, 2022...
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Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2015 for playing the role of Medium Alison in Fun Home. She was born in New York City, the daughter of Susan (née Casserly)...
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the gay mystery category to have won twice for two different series. Alison Bechdel has won four awards in the Humor category, the most by any single author...
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character because the character is an anthropomorphic animal. Cartoonist Alison Bechdel titled her memoir Are You My Mother? in reference to Eastman's book...
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podcast derives from cartoonist Alison Bechdel, who developed the concept of the Bechdel test, sometimes called the Bechdel–Wallace test. The test investigates...
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(2004) Ash, Malinda Lo (2009) Sarah Aldridge Ann Bannon Natalie Barney Alison Bechdel Rita Mae Brown Julie Burchill Jessie Chandler Abha Dawesar Ellen DeGeneres...
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movement People Paula Gunn Allen Dorothy Allison Ti-Grace Atkinson Alison Bechdel Evelyn Torton Beck Miriam Ben-Shalom Julie Bindel Ivy Bottini Charlotte...
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feminism People Paula Gunn Allen Dorothy Allison Ti-Grace Atkinson Alison Bechdel Evelyn Torton Beck Miriam Ben-Shalom Julie Bindel Ivy Bottini Charlotte...
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