Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. She created the comic strip about gay women called Dykes to Watch Out For. She also created a graphic novel Fun Home.The book also became a musical that won a Tony Award in 2015. In 2012, she published her second graphic book Are You My Mother? She won the MacArthur "Genius" Award.

Awards

• Time Magazine listed Fun Home as one of its 10 Best Books of the Year for 2006
• Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work in 2007
• A MacArthur Fellowship in 2014.
• Lambda Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Literature in 2014.
• Harvey Awards 2019 Hall of Fame.

References

1. ↑ "Alison Bechdel | Biography, Comics, Books, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
2. ↑ "ALISON BECHDEL: 'Thrilled' graphic novelist breaks yet more ground with MacArthur 'genius' grant". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-08-03.