Alison Bechdel
Praise for Spent
The funniest, most satirical cartoon she has ever written – as well as, perhaps, the most prescient
Observer
A gathering of threads from Bechdel’s life and work, a celebration of and a rumination on where she has landed in late middle age, and how some of her fictional creations might live alongside her...this wise and ...
James Smart, Guardian
A new graphic novel from the author of Fun Home is always a joy
Guardian, *Summer Reads of 2025*
The funniest, most satirical cartoon she has ever written – as well as, perhaps, the most prescient
Observer
A gathering of threads from Bechdel’s life and work, a celebration of and a rumination on where she has landed in late middle age, and how some of her fictional creations might live alongside her...this wise and ...
James Smart, Guardian
A new graphic novel from the author of Fun Home is always a joy
Guardian, *Summer Reads of 2025*
The funniest, most satirical cartoon she has ever written – as well as, perhaps, the most prescient
Observer
A gathering of threads from Bechdel’s life and work, a celebration of and a rumination on where she has landed in late middle age, and how some of her fictional creations might live alongside her...this wise and ...
James Smart, Guardian
A new graphic novel from the author of Fun Home is always a joy
Guardian, *Summer Reads of 2025*
Books by Alison Bechdel
Articles featuring Alison Bechdel
‘You have to let things die’: how Alison Bechdel’s exercise memoir became a matter of life and death
Eight years ago, the cartoonist and author of graphic novel Fun Home set out to write a light-hearted exploration of her relationship to fitness – but was she able to find The Secret to Superhuman Strength?