Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white. Alison Bechdel blackdifficultdraw Change image and share on social
I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older. Alison Bechdel discoverfeifferjules Change image and share on social
Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks. Alison Bechdel changeclthedescription 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
Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff. Alison Bechdel accesscollectiongood Change image and share on social
But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father. Alison Bechdel bookfatherrelationship Change image and 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 hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has more different kinds of characters. It's really not all lesbians any more. Alison Bechdel changecharacterhope Change image and share on social
Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated. Alison Bechdel drawintegratewrite Change image and share on social
Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them. Alison Bechdel autobiographicalcomiclove Change image and share on social