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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE December 18, 1992

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The Mostly Unfabulous Social

Life of Ethan Green

by Eric Orner

St. Martin's Press, $8.95

Reviewed by Bob Boone

Cartoonist Eric Orner has collected his comic strips into a chronicle of The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green. With friends Bucky, Charlotte, Liza and Beth and the Hat Sisters, Ethan confronts the world of blind dates, relationships, phone sex, political correctness, and the antics of a phony fortune-teller.

Ethan Green successfully pokes fun at the diversity of the lesbian and gay community while heartily supporting its ideals. In a variety of hats and costumes, the hilarious and politically forceful Hat Sisters attack

the bigotry of Jesse Helms, Cracker Barrel, and others. The couple appears sporadically throughout the book like a pair of inspirational and outrageous superheroes.

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green is filled with fun and interesting situations with which we can all somehow relate. Whether its fantasizing about the mysterious dentist from the Oral B commercials or prolonging the sad end to a vacation in Provincetown, it is easy to laugh along with Ethan Green and say, "I understand."

HE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN...

PRELUDE TO HOLIDAY

BEFORE I CAME OUT TO THEM, HOLIDAY VISITS HOME USED TO LEAVE ME NEEDING 3 WEEKS IN A SANATORIUM TO REGAIN MY MENTAL HEALTH, HELL, MY EX, PHIL, USED TO PICK

ME UP AT THE AIRPORT WITH

A STRETCHER & A BOTTLE OF SCOTCH..

YAN BET

..I'D DOWN HALF OF IT BEFORE WE'D REACH THE PARKING LOT...

I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU..

IT'S JUST TILL SUNDAY NIGHT, I'LL CALL YOU TWICE A DAY...

Bawomwww

MAYBE I'LL Go RELIEVE SOME TENSION IN THE LAVATORY AGAIN

HOLIDAY TRAUMA REVISITED TRAVELLING MUSI

AO

NICLE OSCAR ASKS WHEN FIND I'LL SAY VE RIGGER TABLE& WITH PLAS PLOSIVES PREP NATO DES

THINK YOUR MOM WILL PUSH OUR BEDS TOGETHER THIS YEAR?

THEN THE ENTIRE CLAN GATHERS SIDE FOR

1. મ

WHAT WE

DUNNG. WHAT WOULD PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY DO?

CALL BUR GRANDVEWROPRIDE MOTHER) PLAYS HER ACCORDION..

No.HOLIDAYS DON'T REDUCE ME TO A QUIVERING BUNDLE OF NEUROSES, WHAT MAKES YOU ASK?

SNICKERS

CLEVELAND

HOLIDAYS MAKE ME SO STRESSED I MEAN I LOVE MY FAMILY, Y'KNOW, BUT shit, I JUST GET Too STRESSED..

LIKE THOSE MEN WHO GET SO WORKED UP ABOUT STUFF THAT THEY DEVELOP THIS NERVOUS DISORDER WHERE THEY LOSE ALL THEIR HAIR... EVERY FOLLICLE, EYEBROWS EVERYTHING, JUST GONE..

I GOTTA STOP DOING THIS.

NEXT YEAR, I'LL JUST

CALL..

ONE WISH PONT Petite Moi.. We You INSIST THERE

FAMILY MEMBERS 1+2;

CRESCENDO

ASK YOU ABOUT POSITIVELY EVERY-

THING EXCEPT ANYTHING EVEN

REMOTELY To Do

WITH YOUR

PERSONAL

LIFE:

HOW'S THAT CAT OF YOURS

ARE YOU STILL EATING SO MUCH PASTAP

IS YOUR APARTMENT WELL INSULATED?

DO YOU THINK TURKEY WILL EVER GIVE UP CYPRUS ?

WHICH COLA DO YOU LIKE BEST?

WHY DON'T YOU

INVITE YOUR "FRIEND" HOME?

FAMILY MEMBER 6:

SHARPER THAN HE LOOKS:

FAMILY MEMBERS, STOPPED TALK IN AT THESE GATHERINGS AROUND 1967..

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FAMILY MEMBER 4: GIVES RELENTLESS UPDATES ON PEOPLE You HAVN'T SEEN SINCE You LEFT HIGH SCHOOL.. ...AND BOBBY GOLDFARB IS A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ORTHODONTIST.. AND DEANNA GLASS OWNS A THRIV ING PAPERAMA AND SALLY-ANN ZENKO MARRIEDA THAI ARMS SMESS

PART OF ETHAN'S BRAIN IS BIGGER

N YALLS... THAT'S WHY HE'S HOMOSEXUAL.....

FAMILY MEMBERS: FEELS COMPELLED To INTERJECT

GAY ISSUES AT EVERY CONVERSAT IONAL TURN FOR YOUR BENEFIT;

WHY ARE WE HERE

I DUNNO MAYBE IT'S AGENRE PHOTOSHOOT

6

DiMUENDO

EXIT

NO SMOKING..

་་་་་་་་་་ ་་་་་་་་་་་་ད、

HOSTILE ENERGY... PENT UP

་ད་ད་་་་་་་་་

FRUSTRATIONS.. CHIPS OF GNASHED TEETH. SHADOW IMAGES OF SOME COUSIN'S

COLICKY BABY... GASTRONOMIC AFTER SHOCKS

FROM A GREAT AUNTS NOODLE KOOGLE ECHOS OF FAMILY WIDE ARGUMENT OVER

HOW BEST TO AVOID AIRPORT TRAFFIC...

..TOO MANY BOURBONS ON THE RIDE

HOME...

CARRY ON BAG

GAUGE.

THIS BIG,

B

100000

No BIGGER. DISOBEY US AND

You'LL GET NO

HONEY MASTED

SMACKS

1992 By Eric Orner

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