Who created the comic strip called Dykes to Watch Out For which featured in 1985 a character who watches a movie only if it has two women who talk to each other about something besides a man?
"references Stanley Kowalski, a character from ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". Sydney also drinks Loch Lomond, a favorite drink of two characters from ""The Adventures of Tintin"". Dykes to Watch Out For Dykes to Watch Out For (sometimes DTWOF) was a comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called ""as important to new generations of lesbians as landmark novels like Rita Mae Brown's ""Rubyfruit Jungle"" (1973) and Lisa Alther's ""Kinflicks"" (1976) were to an earlier one"". ""DTWOF"" chronicled the lives,"
"the films had a female protagonist or co-protagonist. 7% of directors were women. Another study looking at the 700 top‐grossing films from 2007 to 2014 found that only 30% of the speaking characters were female. In a 2016 analysis of screenplays of 2,005 commercially successful films, Hanah Anderson and Matt Daniels found that in 82% of the films, men had two of the top three speaking roles, while a woman had the most dialogue in only 22% of films. The rules now known as the Bechdel test first appeared in 1985 in Alison Bechdel's comic strip ""Dykes To Watch Out"
"first years, ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" consisted of unconnected strips without a regular cast or serialized storyline. However, its structure eventually evolved into a focus on following a set group of lesbian characters. In 1986, Firebrand Books published a collection of the strips to date. In 1987, Bechdel introduced her regular characters, Mo and her friends, while living in St. Paul, Minnesota. ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" is the origin of the ""Bechdel test"", which has become a frequently used metric in cultural discussion of film. In 1988, she began a short-lived page-length strip about the staff of a"
"The test is named after the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel in whose comic strip ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" the test first appeared in 1985. Bechdel credited the idea to her friend Liz Wallace and the writings of Virginia Woolf. After the test became more widely discussed in the 2000s a number of variants and tests inspired by it have emerged. In her 1929 essay ""A Room of One's Own"", Virginia Woolf observed about the literature of her time what the Bechdel test would later highlight in more recent fiction: In film, a study of gender portrayals in 855 of"
"publishing industry. She began ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" as a single drawing labeled ""Marianne, dissatisfied with the morning brew: Dykes to Watch Out For, plate no. 27"". An acquaintance recommended she send her work to ""WomaNews"", a feminist newspaper, which published her first work in its June 1983 issue. Bechdel gradually moved from her early single-panel drawings to multi-paneled strips. ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" began this process, developing into a series of posters and postcards, allowing for people to have a look into the urban lesbian community. After a year, other outlets began running the strip. In the"
"the way for debates and discussions about gender within the social and political spheres. In 1986, the British MP Clare Short proposed a bill to ban newspapers from printing Page 3 photographs of topless models. In the early 2000s, feminist critics began analyzing film in terms of the Bechdel test. This feminist assessment of cinema was named after Alison Bechdel, feminist cartoonist and creator of the long-running comic strip ""Dykes to Watch Out For"". This test determines the level of gender equality present in a film by assessing whether a work of fiction features at least two named women who"
"and face realistic problems associated with their sexualities, including relationship troubles and being closeted. Since the late 1980s specifically gay publications have also included comic strips, in which LGBT themes are ubiquitous. Local LGBT newspapers sometimes carry their own strips, like Ron Williams's ""Quarter Scenes"" in the New Orleans paper ""Impact"". Strips including ""Wendel"" by Howard Cruse, and ""Leonard and Larry"" by Tim Barela, have been syndicated in national gay magazines like the ""Advocate"". One of the best known and longest-running LGBT comic strips, ""Dykes to Watch Out For"", was written by Alison Bechdel – dubbed the ""elder stateswomen of"
"Alison Bechdel Alison Bechdel ( ; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip ""Dykes to Watch Out For"", she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir ""Fun Home"", which was subsequently adapted as a musical and won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2015. In 2012, she released her second graphic memoir ""Are You My Mother?"" She's a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur ""Genius"" Award. She is also known for the Bechdel test. Alison J. Bechdel was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, she is the"
