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Bechdel is a great cartoonist, and this “Essential” compilation (which I reviewed here) really demonstrates the maturation of her skills.
*The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For — Best of 2008 » Comics Worth Reading 2009
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Probably it should be called The Bechdel Test, but I like alliteration.
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Bechdel test, also known as the Bechdel/Wallace test, the Bechdel rule, or Bechdel's law.
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Previous winners include giants of the field such as Joanna Russ, Jane Rule, Alison Bechdel, and Katherine V. Forrest.
BSFA Awards sfawardswatch 2009
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I'm convinced Bechdel made a conscious choice to go against the standard on this little point.
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I wondered if Bechdel was adapting to the NYTBR style in this review, but I managed to find one of her Dykes to Watch Out For strips with an em dash.
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The New York Times Book Review touched up its credentials as a leading voice in criticism a bit last month by having memoirist Alison Bechdel review a prose book in comics form.
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Also unfortunate is that this movie fails the Bechdel test — there are only two female characters, the wife and the FBI partner, and neither talk to each other.
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AUTHOR Alison Bechdel, comics form, punctuation is a moral issue comments:
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In the magazine's little "Up Front" meta-feature, Bechdel talked about the challenges of that approach.
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