I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow. Alison Bechdel boredrawhave Change image and share on social
Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out. Alison Bechdel comiccrankstrip Change image and share on social
Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it's about real life. I feel like I'm using a part of my brain that's been dormant until now. Alison Bechdel activitybookbrain Change image and share on social
When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults. Alison Bechdel 1960sadultbook Change image and share on social
I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times. Alison Bechdel 000harrietread Change image and share on social
I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men to read the strip even though there weren't any men in it, so they'd be forced to identify with the women. Alison Bechdel boyfriendforceidentify share on social
It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don't know, I'm just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than a girl. Alison Bechdel boyfungender share on social
Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow. Alison Bechdel blumejudymother Change image and share on social
I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldn't bear that it wasn't real. She wanted to live in it. Alison Bechdel bearlivemeet Change image and share on social
Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl. Alison Bechdel girlpartlyperceive Change image and share on social