Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama

Alison Bechdel’s Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama (2012–present, Houghton Mifflin) is a single-issue graphic memoir that expands on the themes of her earlier work, using psychoanalysis and literature to examine her fraught relationship with her mother. As both writer and artist, Bechdel weaves a deeply personal narrative that intertwines her own therapy sessions with the lives of Virginia Woolf and other thinkers. Published as a standalone volume, it stands as a landmark in the autobiographical comics tradition, demonstrating the medium’s capacity for intellectual and emotional depth.