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Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel

American Cartoonist

Born: Sep 10, 1960

About Drawing Me Men Read You

Related authors: Bil Keane Bill Watterson Caroll Spinney Charles M. Schulz Gary Larson Matt Groening Scott Adams Walt Disney

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white. Alison Bechdel

Black Black And White Hair White Difficult Drawing Render Even Gray Gray Hair

But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father. Alison Bechdel

Relationship Book Father About Mostly

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me. Alison Bechdel

Me Writing Drawing Some Very Processes Separate Reason

I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself. Alison Bechdel

Work Myself Promoting Spirit Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurial Spirit Sort Just Really Hard

I never really read superhero stuff as a kid. Alison Bechdel

Kid Superhero Never Stuff Read Really

I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times. Alison Bechdel

Harriet About Read Spy Times

I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow. Alison Bechdel

Men Drawing Out Bored About Only Taken Stuff Get Started

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl. Alison Bechdel

Girl Weak Perceived Partly Because Being

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff. Alison Bechdel

Me Everyone Through Delights Crumb Stuff Psyche Just Root Watching

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

Strength Family Me You Avenue Worst Worst Thing Physical Someone Something Physical Strength Could Partly Self-Sufficiency Thing Need

It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don't know, I'm just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than a girl. Alison Bechdel

Men Girl Gender Thinking Way Definitely Some About Having More Having Fun Part Know Also Boy How Am Doing Were Than Maybe Just Interesting Interesting Things Fun Things

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks. Alison Bechdel

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

People Important Reading Think Something Finish Know How How Much Author Want Happened Much Really Novel Why Things

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