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
I never really read superhero stuff as a kid. Alison Bechdel kidreadstuff 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
My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up. Alison Bechdel fathergrowintelligentsia Change image and share on social
But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu. Alison Bechdel bookcomiclulu Change image and 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
People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author. Alison Bechdel authorfinishhappen share on social
I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself. Alison Bechdel entrepreneurialhardpromote Change image and share on social
The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence. Alison Bechdel bigchildhoodethos Change image and share on social
That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven't figured out yet. And that's one of the things I'm hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project. Alison Bechdel dissectfiguregender share on social
