![]() The former Seven Days cartoonist and Vermont Book Award winner will be producing her "Dykes To Watch Out For" podcast, an Audible version of her comic strip that ran from 1983 to 2008. Now comes another distinction for the 62-year-old: all-star podcaster. And, of course, she conceived of the eponymous Bechdel Test, which measures the representation of women in film and other fictional works. In 2014, she was the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship. The Bolton illustrator and former Vermont cartoonist laureate has penned three graphic memoirs, including Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic in 2006, which was later adapted into the 2015 Tony award-winning musical Fun Home. By now, the feathers in Alison Bechdel's cap have gotten rather numerous. ![]()
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