It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.

Bechdel Test, was named for the comic strip it came from, penned by Alison Bechdel - but Bechdel credits a friend named Liz Wallace, so maybe it really should be called the Liz Wallace Test...? Anyway, the test is much simpler than the name. To pass it your movie must have the following: a) there are at least two named female characters, who b) talk to each other about c) something other than a man.

Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated.

When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings.

Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.