Alison Bechdel: The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

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Partner:: Booksmith
Location:: Booksmith
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 11.10.08
Speaker:: Alison Bechdel
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Summary: CAUTION: CONTAINS ADULT IMAGES

"The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For" is the collection Alison Bechdel fans have been waiting for!

Gathering material from 11 earlier books, as well as 60 new strips never before published in book form, this new book from the author of the celebrated Fun Home chronicles the lives, loves, and politics of Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and others - Booksmith

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Alison Bechdel

Since its inception in 1983, Alison Bechdel�s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For has become a countercultural institution. The strip is syndicated in dozens of newspapers, translated into several languages and collected in a series of award-winning books. Utne magazine has listed DTWOF as �one of the greatest hits of the twentieth century.� And Comics Journal says, �Bechdel�s art distills the pleasures of Friends and The Nation; we recognize our world in it, with its sorrows and ironies.� In addition to her comic strip, Bechdel has also done exclusive work for a slew of publications, including Ms., Slate, the Advocate, and many other newspapers, websites, comic books, and �zines. In 2006, Houghton Mifflin published her graphic memoir, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. The bestselling coming-of-age tale has been called a �mesmerizing feat of familial resurrection� and a �rare, prime example of why graphic novels have taken over the conversation about American literature.�

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01.: Introduction

01 min 21 sec

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02.: Emotional Experience Compiling Book

03 min 43 sec

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03.: The Sex Life of Mo

05 min 07 sec

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04.: Non-Monogamy

03 min 12 sec

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05.: A Baby for Clarice and Toni

02 min 02 sec

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06.: Mo Dates a Women's Studies Professor

02 min 43 sec

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07.: Non-Monogamy Becomes Polyamory

03 min 06 sec

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08.: Another Bundle of Joy

01 min 33 sec

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09.: Ginger Tackles Intimacy Issues

04 min 00 sec

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10.: Toni and Clarice Have Troubles

03 min 19 sec

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11.: Q1: Accuracy of Family Memoir

01 min 40 sec

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12.: Q2: Bringing Back Memories

01 min 05 sec

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13.: Q3: Seven Stages of Dykehood

00 min 35 sec

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14.: Q4: Plans for Future Work

01 min 03 sec

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15.: Q5: Living with Characters

01 min 10 sec

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16.: Q6: Writing Fun Home vs. the Strip

01 min 10 sec

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17.: Q7: Non-Queer Readers of Comic Strip

01 min 10 sec

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18.: Q8: Growing Away from the Strip

02 min 23 sec

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19.: Q9: Companion Newspaper

01 min 22 sec

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20.: Q10: The Fate of Clarice and Toni

01 min 03 sec

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21.: Q11: Writer's Block

00 min 59 sec

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22.: Q12: Introducing New Characters

01 min 00 sec

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23.: Q13: Drawing Process

01 min 12 sec

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24.: Q14: Writing Characters of Color

01 min 49 sec

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25.: Q15: Berkley Breathed and Children's Books

01 min 25 sec

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26.: Q16: Craziest Memento

00 min 50 sec

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Alison Bechdel on the Assimilation of Gay Culture

01 min 50 sec

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Alison Bechdel's Comic Strip: Polyamory to Motherhood

04 min 07 sec

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Alison Bechdel Strives to Make Her Comic All-Encompassing

02 min 09 sec

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