COP3: Queers & Comics Keynote: Alison Bechdel

Notes:

-She feels a bit like she's at a family gathering but with distant relatives she actually likes.

-Respect elders of LGBT comics and hopeful for the new artists. Liked how the conference was a mesh of the both together, people of all ages united under LGBT comics.

-Using a pseudonym would have defeated the purpose

-Tries not to think about legacy because its overwhelming but is honored but also a big responsibility

-Ideally would like to have a normal place is society but still retain places of subculture, like the Queer & Comics Festival itself, for example.

 -Threw self into the community as a reaction to fathers life, healing, she felt it was life affirming to be apart of the community.

-In the beginning she defined herself as a lesbian cartoonist, but now wonders if she's more of a cartoonist who is a lesbian. She's wrestling with that a bit. 

A great panel I screencapped.

I took away from this video the great sense of community LGBT comics can create. Also the idea of trying to wrestle with your minority status defining you and letting it go a little but without hiding or denying a part of yourself that colours who you are as a person.