"LGBT comics"" – from 1983 to 2008. ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" is known for its social and political commentary and depictions of characters from all walks of life. Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir ""Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic"" was lauded by many media outlets as among the best books of the year. Other noted LGBT-themed comic strips have included ""Doc and Raider"", ""The Chosen Family"", ""Chelsea Boys"" and ""The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green"". ""Ethan Green"" has also been adapted into a live-action feature film. LGBT themes were found first in underground or alternative comics, often published by"
"strips Bechdel published in calendars, a timeline of the strip to date, and a fanciful ""tour"" of the ""factory"" where ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" is produced. ""The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For"", published in 2008, compiled most but not all of the strips that had ever been published under the title, along with a 12-page introduction in which Bechdel reflected on her time drawing the strip. The book won the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT fiction in 2009. As with Bechdel's popular autobiographical novel, ""Fun Home"", ""DTWOF"" included many literary allusions. For example, the name chosen for Sydney Krukowski"
"Bechdel, the artist behind the popular ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" series, who memorialized Kovick in cartoon form in 2008. Kovick was also known as a writer and performer. She is credited with launching the lesbian spoken-word scene in San Francisco. She hosted a monthly performance night at Red Dora's Bearded Lady Cafe from 1991 to 1993, and continued to perform for years afterwards. In one locally famous performance, she officiated at the mock-wedding of drag performers Elvis Herselvis and Justin Bond. She toured nationally with Sister Spit, a group of women writers that also included such well-regarded authors as"
"Fun Home Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a 2006 graphic memoir by the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip ""Dykes to Watch Out For"". It chronicles the author's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, United States, focusing on her complex relationship with her father. The book addresses themes of sexual orientation, gender roles, suicide, emotional abuse, dysfunctional family life, and the role of literature in understanding oneself and one's family. Writing and illustrating ""Fun Home"" took seven years, in part because of Bechdel's laborious artistic process, which includes photographing herself in poses for each human figure."
"LGBT fiction and nonfiction. Notable books and authors published by Alyson include the ""Dykes to Watch Out For"" cartoon series, by Alison Bechdel; ""Daddy's Roommate"" by Michael Willhoite; ""Melting Point"", ""Doing it for Daddy"", ""Macho Sluts"" and ""Doc and Fluff"" by Patrick Califia; ""Young, Gay and Proud""; ""Latter Days"", a novelization by T. Fabris for the 2003 major motion picture of the same name; ""The Femme Mystique"" and ""Pillow Talk"", edited by Lesléa Newman; ""Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology""; ""Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans"", winner of the 2006 Lambda Literary Award for Anthology; """", edited by"
"women. Items and topics include reprints of the comic strip ""Dykes to Watch Out For"", lesbian and women's music festivals and gatherings, Womyn's land, announcements, and obituaries. It does not publish fiction, personal ads, or requests for pen pals. ""Lesbian Connection"" was instrumental in the building of national spiritual, political and social networks for lesbians. Lesbian Connection Lesbian Connection is a worldwide forum of news and ideas for, by, and about lesbians. Founded in 1974 by the lesbian-feminist collective Ambitious Amazons, it is run by the Michigan-based nonprofit Elsie Publishing Institute. The magazine is published bimonthly and is notable for"
"was written by Stefan Hutchinson and illustrated by Peter Fielding. The main character in this comic is Lindsey Wallace, the young girl who first saw Michael Myers alongside Tommy Doyle in the original 1978 film. Hutchinson wanted to bring the character back to his roots, and away from the ""lumbering Jason-clone"" the film sequels had made him. ""One Good Scare"" came about because Hutchinson wanted to produce a comic book to celebrate the series' twenty-fifth anniversary; it was to be sold as a collectible at a ""Halloween"" convention in South Pasadena. Due to the positive reception to ""One Good Scare"","
"to it, with Cathy and her co-workers enthusing over the film and seeing it repeatedly. Cathy Guisewite Cathy Lee Guisewite (born September 5, 1950) is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip ""Cathy"", which had a 34-year run. The strip focused on a career woman facing the issues and challenges of eating, work, relationships and having a mother—or as the character put it in one strip, ""the four basic guilt groups."" Guisewite was born in Dayton, Ohio to William L. and Anne Guisewite. She was raised in Midland, Michigan with older sister Mary Anne Nagy and younger sister Mickey."
