Alison Bechdel is a Vermont cartoonist. Her work includes the long-running comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For” as well as the graphic memoirs “Fun Home,” “Are You My Mother?” and “The Secret to Superhuman Strength.” The stage-musical adaptation of “Fun Home” premièred on Broadway in 2015, and received five Tony Awards. Bechdel is the recipient of Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships, and an Eisner Comic Industry Award . She lives up in the hills somewhere.