GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

JUNE 7, 1996

Dykes To Watch Out For

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1996 BY ALISON BECHDEL

CLARICE MENTIONED ORDERING IN SOME CHINESE FOOD. MIND IF I CALL NOW? WE'RE STARVING!

WUF.

A TIP O' THE NIB TO DEB LASHMAN!

THANKS FOR

DOING THIS, CARLOS. WE SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE LAWYER BY EIGHT.

NO, 60 AHEAD. HERE'S THE MENU. ORDER ANYTHING THAT'S CIRCLED FOR CLARICE AND ME. UH.. WALL YOU EXCUSE ME A MINUTE?

ZIP!

HEY, DE NADA! I GOT A VERY EXCITING EVENING PLANNED. FIRST, A QUIET DINNER FOR TWO CHEZ COLONEL SANDERS...

CLARICE, WILL YOU GET OUT HERE? YOUR LAW SCHOOL CRONY AND HER STALLION ARE ORDERING DINNER. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HIRING THIS WOMAN TO REPRESENT US! SHE'S GOT THE SOCIAL SKILLS OF A RHINOCEROS.

...THEN ON TO BABY GAP WHERE WE'LL TRY ON OVERPRICED OUTFITS WE HAVE. NO INTENTION OF BUYING.

HON, RELAX! LATER... WHOOPS! THIS IS THE FORM FOR ANNULMENT! I WONDERED WHY THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF THE MARRIAGE HAD BEEN CONSUMMATED. CLARICE, IF YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT CRAB RANGOON, I KNOW BRUCE WOULD JUST LOVE SOME.

ALEXIS HAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED FAMILY LAW PRACTICE! SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING!

HI THERE. TONI? I'M ALEXIS. I HOPE YOU LIKE DOGS. BRUCE IS ALONE ALL DAY, SO I THOUGHT ID BRING HIM ALONG.

DOIT IN THEIR BRIEFS

OH... FINE.

IT'S OKAY, RAFFI.

HE'S, UH.. M.MOMMY? VERY SWEET.

IT'S JUST A... A PUPPY DOG. HE WON'T HURT YOU.

THIS THE ADOPTEE?

UH... YES. THIS IS RAF AEL. AND THIS IS OUR FRIEND CARLOS. CARLOS, THIS IS ALEXIS, THE

CHARMED CARLOS.

AANH!

HERE WE GO. NOW WHAT THESE PAPERS WILL SAY, TONI, IS THAT AS RAFFI'S ONLY LEGAL PARENT, YOU CONSENT TO CLARICE ADOPTING HIM WITHOUT GNING UP YOUR OWN PARENTAL RIGHTS.

IGNORE THIS

DUCK SAUCE ON PARAGRAPH TWO.

HERE'S A TRICKY QUESTION. "THE PETITIONER. THAT'S CLARICE... "IS RELATED TO THE PERSON TO BE ADOPTED AS FOLLOWS: STEPMOTHER, STEPFATHER, UNRELATED, OTHER RELATIONSHIP. "I'D SAY THIS IS PROBABLY A CASE OF "OTHER, WOULDN'T YOU?

SNIFF?

LAWYER WHO'S HAN-

DLING THE ADOPTION.

UM... ALEXIS? PAR

DON MY ASKING, BUT HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS BEFORE?

I THINK WELL BE OFF.

GOOD IDEA. BYE-BYE, PUMPKIN!

I LOVE YOU!

OH, SURE! I'VE DONE LOTS OF ADOPTIONS!

REALLY?

FOR LESBIANS?

NO, YOU'LL BE MY FIRST! ISN'T IT EXCITING?

LAWYERS

DO IT IN

THEIR BRIEFS

GARDEN

THE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL GUNTHER HAS TAKEN TO CRACKING UGLY JOKES HE'S NAME& HIS KS LESIONS. FIRST "SPOT, THEN "ROVER"&"BENJY"...

OK, LET'S SEE THESE NEW LESIONS..

SURE DOC."HERE SPOT, C'MON BOY, SAY HELLO TO THE DOCTOR."

FOR CHRISSAKES GUNTHER, JUST

ROLL UP YOUR Sleeve.

LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN..

MOST DAYS YOU FORGET HOW ABERRANT This

GUNTHER'S NOT

DOING WELL.

I DUNNO

LAST FEW WEEKS.

HEY, WAN'NA Do DINNER? MexicAN?

ALL is...

REALLY? Since WHEN?

UPT

By Eric ORner.

OTHER TIMES THE WRONGNESS IS PLAIN. YOU DEVOUR INFORMATION ABOUT &RUG COMBINATIONS, CLINICAL TRIALS, BABOON MARROW...

YEAH UNLESS TIM BCARLOS CRUISE ME IN THE SHOWER.

PEOPLE SEEM TO GET SICK IN WAVES..THIS OU RUN INTO AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE ON THE WEEK,THE TidE'S IN..

STREET AND REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE NOT LAid EYES ON HIM IN MONTHS. YOU'RE SWAMPE& WITH RELIEF THAT HE DidN'T DIE 8 OR 11 OR 16 MONTHS AGO, WHICH IS KIND OF SILLY GIVEN THAT A 2 HOUR BEFORE, YOU'& COMPLETLY FORGOTTEN HE EXISTE

HEY ETHAN! LONG TIME NO SEE!

GUNTHER'S BEEN GOING TO A SUPPORT GROUP. HE CALLS IT "AIDS CLASS" ONE EXERCISE is CALLED "UP AND OVER"

I RAISED MY HAND AN& SUGGESTED IT BE CALLED OVER &OUT" INSTEA&.

YOU'RE A DINK. GUNTHER.

C. Wesley Jackson, Jr. Ph. D. Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, ABPP

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