"Phyllis Diller Phyllis Ada Driver (July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012), better known as Phyllis Diller, was an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her eccentric stage persona, her self-deprecating humor, her wild hair and clothes, and her exaggerated, cackling laugh. Diller was a groundbreaking stand-up comic—one of the first female comics to become a household name in the U.S. She paved the way for Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, and Ellen DeGeneres, among others, who credit her influence. Diller had a large gay following and is considered a gay icon. She was also one of the first"
"who developed the concept of the Bechdel test. The test investigates whether or not a work includes at least two females conversing about a topic other than a man. Sometimes a requirement that the two women must have names is added, which is a rule the podcast adheres to. For the purposes of the show, the exchange only needs to be two lines of dialogue. A commonality of many movies that pass are that often only this minimum is reached typically by an inconsequential conversation or one in which the two lines are nested within a larger conversation that is"
"also be seen in comics such as ""Tillie the Toiler"" from 1921. Writing for the Associated Press in 1993, Hugh A. Mulligan noted, ""After women got the vote and joined the work force, family-centered comics were joined by working-girl strips like ""Winnie Winkle"", ""Tillie the Toiler"", ""Dixie Dugan"", ""Somebody's Stenog"" and ""Brenda Starr"", which was drawn by a woman, Dale Messick. Almost from the beginning, politics and a social conscience hovered over the drawing board."" During its first years, the daily ""Winnie Winkle"" evolved from simple gags to more complex humorous situations. A new character was introduced in the form"
"at least one comic that women could get paid to be in, in a male-dominated comix culture. The first issue was edited by musician and artist Patricia Moodian. Later issues (17 total in 20 years) were edited by a different editor, or different editors who shared the job. ""Wimmen's Comix"" #1 featured Trina Robbins' ""Sandy Comes Out"", the first-ever comic strip featuring an ""out"" lesbian. In 1975, regular contributors Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Diane Noomin left to start their own title, ""Twisted Sisters"". (Kominsky-Crumb has later claimed that a large part of her break with the ""Wimmen's Comix"" group was over"
"Silk Spectre Silk Spectre is the name shared by a mother and daughter fictional superheroine pair who are central characters in the 1986-87 comic book limited series ""Watchmen"" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. They are often said to be modified versions of the character Nightshade from Charlton Comics; however, Alan Moore has stated that he found Nightshade ""boring,"" and that Silk Spectre was modeled on sexier characters, such as Phantom Lady and Black Canary (also an alias shared by mother and daughter). The first Silk Spectre was the frizzy-haired, redheaded former waitress and burlesque dancer Sally Jupiter (her real"
"US, such as Canadian Julie Doucet, whose surrealist semi-autobiographical series ""Dirty Plotte"" became a worldwide cult favorite in the 1990s. The underground/alternative market allowed for a more open depiction of sexuality, and in the 1970s and 1980s openly lesbian and bisexual artists told their stories in comic book form, such as Mary Wings (artist of the first all-lesbian comix book ""Come Out Comix"" (1973)), Roberta Gregory (""Bitchy Bitch"", and frequent contributor to ""Gay Comix"") and Alison Bechdel (""Dykes to Watch Out For"" and graphic novel ""Fun Home"", 2006). In the independent market, that began to appear from the 1970s, Wendy"
"TALK ABOUT IT In 2005, Dawson was commissioned to create comic strips for Deepa Mehta's documentary ""Let's Talk About It"", a film about domestic violence with a special highlight on immigrant families. The strips were used as section breaks and to illustrate key moments. The film aired on Omni TV in several languages. VIOLET MIRANDA: GIRL PIRATE It was through ""Girls Who Bite Back"" that she met collaborator / author Emily Pohl-Weary. The pair were dissatisfied with the main female protagonists role in the first ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" movie and set to work creating a more realistic portrait of"
"stores. Beek's wife, Freddie Langeler (1899–1948), herself an artist, wrote the rhyming text for the strip and coloured in the drawings. In 1936, a printer named De IJssel produced a cardboard theatre which could be used to display the comic strip as a slide show. It was illuminated from behind with a flashlight. It was dubbed the ""Flipposcoop"" (Flipposcope) and Flipje appeared in a special strip with instructions on how to assemble and load the theatre. In 1953, Beek asked De Betuwe for permission to release the Flipje character in the United Kingdom. They refused and Beek severed relations with"
