gino

Germantown Maryland

hhmmm....I like spiders

jo goren

Cleveland ,OH

A very nasty dream is what is seen here. Alison's character is on a chair in a whirlpool surrounded by sharks and hanging on to the chair.
I often draw my dreams/nightmare, and this was a version of one.

Athena

Bronx, NY

Athena is 9 years old. She loves drawing food, and she loves public radio. She imagined a tiny person escaping the clutches of a hungry guy, with a similar miniature person behind her trying to escape the cup of soft drink he's attached to. Mickey D's was not a sponsor of this art!

Agnes

Oregon

The pose of the sketch reminded me of the internet meme of Scarlett Johansson falling down, and one of my favorite iterations of THAT involved her on a flying piece of pizza... So, pizza in spaaaace... It takes practice to surf it properly.

Steve

Durham, NC

The first impression I had of Alison's drawing was that the young woman was trying to climb out of a hole. Then I thought, "Well, if that's my first impression, it'll be EVERYONE'S first impression." So I dug deeper, and found that, by turing the drawing a bit, I could change the impression from one that she is pulling herself up, to one that she is PUSHING something else up and away from herself -- or perhaps propping whatever it was up. The rest was obvious.

Jennifer

Bradenton, FL

Her facial expression made me think she was trying to escape something, so I decided she was escaping from her wedding. With special thanks to Ed Emberley for his Make a World drawing book, which I've had since I was 6 years old (I'm now 43), and which I consulted for how to draw the church and groom.

Sarah

Lancaster, PA

I drew something I hoped would make Alison Bechdel chuckle.

Joshua

Gaithersburg, MD

just a quick doodle of the first thing that came to mind. does that say something about me?

Megan

Los Angeles

Got inspired by pictures of retro female wrestlers, also some Hernandez brothers influence as well.

Deb E.

Duluth, MN

As a long time fan of Alison Bechdel's work, it was great to see she was part of this drawing contest!
This drawing was vaguely inspired by the art work in the Aeon Fluxx series,,, from back in the day! :)

carolita johnson

nyc

This is just a colored in doodle of my previous doodle entry, about that day my dog rolled off a cliff in Spain. For the happy ending, see the previous entry. I just felt like making the girl look more like me (dark hair, latina-ish, in my favorite clothes of that time.)

Geoff Rawling

South Bronx

The belittling situation that so many of us encounter when we have to admit our inabilities to survive without borrowing against our children's future.

Geoff Rawling

South Bronx

Struggle of the single female in today's economy trying not to be devoured.

The style of drawing is deliberately contrasted between the bold strokes of the millionaire and the detailed complications of her world.

He can't see her and nor does the viewer right away.

Amy

Brooklyn

This woman is riding a tall bike on a strange summer evening and lo and behold a bird steals her helmet..or if you prefer, the bird brings her a helmet!

kaci

bullard, tx

Do you ever go grocery shopping and the one thing you really need is on the top shelf, far away from your reach? Sometimes the only way to get what you need is to climb that mountain and reach for the sky!

Blondie

Mount Vernon New York

The figure has a look of shock on her face - what's more surprising than your dad wearing lingerie? well perhaps not these days......

Lucas

Groubert

This is the turning point in the battle between soldier and samurai. The soldier's gun get's cut in half.

My name is Lucas Groubert. I'm 12 years old and live in Amsterdam, Holland.

Thank you for looking at my drawing!

Carolyn

Spring, Texas

Get away as fast as you can!

Sara

Spring, Texas

In the distant future, a heroine attempts to escape the grasp of an underwater leviathan, gasping for oxygen and reaching toward the surface, her eminent doom in her wake.

Justin

Spring,Texas

BMX Crash