Alison Bechdel: Love and Death and Comics
The author of "Dykes to Watch Out For" and "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" will discuss how the political and the personal inform her groundbreaking comics.
Location
Life Sciences Lecture Hall, Room 100
Sponsored by
Leslie Center for the Humanities
Audience
Public
Alison Bechdel is the creator of the long-running self-syndicated comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. She came to critical success with her graphic memoirs Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama. Bechdel edited Best American Comics 2011, and has drawn comics for Slate, McSweeney’s, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Book Review, and Granta. She is also a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Location
Life Sciences Lecture Hall, Room 100
Sponsored by
Leslie Center for the Humanities
Audience
Public