DTWOF Fan Art

March 3rd, 2005

Apparently, bonnieslasher from the DTWOF livejournal community thinks there’s some sexual tension between Ginger, Samia, and the earnestly conservative Cynthia…

Behind the Scenes from Book 11

February 23rd, 2005

# 11 drawings
Originally uploaded by Cathy Resmer.

Here’s a draft of some panels from the long piece in Book 11. Alison emailed them to me yesterday. She asked me to snap a few pictures like this of me and my car, and email them to her so she could see what this would look like in real life.

I’m not really sure who these characters are, but I guess we drive the same kind of car. Perhaps they’ll end up looking a bit like me in the final version. FYI, this mode of support is sadly not tip-of-the- nibb-able.

Alison Leaves the House

February 15th, 2005

alison feeding the birds
Originally uploaded by Cathy Resmer.

I snapped a picture of AB when she went out to feed the birds this afternoon. She said it was the first time she had left the house all day. No, she’s not sick–merely chained to her drawing board in the basement working on DTWOF #11 and her super secret, nearly complete graphic novel.

Catablog

February 5th, 2005

chicken
Originally uploaded by Alison Bechdel.

Okay. I know blogs are an amazing new paradigm and all that, but there’s one thing I don’t get. Who has time to read them? I mean, no offense, but don’t you have something more important you should be doing right now? I don’t even have time to read THIS blog, let alone make newsworthy entries to it. In case you haven’t noticed.

But here’s something. Diane DiMassa just sent me…well, sent my cat, her new zine “Chicken Rules” and it’s frickin’ brilliant. Here we are reading it. (See how EXTREMELY busy I am?) All people who live with a cat should purchase it immediately.

Juicy Mother

January 18th, 2005

That’s the title of a new comix collection from Jennifer Camper and Soft Skull Press, available here. Alison’s “Oppressed Minority Cartoonist” panel is in there, along with a comix jam she did with Camper, Howard Cruse, Diane DiMassa, Rupert Kinnard, and Ivan Velez, Jr.

From the publisher’s blurb: “Juicy Mother includes comix about an older butch dyke and her Lolita, an African-American gay man coming of age, an Arab Muslim dyke searching for her identity, two big hairy men getting married, a cynical Latina teen encountering aliens and a wild cartoon jam. In a genre especially known for being dominated by straight white men, Juicy Mother is an alternative to alternative comix. The collection places emphasis on the voices least represented in the comic world. As such, the stories within are exceptionally exuberant and carefree.”

Book 11 Update

January 11th, 2005

We have a title: Invasion of the Dykes to Watch Out For . Descending on an independent bookstore near you this October [cue spooky body snatcher music.]

New Web Format Thingy

January 11th, 2005

Those of you who read the strip regularly on Planet Out will have noticed this by now, by for anyone who hasn’t figured it out yet, here’s a tip: if you want to see the whole DTWOF episode at once instead of clicking through it panel by panel, scroll down the page and you’ll see some options. Click on “see the whole comic strip.”

Not sure why they changed it. Perhaps the comments here and on the Planet Out message board made an impression…?