Alison Bechdel

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#i #i wish #integrated #more #sometimes

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#childhood #ethos #influence #mad #much

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#delights #especially #everyone #just #me

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#comic #comic strip #cranking #i #keep

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#eventually #fighting #got #grew #had

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#geared #growing #growing up #i #more

Writing this book feels like a completely different activity from writing my comic strip because it's about real life. I feel like I'm using a part of my brain that's been dormant until now. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#activity #because #been #book #brain

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#i #judy #like #mother #read

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#being #girl #i #partly #perceived

For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#me #processes #reason #separate #some