My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner gu… - Alison Bechdel

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My father once nearly came to blows with a female dinner guest about whether a particular patch of embroidery was fuchsia or magenta.

But the infinite gradations of color in a fine sunset - from salmon to canary to midnight blue - left him wordless.

Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic · June 8, 2006 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Alison Bechdel (born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist. She has written one of the best-known LGBT comic strips, Dykes to Watch Out For, for over 25 years. Her graphic memoir Fun Home was rated one of the best books of 2006.

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In this pause, I suddenly saw something very clearly.

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