http://dykestowatchoutfor.com News about Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and her graphic novel Fun Home Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=221 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel#comment-297711 Q & A 19: What is your favorite geographical place in comics? at Fantastic Fangirls: Comics and Culture Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:55:25 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel/#comment-297711 [...] doesn’t have a name, though Alison Bechdel has said repeatedly that it is based somewhat on Minneapolis, MN. It’s just the City, the [...] [...] doesn’t have a name, though Alison Bechdel has said repeatedly that it is based somewhat on Minneapolis, MN. It’s just the City, the [...]

]]> http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel#comment-292253 The Word Nerd: Book Events, Nov 7-12 | San Francisco Metblogs Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:14:02 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel/#comment-292253 [...] November 10th has its own slate of literary events to watch out for, including Alison Bechdel (author of Dykes to Watch Out For) at the Booksmith on Haight at 7:30 [...] [...] November 10th has its own slate of literary events to watch out for, including Alison Bechdel (author of Dykes to Watch Out For) at the Booksmith on Haight at 7:30 [...]

]]> http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel#comment-246484 the memoir as graphic novel | writingfortheweb_friday Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:54:50 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel/#comment-246484 [...] For another poignant, intelligent and witty graphic memoir have a squizz at Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Stunning, stunning, stunning. A well-established comic artist (she’s been doing Dykes To Watch Out For, a widely-syndicated strip, since the 80s ) Bechdel takes us back to her remarkable mid-American-gothic childhood. with such mastery and fluency, both of image and story, it makes you gasp. In the acknowledgments she thanks her family for not trying to stop her writing this book. www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/oct/16/biography.oliverburkeman - 86k - Fun House is simply one of the best-ever reads. Full stop. Period (as they so quaintly say in the States). Published by www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com [...] [...] For another poignant, intelligent and witty graphic memoir have a squizz at Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. Stunning, stunning, stunning. A well-established comic artist (she’s been doing Dykes To Watch Out For, a widely-syndicated strip, since the 80s ) Bechdel takes us back to her remarkable mid-American-gothic childhood. with such mastery and fluency, both of image and story, it makes you gasp. In the acknowledgments she thanks her family for not trying to stop her writing this book. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/oct/16/biography.oliverburkeman – 86k – Fun House is simply one of the best-ever reads. Full stop. Period (as they so quaintly say in the States). Published by http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com [...]

]]> http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel#comment-218228 Why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass the Bechdel test | the Hathor Legacy Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:16:24 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel/#comment-218228 [...] The “Dykes to Watch Out For” test, formerly coined as the “Mo Movie Measure” test and Bechdel Test, was named for the comic strip it came from, penned by Alison Bechdel - but Bechdel credits a friend named Liz Wallace, so maybe it really should be called the Liz Wallace Test…? Anyway, the test is much simpler than the name. To pass it your movie must have the following: 1) there are at least two named female characters, who [...] [...] The “Dykes to Watch Out For” test, formerly coined as the “Mo Movie Measure” test and Bechdel Test, was named for the comic strip it came from, penned by Alison Bechdel – but Bechdel credits a friend named Liz Wallace, so maybe it really should be called the Liz Wallace Test…? Anyway, the test is much simpler than the name. To pass it your movie must have the following: 1) there are at least two named female characters, who [...]

]]> http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel#comment-7294 Intellectual Freedom Fighters » Blog Archive » Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:40:13 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bechdel/#comment-7294 [...] by Alison Bechdel [...] [...] by Alison Bechdel [...]

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