In “Spent,” the protagonist looks like Alison Bechdel and quacks (well, bleats) like Alison Bechdel but the subtitle “A Comic Novel” is a clue that she’s not Alison Bechdel. The writer/cartoonist has ...

Written in 2006, “Fun Home” chronicles Alison Bechdel’s upbringing in rural Pennsylvania. “Fun Home” is told in a non-linear way: the same incidents are revisited as the reader gathers more ...

“Fun Home” is a story about the ripple events of suicide, as one woman grapples with survivor’s guilt for living a free and open life. “Fun Home,” the musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel ...

Alison Bechdel wove herself into the fabric of lesbian cultural identity when she started publishing her comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For” in Minneapolis back in 1983. CATHY WURZER: You may have ...

Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel, “Spent,” is a domestic comedy about ethical consumption under capitalism. Credit...Alison Bechdel. Reprinted by permission Supported by By Sam Thielman Sam Thielman is ...