Facts about Alison Bechdel

Occup.Cartoonist
FromUSA
BornSeptember 10, 1960
Age63 years

Summary

Alison Bechdel is a famous Cartoonist from USA, he/she is 63 years old and still alive, born September 10, 1960.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Alison.

30 Famous quotes by Alison Bechdel

Small: Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumbs stuff
"Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff"
Small: Thats all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identi
"That's all true, but there was something else going on for me as a kid, something about my gender identity that I haven't figured out yet. And that's one of the things I'm hoping to dissect and investigate in this memoir project"
Small: Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls clothing, I couldnt wait to get home from
"Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks"
Small: For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me
"For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me"
Small: Well, Im always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out
"Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out"
Small: Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated
"Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated"
Small: I never really read superhero stuff as a kid
"I never really read superhero stuff as a kid"
Small: Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them
"Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them"
Small: When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge th
"When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit"
Small: People really want to think that these things really happened. I dont know why that important, but I kn
"People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author"
Small: Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl
"Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl"
Small: I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and Ive taken it out of the slideshow
"I started to get bored with that stuff about only drawing men and I've taken it out of the slideshow"
Small: I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldnt bear
"I just met someone who read Gone With the Wind 62 times for exactly that same reason. She couldn't bear that it wasn't real. She wanted to live in it"
Small: I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself
"I just have this sort of entrepreneurial spirit and I work really hard at promoting myself"
Small: I dont know, maybe its because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me
"I don't know, maybe it's because I was raised Catholic. Confession has always held a great appeal for me"
Small: But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu
"But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu"
Small: Its a hard thing to age a character because you cant really suddenly give someone gray hair
"It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair"
Small: I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times
"I probably read Harriet the Spy about 70,000 times"
Small: I love Jules Feiffer. I didnt discover him until I was a little older
"I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older"
Small: I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has
"I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has more different kinds of characters. It's really not all lesbians any more"
Small: I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrows boyfriend. I love that
"I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men to read the strip even though there weren't any men in it, so they'd be forced to identify with the women"
Small: One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. Im working on that. Im giving them all little l
"One of them is already having some menopausal symptoms. I'm working on that. I'm giving them all little lines under the eyes, trying to sort of make them age gracefully"
Small: Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I als
"Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff"
Small: Its definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I do
"It's definitely part of it, that the men were having fun and doing the interesting things but also, I don't know, I'm just thinking more about gender and how maybe in some way I am more of a boy than a girl"
Small: The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence
"The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence"
Small: My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I g
"My mother is, my father certainly was. They were kind of the local intelligentsia in the town where I grew up"
Small: Im pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history
"I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history"
Small: Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white
"Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white"
Small: But mostly, its a book about my relationship with my father
"But mostly, it's a book about my relationship with my father"
Small: And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical stre
"And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me"