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Dykes to Watch Out For

Dykes to Watch Out For

Dykes to Watch Out For was a comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing representations of lesbians in popular culture and has been called "as important to new generations of lesbians as landmark novels like Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle and Lisa Alther's Kinflicks were to an earlier one".


Alison Bechdel photo

“Ginger: Oh, jeez. Well, uh… maybe you should talk to someone.Cynthia: I thought I was.”

#452, "Absolute Value" (2004), collected in Invasion of the DTWOF (2005).
Dykes to Watch Out For

Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo

“Jezanna: Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chain store jobs!”

#431, "Fight or Flight?" (2004), collected in Invasion of the DTWOF (2005).
Dykes to Watch Out For

Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo

“Ginger: Get off it, Mo. If I can't ogle, I don't want to be part of your revolution.”

#96, "Dancing in the Streets" (1990), collected in DTWOF: The Sequel (1992).
Dykes to Watch Out For

Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo

“Raffi: Okay, it's time to make another deposit to my therapy fund.”

#458, "Below the Law" (2005), collected in The Essential DTWOF (2008).
Dykes to Watch Out For

Alison Bechdel photo

“Toni: Mamá… MAMÁ! I'm paying peak long-distance rates here. Could you save the Hail Marys until we hang up?”

#236, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1996), collected in Hot, Throbbing DTWOF (1997).
Dykes to Watch Out For

Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo
Alison Bechdel photo

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