Alison Bechdel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alison Bechdel
Occupation	Cartoonist
Date Of Birth	Sep 10, 1960(1960-09-10)
Age	64
Birthplace	Lock Haven
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Alison Bechdel Biography

Alison Bechdel is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on September 10, 1960 in Lock Haven, United States. Bechdel was born at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter Helen Augusta Fontana (1933-2013) and Bruce Allen Bechdel (1936-1980). Her family was Roman Catholic. Her father was an Army veteran and was stationed in West Germany. He worked full-time as a high school English teacher and part-time at a funeral home. Her mother was an actress, and a teacher. Both her parents were cartoonists. Bruce “Christian” Bechdel II is her brother. John Bechdel II is her keyboard player. He has played with many bands, including Prong, Fear Factory, Ministry and Killing Joke. Bechdel graduated high school one year earlier and received her A.A. from Bard College at Simon’s Rock in 1979. Oberlin College gave her a 1981 degree in studio art and art history. Her father passed away in 1980. After that, her mother sold her family home in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania. She then moved to Bellefonte with Robert Fenichel, a smaller, more provincial town close to State College.

Dykes to Watch Out for was initially a series of disconnected strips that didn’t have a consistent cast or a serialized storyline. Its structure evolved to focus on a specific group of lesbian characters. Firebrand Books published a compilation of all the strips in 1986. Bechdel, who was living in St. Paul (Minnesota) at the time, introduced Mo, her regular character, and her friends. Dykes to Keep an Eye On is where the “Bechdel Test” was born, which is a widely used metric in cultural discussions about film. She began a page- length strip in 1988 about the staff at a queer newspaper. It was called “Servants to the Cause” and it ran for just a few pages. Bechdel is also an author and illustrator of autobiographical strips, as well as illustrations for magazines and websites. Bechdel was able to quit her job to focus on Dykes to Watch Out for in 1990 because of its success.

Fun Home was a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award in the memoir/autobiography category. It also won the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. Fun Home was also nominated for the Best Graphic Album award, and Bechdel was nominated for Best Writer/Artist.

Time magazine named Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home number one of its “10 Best Books of the Year.” Lev Grossman and Richard LeCayo described Fun Home as “the unlikeliest literary success of 2006,” and called it “a stunning memoir about a girl growing up in a small town with her cryptic, perfectionist dad and slowly realizing that a) she is gay and b) he is too. … Bechdel’s breathtakingly smart commentary duets with eloquent line drawings. Forget genre and sexual orientation: this is a masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds, and their mysterious debts to each other.”

Dykes to Watch Out For began as a single drawing, labeled “Marianne dissatisfied by the morning brew: Dykes to Watch Out For plate no. 27”. A friend suggested that she send her work directly to WomaNews. This feminist newspaper published her first work in the June 1983 issue. Bechdel slowly moved from single-panel drawings to multipaneled strips. Dykes to Watch Out For started this process and developed into a series posters and postcards that allowed people to get a glimpse into the urban lesbian community. The strip was eventually sold to other outlets after a year.

Alison Bechdel Net Worth

Alison Bechdel is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alison Bechdel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alison Bechdel, /’b ek d@l /BEK -d@l, is an American cartoonist. She was born September 10, 1960. Her comic strip Dykes to Keep an Eye On was her first success. In 2006, her graphic memoir Fun Home won a Tony Award for Best Musical. Her second graphic memoir, Are You My Mother? was released in 2012. She was awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Award in 2014. Her Bechdel test is another highlight.

Bechdel immigrated to Manhattan in 1981 during the summer. He applied to many art schools but was denied. He then worked in various office jobs in publishing.

Bechdel came out as a lesbian at age 19. Bechdel’s sexuality and gender non- conformity are a large part of the core message of her work, and has said that “the secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings.” In February 2004, Bechdel married Amy Rubin, her girlfriend since 1992, in a civil ceremony in San Francisco. However, all same-sex marriage licenses given by the city at that time were subsequently voided by the California Supreme Court. Bechdel and Rubin separated in 2006. She subsequently lived with her partner Holly Rae Taylor, a painter, for seven and a half years before their marriage in July 2015. She lives in Bolton, Vermont, in a house she bought in 1996, adding her own studio to work in. Bechdel and Taylor also own a female cat named Donald, named after the British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott.

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Fun Home premiered as a musical Off-Broadway at The Public Theater on September 30, 2013, and opened officially on October 22, 2013. The score was by Jeanine Tesori and the book and lyrics were written by Lisa Kron. Kron and Tesori made history as the first all-woman team to win a Tony Award for best score. Originally scheduled to run through November 3, 2013, the run was extended multiple times and the musical closed on January 12, 2014. The Public Theater production was directed by Sam Gold. Sets and costumes were by David Zinn, lighting by Ben Stanton, sound by Kai Harada, projections by Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg and choreography by Danny Mefford. The musical played at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre, with previews from March 27, 2015, and an official opening on April 19, 2015, running to September 10, 2016. Sam Gold, who directed the Public Theater production, also directed the show on Broadway, leading the Off-Broadway production team. The Off-Broadway cast reprised their roles on Broadway, except for the actors playing John, Christian, and Medium Alison. The Broadway musical won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Performance by an Actor in Leading Role in a Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Direction of a Musical.

Facts & Trivia

Alison Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Alison Bechdel celebrates birthday on September 10 of every year.

In 2014, she posted a comic strip based on her Fun Home! The Musical! After Donald Trump’s election as U.S. President she posted three new episodes of Dykes to Watch Out For: “Pièce de Résistance,” “Postcards From the Edge,” and “Things Fall Apart.”

Did Alison Bechdel invent the Bechdel Test?

In 1985, Alison Bechdel introduced what would come to be known as the Bechdel test in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. Thirty years later, it’s become a cultural touchstone, conversation-starter, and feminist rallying cry that has even been used as a ratings system in some Swedish theaters.

What did Alison Bechdel do?

Alison Bechdel, (born September 10, 1960, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American cartoonist and graphic novelist who was perhaps best known for the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For (1983–2008)—which introduced the so- called Bechdel Test, which evaluates movies on the basis of gender inequality—and the graphic …

How old is Alison Bechdel?

62 years (September 10, 1960)

What did Alison Bechdel's father do?

Bruce Allen Bechdel

Does Harry Potter pass the Bechdel test?

While the Harry Potter series passes the Bechdel test , it doesn’t pass it as easily as other books with strong females. Hermione’s two best friends, Harry and Ron, are boys, and the majority of the book follows the trio through their adventures.