Spent

Though she’s best known for her graphic memoir Fun Home, which became a musical, and her long-running comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For,” Alison Bechdel hasn’t stopped making hits: We loved her clever, thoughtful 2021 graphic memoir The Secret to Superhuman Strength, and we’re excited for what she has in store in Spent: A Comic Novel. The subtitle indicates that this may be her most fictionalized endeavor in years, but the characters are recognizable as a version of Bechdel herself, and some familiar figures for “Dykes to Watch Out For” fans.