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| 4 | '''Alison Bechdel''' is a comic book artist, born September 10, 1960 in Beech Creek, UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}}. She was born as the daughter of Helen Augusta (née Fontana) and Bruce Allen Bechdel. She came out as a lesbian at age 19, and her sexuality, as well gender non-conformity in general, have been recurring themes in her work ever since. As she once put in it an interview: "The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings." |
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| 6 | She's probably most well known for her popularizing MediaNotes/TheBechdelTest in a strip she drew for her series ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor'', even though in the strip she credits her friend Liz Wallace for having invented the test. |
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| 8 | Apart from the aforementioned long-running comic strip, her works include two memoirs : |
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| 10 | * ComicBook/FunHome |
| 11 | * ComicBook/AreYouMyMother |
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