26 GAY PEOPLE's ChronICLE OCTOBER 25, 1996

Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

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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

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田田

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