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Alison Bechdel Parodies Her Fame in Comic Novel ‘Spent’

2025/5/27
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Alison Bechdel: 最初我计划写一本关于金钱的回忆录，探讨资本主义体系对生活的影响，但我发现自己不想做相关的经济学研究，所以我决定写一本关于一个漫画家试图写关于金钱的回忆录的书。过去我专注于从自己的生活中挖掘叙事，无法想象写小说。我过去认为我的漫画不是虚构的，而是从时代精神中提取出来的。我厌倦了在回忆录中努力保持诚实，所以创作虚构的东西似乎更有趣。写自传体小说的好处是，没有人知道我说的是真是假。我已经透露了很多关于自己的私密信息，我在公开场合讲话时，会与自己经历过的尴尬时刻保持距离，因为我无法面对它们。 Alison Bechdel: 我书中角色艾莉森·贝克特尔的山羊庇护所的灵感来自我的祖父和我伴侣的童年经历，以及一个想以我的漫画角色命名山羊的年轻农民。我书中的艾莉森·贝克特尔因写了一本关于她父亲的回忆录而出名，并被改编成了一部电视剧。我书中的艾莉森试图写一本关于金钱在她生活中的作用的书，以此来探讨晚期资本主义的问题。这本书的故事发生在2022年初到2024年总统选举前，反映了当时社会正在崩溃的迹象。我想通过这本书来反映当下，就像我的漫画《Dykes to Watch Out For》一样。书中角色艾莉森·贝克特尔认为她可以解决世界上的问题，但她最终意识到她需要与他人合作。

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Perhaps you’ve been following Alison Bechdel’s work since her comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For,” which invented the now ubiquitous Bechdel test (does a movie have two women who speak to each other about something other than a man?). Maybe you came to know her through her graphic memoir “Fun Home,” which was adapted into a Tony-award winning musical. Her latest comic novel, “Spent,” is a work of autofiction that grapples with and parodies Bechdel’s own popularity. We’ll talk with Bechdel about being famous in a world on fire— and the funny side of it, too.

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Alison Bechdel, graphic novelist and cartoonist, author of "Spent: A Comic Novel." Her previous books include "The Secret to Superhuman Strength" and "Fun Home," which was adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical.

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