Alison Bechdel named Vermont Cartoonist Laureate
Alison Bechdel, the Bolton illustrator famed for her memoir "Fun Home," will be appointed next month as the next Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont.
Bechdel will be honored with the reading of a resolution on the Vermont State House floor in Montpelier starting at 1 p.m. April 6, according to an announcement issued Tuesday afternoon by the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction. She will be the third Vermonter named the state's Cartoonist Laureate, following James Kochalka of Burlington and Ed Koren of Brookfield.
Vermont is the only state that regularly appoints a cartoonist laureate, according to the Center for Cartoon Studies. The cartooning school will host its own ceremony honoring Bechdel at 4 p.m. April 6 at its White River Junction site.
Bechdel began her career in 1983 with the self-syndicated "Dykes to Watch Out For" but became best known for her 2006 memoir "Fun Home." That illustrated novel was made into a Broadway musical that in 2015 was named at the Tony Awards as Best Musical. The original cast included another Vermont tie, as Oscar Williams of Charlotte performed in "Fun Home" as Bechdel's younger brother.
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