Alison Bechdel has drawn 'Dykes to Watch Out For' since 1983. Since then, her award-winning bi-weekly comic strip has become a cultural institution for lesbians and discerning non-lesbians all over the world. Part soap-opera and part documentary, the strip lovingly chronicles the intimate affairs and global concerns of its characters with unerring authenticity and wit.
Bechdel grew up in rural Pennsylvania, and after graduating from Oberlin College in 1981, moved to New York City. It was there that 'Dykes to Watch Out For' began as a regular feature in the feminist monthly Womanews. Bechdel started self-syndicating her comic strip in 1985, and it now runs in over 65 gay/lesbian, feminist, and alternative publications in North America.
Eight collections of Bechdel's cartoons and a regular annual calendar have been published by Firebrand Books. Her most recent books are 'Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For' and 'The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out For'. Bechdel's work has also appeared in Ms., The Village Voice, 'Gay Comics', 'American Splendor', and many other comic books, 'zines, and anthologies.
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