The Daily Collegian Bechdel to By Caitlin Burnham COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Alison Bechdel, Lock Haven, Pa., native and author of the groundbreaking comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For,” is coming to speak at Penn State in March. Bechdel, a lesbian, is also well known for her graphic memoir "F\in Home," which chronicles her early life growing up in central Pennsylvania. Bechdel will speak March 4 in room 129A8C in the HUB-Robeson Center, said Eileen Akin, coordinator of the Fred Waring Collection and Audiovisual Collections in the Special Collections Library Bechdel's visit is part of the "Graphic Novel Speaker Series," which Akin started in spring 2007. she said. The coordinator considers Bechdel the "Mark Twain of our time" and said she's wanted to bring the author here since the series began. 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