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Cartoons, Capitalism & Censorship: Alison Bechdel & Ann Telnaes on Politics in Art

Cartoons, Capitalism & Censorship: Alison Bechdel & Ann Telnaes on Politics in Art

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How do artists hold the powerful to account? Graphic novelist
Alison Bechdel and editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes have been
grappling with that question for decades, in their own very
different ways. Bechdel is the creator of the seminal comic
strip, “Dykes to Watch out For,” which she self-syndicated for 25
years. She’s also the author and illustrator of four graphic
novels, including “Fun Home,” which was adapted into a five-time
Tony-winning Broadway musical. She is a professor at Yale, and her
latest book is Spent. Telnaes is a two-time Pulitzer
winner and the winner of the Herb Block Prize for editorial
cartooning in 2023. Earlier this year, she made international
headlines after resigning from The Washington Post when her cartoon
mocking tech billionaires for bending the knee to President Trump,
including Post owner Jezz Bezos, was spiked. She now publishes her
work on Substack Kara, Alison and Ann discuss everything from
politics and money in art, to South Park, book bans, drawing Kristi
Noem's flowing extensions, art making, and AI drawings.
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