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April 19, 2023 Arts + Culture » Comics

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel Recalls Her Friendship With Ed Koren

By Alison Bechdel

Published April 19, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. | Updated April 19, 2023 at 10:24 a.m.

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Tags: Comics, Ed Koren, New Yorker

About The Author

Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel

Bio:
Alison Bechdel is a Vermont-based cartoonist and author of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic — a graphic memoir turned Tony-winning Broadway musical. From 1983 to 2008 she drew the popular strip “Dykes to Watch Out For," which ran in publications across the country including Seven Days.
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