"She Makes Comics She Makes Comics is a 2014 documentary film about the history of women in the comic book industry since the medium's beginnings in the early 1900s. It features interviews with key industry professionals, including artists, writers, editors, and retailers, as well as with prominent members of the surrounding fan culture. ""She Makes Comics"" is the fifth co-production between Respect Films and Sequart Organization. The film was directed by Marisa Stotter, who began working with Respect Films during the summer of 2013. Production began in October 2013, with several interviews conducted in the Southern California region. On February"
"Tales"" in 1978. The strip has now been internationally syndicated and appears in over 450 newspapers (both daily and Sunday editions) worldwide. When it was syndicated in the United States (through the Newspaper Enterprise Association), Sols was asked to re-draw Lady Snake, as her ""two lumps"" were said to be offensive. He drew her with a bikini top instead. The strip is set in an unspecified location in the Australian outback. Occasionally a shot of a traditional outback pub by itself on a lone road is seen. The principal characters include: Snake Tales ""For the Australian television series of the"
"surely will help convince the general public that comics can appeal to adults."" Upon its reprinting in 2011, Comics Alliance wrote that Cruse ""harnessed a symphony of discordant subtleties"". The book has generated some controversy; in 2004, a Texas citizens' group asked that it be removed from the young adult section of the local library. Cruse's earlier work influenced Alison Bechdel in her comic strip ""Dykes to Watch Out For"", and she later produced the graphic novels ""Fun Home"" (2006) and ""Are You My Mother?"" (2012) which also deal with homosexual awakening. Stuck Rubber Baby Howard Cruse (b. 1944) was"
"Griffith, Too Much Coffee Man by Shannon Wheeler, Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling, The K Chronicles by Keith Knight, and Slowpoke by Jen Sorensen. Other contributing writers and cartoonists have included: Funny Times (newspaper) Funny Times (FT) is an American humor newspaper founded in 1985, and still published as of 2018, by the wife and husband team of Susan Wolpert and Raymond Lesser, who were inspired by The Comic News of Santa Cruz, California, ""a monthly journal of progressive editorial cartoons"" founded in 1984 by Thom Zajac. FT's political content is often subversive and has a progressive/liberal perspective."
"creators in independent comics and webcomics. She Makes Comics She Makes Comics is a 2014 documentary film about the history of women in the comic book industry since the medium's beginnings in the early 1900s. It features interviews with key industry professionals, including artists, writers, editors, and retailers, as well as with prominent members of the surrounding fan culture. ""She Makes Comics"" is the fifth co-production between Respect Films and Sequart Organization. The film was directed by Marisa Stotter, who began working with Respect Films during the summer of 2013. Production began in October 2013, with several interviews conducted in"
"assistant on the dailies was John Liney. In 1942, arthritis kept Anderson away from the drawing board, so Anderson turned the dailies over to Liney, and Trachte drew the Sunday strips. Liney retired in 1979. Jack Tippit then took over the dailies until 1983. Dick Hodgins, Jr. worked on the dailies from 1983 until 1990. Trachte continued on the Sundays through 1995. About 75 newspapers still ran classic ""Henry"" strips. These were also available through King Features' Comics Kingdom. Cartoonist Art Baxter analyzed the appeal of the character and the strip: Henry appears (and speaks) alongside Betty Boop in the"
"as an adaptation of ""The Hobbit"" by J. R. R. Tolkien. In 1985, Yronwode and cartoonist Trina Robbins co-wrote the Eclipse book ""Women and the Comics,"" on the history of female comic-strip and comic-book creators. As the first book on this subject, its publication was covered in the mainstream press in addition to the fan press. During the 1980s, Eclipse brought out a new line of non-fiction, non-sports trading cards, edited by Yronwode. Controversial political subjects such as the Iran-Contra scandal, the Savings and Loan crisis, the AIDS epidemic, and the Kennedy Assassination, as well as true crime accounts of"
"at A.A. Meetings: The Comic Strip for Grownups About Being a Kid"", became available for sale at Amazon.com with the follow-up collection, ""You Damn Kid: Naked Lady Balloons"", becoming available from June 30, 2006. On September 20, 2005, it was announced that ""You Damn Kid!"" was optioned for television by Fox. However, comments by Dunne in 2009 show that this never became a reality. You Damn Kid! You Damn Kid! (or YDK) is a comic strip by cartoonist Owen Dunne. While originally appearing in non-mainstream newspapers, it ran as a webcomic from 1997 to 2007 and was relaunched in 2014."
"A Dame to Kill For A Dame to Kill For is a comic book limited series first published by Dark Horse Comics in 1993. It is the second story in Frank Miller's ""Sin City"" series, and the first to be published in miniseries format. It was written and drawn by Frank Miller. It has since been reprinted in graphic novel format in four separate editions. The 2014 film, """" is partly based on the graphic novel along with ""Just Another Saturday Night"" and two original segments written by Miller for the film. The film received mixed reviews and was a"