GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE February 9, 1996

Dykes To Watch Out For

DOUBLE NEGATIVE

NO!

BOOTS

NOW!

OH, MAN. IT'S ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS. WHO WAS ON THE PHONE?

229

UNLUCKY

IN LOVE

YET AGAIN,

MO SEEKS SOLACE WITH GINGER AND SYDNEY,

THE NEW ASSISTANT PROFESSOR.

CARMEN SHE SAYS MY MOM THREW OUT THE PFLAG STUFF I SENT.

YOU SHOULD BE RE-

LIEVED, MO. THE "POET" WOULD'VE PUT YOU THROUGH HELL.

D'YOU ALWAYS CHOOSE SUCH

NAPPROPRIATE AFFECTIONAL OBJECTS?

OH, TONI. I'M SORRY.

EXCUSE

ME?

HONEY, I KNOW YOU'RE CRAZED WITH WORK, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME TO APPLY FOR SECONDPARENT ADOPTION. I WANT RAFFI TO HAVE A LEGALLY PROTECTED FAMILY.

BOOTS!

GINGER, PERHAPS MO'S MISDIRECTED INFATUATIONS AND YOUR INABILITY TO FINISH YOUR DISSERTATION STEM FROM A SIMILAR SENSE OF INFERIORITY. YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE UNWORTHY OF SUCCESS, THEREFORE YOU ENGINEER FAILURE!

RAFFI, NO BOOTS SLEEP!

SYDNEY, HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD YOU YOU'RE

FULL OF

SHIT?

}}}

YES. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY KNOW I'M

RIGHT.

HEY! THIS MALAYSIAN SUPREMO TASTES LIKE IT) BEEN PERCOLATING ALL THE WAY FROM KUALA LUMPUR. COULD I GET SOME FRESH BREWED?

GINGER, WHAT IS UP WITH THIS BABE? SHE'S UNBEARABLE!

AVAL

OH, YOU KNOW HER TYPE MEANWHILE... RAFFI, COME

SHE JUST LIKES 10

PROVOKE. IF YOU WANT TO SHUT HER UP, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS AGREE WITH HER.

No!

NO WANNOO Go To SWEEP! WANNOO PUT BOOTS ON!

ON! NO MORE FOOLING AROUND. YOU CAN'T WEAR YOUR BOOTS TO BED

NOW LIE DOWN!

HEY, LET'S NOT TURN THIS INTO A SHOWDOWN. IT'S OKAY TO GO ALONG WITH HIM ON THE LITTLE THINGS. IT SHOWS WE RESPECT HIS IDEAS.

NO BOOTS! NICE PARENTING

HUNGWY! WANNA BANAMA,

NOW!

SKILLS, TONE. IT'S A GOOD THING WE'RE NOT APPLYING FOR FIRST PARENT ADOPTION.

WHAT A GODFORSAKEN TOWN. NO POTABLE COFFEE! NO DECENT NEWSPAPER, NO ORIGINAL THINKING...

YEP! IT'S JUST ONE BIG OLE CULTURAL WASTELAND!

YOU AGREE WITH ME, YET YOU CHOOSE TO STAY? HOW INTERESTING! SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER WAY OF SABOTAGING YOURSELF! I KNOW IT'S SO EIGHTIES, BUT HAVE YOU TRIED THERAPY?

I'LL GET

YOUR

BOOTS

RAFFI

THE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN.

GUILELESSLY... AND THEN, IT HITS YOU..

DRUDGING THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIDNOW WHAT'S ALL that ABOUT ?" YOU WONDER, FEBRUARY, YOU HAPPEN TO NOTICE YOUR FLORIST GIGGLING MANIACALLY AND PALMING & PAIR OF PLANE TICKETS TO ST. BARTHS.

FLOWERS

об

By Eric ORner.

VALENTINES DAY.

IT'S BACK. IT'S UHGLY. IT'S GONNA EAT YOUR SELF ESTEEM FOR LUNCH AND SPIT IT BACK UP ALL OVER YOUR NEW GEORGIA BOOTS..

WHOOPS. SORRY CHIER

ME AN ALL THE OTHER CUPIDS DID SHOTS OF GOLDSCHLEGAR LAST NIGHT

HEY, TOUGH LUCK ABOUT YOU BEING PERPETUALLY SIN-

GLE AN ALL-HAVE YOU CONSIDERED A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CUPID'S RELIEF FUND?

GREEDY HALLMARK EXECUTIVES, FRIENDS WHO SEND THEIR MOMS MORE EXPENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS THAN YOUDO, GIANT CANDY HEARTS SPORTING DATED SAL UTATIONS, all, CHASE YOU DOWN YOUR STREET.

YOU'RE GROOVY

YOU GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE. YOU'RE RACING TO THE AIRPORT. ALL AROUND YOU HAPPY LOVING COUPLES ARE EXCHANGING FAT-FREE CHOCOLATES...

H BETH.

LOVE YOU

WELL

I LOVE

YOU, RONN.

AND

AND I LOVE YOU LIZA

I. YOU, Todd.

OH WE'RE

YOU BOARD A PLANE TO A FARAWAY HIMALAYAN KINGDOM. ONE IN WHICH THEY NEVER EVEN HEARD OF VALENTINES DAY. ONLY YOU GET IT WRONG...OH SO DREA&FULLY WRONG...

ALL SO

www.

IN LOVE.

INN

LOVE

LOVE.

NO NO, IT'S BHUTAN THAT DOESN'T CELEBRATE VALENTINES

DAY...

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