Alison Bechdel is an
American cartoonist, best known for the
lesbian comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For.
The strip documents the life, loves, and politics of a group of lesbians living in a medium-sized city in the US, featuring both humorous soap-opera storylines and biting topical commentary. The characters include:
- Mo, the central character, a politically-committed lesbian-feminist with a tendency to whine;
- Lois, a sex-positive activist and housemate to Ginger and Sparrow;
- Ginger, a struggling academic and professor;
- Sparrow, a women's shelter worker and New Ager, currently dealing with a relationship with a man, Stuart;
- Clarice, a workaholic environmental lawyer, her wife Toni, an accountant and homemaker, and their son Raffi;
- Sydney, an amoral yuppie academic, Mo's girlfriend; and
- Jezanna, manager of the late gay and lesbian bookstore Madwimmin Books, which also employed Mo and Lois.
The strip is one of the most successful and longest-running Queer comic strips. It has had a number of collections, including:
- Dykes to Watch Out For (1986)
- More Dykes to Watch Out For (1988)
- New, Improved! Dykes to Watch Out For (1990)
- Dykes to Watch Out For: The Sequel (1992)
- Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out For (1993)
- Unnatural Dykes to Watch Out For (1995)
- Hot, Throbbing Dykes to Watch Out For (1997)
- The Indelible Alison Bechdel: Confessions, Comix, and Miscellaneous Dykes to Watch Out For (1998)
- Split-Level Dykes to Watch Out For (1998)
- Post-Dykes to Watch Out For (2000)
http://www.dykestowatchoutfor.com