Alison Bechdel

I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me.

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving them all little lines under the eyes, trying to sort of make them age gracefully.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world.

I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!