Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist known for her graphic memoirs and the Bechdel Test, which evaluates the representation of women in fiction.

"How Horrid' has a slightly facetious tone that strikes me as Wildean. It appears to embrace the actual horror--puberty, public disgrace--then at the last second nimbly sidesteps it, laughing."

Alison Bechdel