And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me. Alison Bechdel avenuebadfamily Change image and 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
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
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
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
I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me. Alison Bechdel appealcatholicconfession 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
For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me. Alison Bechdel drawprocessreason 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
