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alison bechdel, 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. fun home was subsequently adapted as a musical that won a tony award for best musical in 2015. she is also known for originating what would later be called the bechdel test.

bechdel came out as a lesbian at age 19. her sexuality and gender non-conformity are a large part of the core message of her work, and she has said that "the secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings".

books

• dykes to watch out for, 1983 - 2008. strip archive and published version avaliable on the internet archive
• fun home, 2006. eng + pt-br
• are you my mother, 2012

interviews

• interview with alison bechdel, by hillary l. chute. 2006.
• queers & comics keynote: alison bechdel, cuny graduate center. 2015.
• in conversation, alison bechdel, brooklyn book festival. 2021.
• “…and i became a lesbian cartoonist.” reflections on a curious career, yale university. 2024.

videos + docs

extras

• fun home presented by bowtie productions, 2023.
• seeing in alison bechdel’s fun home by sam mcbean
• autographic disclosures and genealogies of desire in alison bechdel's fun home by julia watson, 2008.
• mirrored discourse in alison bechdel’s fun home by michael j. kelley, 2013.
• lesbianismo nos quadrinhos, uma leitura de fun home de alisson bechdel by rafael soares duarte, 2008.
• transitional phenomena in alison bechdel’s are you my mother? by lisa diedrich, 2014.
• alison bechdel's graphic memoirs on page and stage: “i wanna know what's true” by ellen handler spitz ph.d., 2014.
• a performatividade em você é minha mãe?: um estudo acerca da construção cultural de papéis sociais através da linguagem by patrícia barreto mendonça, 2015.