Biography

Alison Bechdel was born on September 10, 1960 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Fun Home, The Simpsons (1989) and Cartoon College (2012).

She was inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Hall of Fame in 2020.

[the Bechdel Test] It was a joke. I didn't ever intend for it to be the real gauge it has become and it's hard to keep talking about it over and over, but it's kind of cool.