One weekend in 1986, on a jaunt in a rented cabin with her soon-to-be-ex-lover, Alison Bechdel, a virtually unknown cartoonist in her twenties living in the Twin Cities, had an anxiety attack. The ...

In each of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoirs, there’s a moment, early on, when she is physically elevated—and seems to survey the sprawl of her own story below her. “Fun Home” (2006) begins with young ...

The cover of The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel ((Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021; all images courtesy the publisher) A confession: I hate working out. With the exception of dog walks ...

After writing two family memoirs that involved a lot of grueling soul-searching, Alison Bechdel thought she would focus on something more lighthearted for her next book — exercise. But for the creator ...

Installation view, ‘Dykes, Dads, and Moms to Watch Out For: The Comics of Alison Bechdel’ at the UM Institute for the Humanities Gallery (all photos by Sarah Nesbitt, courtesy the UM Institute for the ...

Twenty-one artists, scholars and activists, including cartoonist Alison Bechdel, have been awarded the MacArthur Genius grants this year, the foundation announced Wednesday. Each fellow will receive ...

Writer’s block is no fun. “I’m 43 and find my way stuck, just like you. Am I just like you?” she sings to her late father Bruce Bechdel (sensitively portrayed in flashbacks by Robert Petkoff) in “It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 25-year run of “Dykes to Watch Out For” followed a group of Sapphic pals and partners whose relationship and interactions ...

“Oh, to be self-sufficient! Hard as a rock! An island!” The speech balloon floating above Alison Bechdel’s head arrives early in her latest graphic memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength, as she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alison Bechdel's new memoir, "The Secret to Superhuman Strength," follows her lifelong obsession with exercise. (Elena Seibert) ...

Twenty-one artists, scholars and activists, including cartoonist Alison Bechdel, have been awarded the MacArthur Genius grants this year, the foundation announced Wednesday. Each fellow will receive ...