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I am always interested in the MacArthur Award winners. The "genius" grant.

MacArthur Awards Go to 21 Diverse Fellows

The annual event is one of the most prestigious events for artists, a term that has a rather wide meaning where the MacArthurs are concerned.

This year a particular thrill to see that Alison Bechdel, a wonderful writer and cartoonist is one of the winners.

Bechdel is the creator of a series of cartoons depicting lesbian life and is the author of an autobiographical graphic book called Fun Home which I am sure that I reviewed here a long time ago.

I have gotten a lot of pleasure from seeing her work and am so happy to see her receive this substantial financial gift for her work.

She had a website, Dykes to Watch Out For which I would regularly "watch out for" on my daily internet travels. She has since retired that site to do the later books as well as to take advantage of several scholarly projects.

Such good news.

Her cartoons managed to bring humor to the counterculture without compromising the point. They covered a wide range of the PC territory.

Labels: cartoons, counterculture, humor, lesbians