Alison Bechdel on reading biographies and self-help books By Amy Sutherland Globe Correspondent,Updated May 6, 2021, 5:44 p.m. Email to a Friend Alison Bechdel is the creator of the comic strip âDykes to Watch Out For,â and her graphic memoir âFun Homeâ was a bestseller that was adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical.Elena Seibert In her new memoir, âThe Secret to Superhuman Strength,â writer and graphic artist Alison Bechdel delves into her long-time obsession with fitness crazes, an often-comic self-examination that leads from spin classes eventually, somehow, to Eastern philosophy. The MacArthur Fellow is the creator of the comic strip âDykes to Watch Out For,â and her graphic memoir âFun Homeâ was a bestseller that was adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical. She lives in Vermont with her partner.