Victor

New York

dreaded feeling of "forgetting" one's password and account about to be disabled

Liz Bartucci

Brooklyn

Hard to talk about art when so much of it is felt or seen, especially when it's your own. However, I can say this is what it feels like to be an artist - you are constantly dreaming of it, and it is constantly waiting for you.

I'm a Calligrapher, lllustrator and Writer in Brooklyn, NY

Bob

Prairie Village, KS

I know the intention was that the character was climbing or clinging. I wanted to take it in a different direction so it looked to me like she was sliding. It's world series time so why not have her sliding into home?

Meg

NYC

This is titled "Witch Practice (not going well!)" I worked as I would on a doodle, and enjoyed it!

Meg

NYC

This is titled “Outside The Box.” I worked as I would on a doodle, and enjoyed it!

Kristen

St. Peter's, MO

...so she peered over the sleeping giants shoulder to see her Magic feather had landed on his cheek!

Jason

Traverse City, MI

I started with a more realistic version of multiples of the same person climbing in a cyclical pattern. When I removed a layer of line work, I found the ghostly visages a bit more intriguing. I finished it with some random lines of text from a song I wrote 15 years ago.

harry

bliss

Here's a common fear I'd spoken to Alison about - the anxiety that comes with success...

Chris

Lynchburg, VA

Huge fan of Fun Home and Ms. Bechdel's work in general, so I thought I'd try out the green colorization she used in Fun Home. I tried several things that made it look like she was pushing large things and then I realized it looked like she was hanging from something and then my brain went to "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" (as one's brain naturally would).

Anni

New York

When I looked at Cliffhanger I saw that her feet looked like they might be lifting something up. My cartoon “Catholic Cliffhanger: The Stigmatization of Pope Francis” speaks to his agenda of inclusion through Poor Clare's Shoe Donation Box.

Notes: The Holy See's hand is stigmatized with a heart. The famously unworn red Papal shoes are seen in the small donation box. The unique order of Nun's who followed St. Francis were often called Poor Clares. The thoughts and words of the cartoon characters are taken from national news with the exception of the traditional Nun's gently cloaked retort.

Christoph

Berlin

hope you like it...

Dawn

Philadelphia

Love Alison Bechdel's work! I was elated to see that she won the grant- so deserving. Thanks for introducing me to the notion of Stigler's Law of Eponomy. Great job Studio 360 for always engaging with great artists and work.

Greg

Kernersville NC

This is an image of a young girl trained to wrestle dragons

Cecile

Princeton

I was listening to NPR while starting this doodle dare, and I heard the horrifying story of 3-year-old Jeida, beaten to death in her home. The fear and weariness on the face of Alison Bechdel's character inspired this scene of domestic violence, in which a little girl is protected by her heroic mom.

John

Roeland Park KS

I worked on the municipal swimming pools of Overland Park KS in the 1990's and would chase skateboarders out of off season empty pools. We'd take the ladders in and you could get stuck in the deep end being it was hard to get back up that decline. So, this is wish fulfillment as the swimming pool captures its prey like an insect eating pitcher plant.

Robert

Great Neck, NY

Escape from Nowhere to Nowhere...

Dane Brown

Georgia

Rookie Superhero Woes: Learning To Fly

sharon

NY

Camera Obscura photograph of a ladder in the clouds with Alison's drawing layered in climbing the ladder.
Hope you like it!

Peter

Brooklyn, NY

Pointed yet ambiguous. Reality and abstraction. Push and shove. Anxiety.

Juniper

London, England

This is a picture of a woman called Becca. She is climbing Mount Everest. She feels scared because she might fall down. In my picture you can see Mount Everest, rain, clouds, Becca, a rainbow, and some trees. I like drawing. I listened to your radio program and wanted to do this contest. Thank you. Juniper