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Watching everyone root through their psyche, it just delights me. Especially R. Crumb's stuff.

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Alison Bechdel
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 10
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Novelist
Writer
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Alison J. Bechdel
Roots
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Crumb
Especially
Crumbs
Everyone
Psyche
Stuff
Delights
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