26 GAY PEOPLE's ChronICLE OCTOBER 25, 1996
Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel
The Line
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ESTRANGED FROM HER TWO CLOSEST FRIENDS, MO
FINDS HER SOCIAL LIFE SADLY CIRCUMSCRIBED.
GVGL
THE 7
HABITS OF
HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
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AMAZING! THAT RESOLUTE GAZE, THAT FIRMLY-SET JAW! YOU LOOK LESS INEFFECTUAL ALREADY!
7 HABITS
OF BALD
MOTIVA TIONAL
1996 BY ALISON BECHDEL
FROM WHAT
MY SOURCES TELL ME, THAT'S YOUR
BEAT.
WHAT DO YOUR "SOURCES*
TELL YOU?
OH, JUST THAT NEITHER LOIS NOR YOUR FRIEND CLARICE IS SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A RIGID, SELFRIGHTEOUS PRIG
IS THAT RIGHT? WELL IF I HAD A SUPERIORITY COMPLEX THE SIZE OF YOURS, I WOULDN'T THROW STONES.
2970
SOUNDS
LIKE MY SOURCES WERE RIGHT.
DO YOU
HELLO.
KNOW WHY PEOPLE
SYDNEY.
READ SELF-IMPROVE MENT BOOKS?
OH, RAPTURE! YOU'RE GOING
TO TELL ME
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ACCEPT THAT REAL CHANGE IS FUTILE! HOPELESS!NON POSSUMUS! READ ALL THE BOOKS YOU WANT, YOU'LL STILL BE THE SAME WEAK-WILLED WRETCH TILL THE DAY YOU DIE!
HABITS
YOU
SYDNEY, IF DON'T LIKE MY PERSONALITY, FEEL FREE TO GO PESTER SOMEONE ELSE.
BUT THAT'S JUST IT! I DO LIKE YOUR PERSONALITY, MO! I ADMIRE YOU FOR PUTTING PRINCIPLES BEFORE PEOPLEPLEASING.)
WELL! AS LONG AS YOU ADMIRE ME, WHAT DO I NEED WITH FRIENDS?
SEE? YOU'RE CRUSTY. THAT'S GOOD. BUT I BET PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND YOU A LOT.
HEY!
WELL...
WHAT A ·SCAM. I SHOULD WRITE ONE OF THESE THINGS.
YEAH."HOW
TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ANTAGONIZE PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON, MO. YOU'RE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!
THANKS, SYDNEY, BUT YOU MAKE
A REALLY GHOULISH MISTER RODGERS.
HUH. HAS SHE ALWAYS HAD SUCH LONG FINGERS?
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
BY ERIC ORNER
ONE DAY RECENTLY HE ASKS YOU TO MEET HIM FOR COFFEE. You SPOT HIM AT A CORNER TABLE. HE LOOKS
ethan&doug YOUR PHONE RINGS. IT'S
in
Take Two
YOUR "EX", DOUG.
I WAS
ABOUT TO GET TOGETHER WITH A COUPLE OF FRIENDS,
BUT I CAN RESCHEDULE.
(art film)
NICE. YOU CAN SMELL THE SOAP HE SHOWERS WITH.
M
You PROCEED WITH CAUTION...
I MISS YOU. SPENDING TIME, WITH YOU WHEN GUNTHER WAS Sick MADE ME THINK. HARD. I LOVE YOU. I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I WANT US TO BE TOGETHER.
ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? TONIGHT? THIS WEEKEND? THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE?
MY THis is STARTLING!
SNORE
SHORE
EHEM. WE SAID, "MY. THIS iS STARTLING...
THAT'S WHAT I HEARI
REALLY! U
WATH DOUG
AT THE
h...
COFFEE
SHOPP
NO
You'd CONFER WITH YOUR FRIENDS, BUT, IRRITATINGLY, THEY ALL SEEM TO BE IGNORING THEIR "CALL WAITING" PERHAPS MADAME ZOLNA, YOUR THERAPIST, MIGHT SHED SOME Light ON WHAT YOU SHOULD DO NEXT.
TELL ME AGAIN, HOW MUCH DOES
THIS DOUG
EARN ANNUALLY, AFTER TAXESP
田田
THOMAS J. RANKIN
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