Related Stories

This article appears in The Cartoon Issue 2014.

Got something to say?

Send a letter to the editor and we'll publish your feedback in print!

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...

One reply on “Fun Home! The Musical!”

  1. Alison — I was wondering, what was it like to draw the actors who portrayed your family for this strip compared to drawing your real family members for the book? Did your hand sometimes get confused between the two? Drawing an actor playing portraying a version of you must be a mind-spinning self-portrait.

Comments are closed.