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Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist, best known for the lesbian comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For.

The strip documents the life, loves, and politics of a group of lesbians living in a medium-sized city in the US, featuring both humorous soap-opera storylines and biting topical commentary. The characters include:

  • Mo, the central character, a politically-committed lesbian-feminist with a tendency to whine;
  • Lois, a sex-positive activist and housemate to Ginger and Sparrow;
  • Ginger, a struggling academic and professor;
  • Sparrow, a women's shelter worker and New Ager, currently dealing with a relationship with a man, Stuart;
  • Clarice, a workaholic environmental lawyer, her wife Toni, an accountant and homemaker, and their son Raffi;
  • Sydney, an amoral yuppie academic, Mo's girlfriend; and
  • Jezanna, manager of the late gay and lesbian bookstore Madwimmin Books, which also employed Mo and Lois.

The strip is one of the most successful and longest-running Queer comic strips. It has had a number of collections, including:

  • Dykes to Watch Out For (1986)
  • More Dykes to Watch Out For (1988)
  • New, Improved! Dykes to Watch Out For (1990)
  • Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel (1992)
  • Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out For (1993)
  • Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For (1995)
  • Hot, Throbbing Dykes to Watch Out For (1997)
  • The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out For (1998)
  • Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For (1998)
  • Post-Dykes to Watch Out For (2000)

External Link

http://www.dykestowatchoutfor.com



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