22 GAY PEOPLE's ChronicLE

NOVEMBER 8, 1996

Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

false moderation

THE

FATEFUL VISIT DRAWS TO A CLOSE.

FINAL BOARDING FOR FLIGHT 1453...

WELL, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE CAR YOU BOUGHT RAFFI. AND, UH... FOR NOT PRESSURING ME ABOUT MOVING BACK TO SAN JUAN WITH HIM AFTER I SAID NO.

WE CAN'T FORCE YOU. IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME.

I'M NOT GONNA CHANGE MY MIND, MAMA. I TOLD

sí.sí.

YOU. CLARICE AND I ARE RAFFI'S FAMILY.

OKAY.

©1996 BY ALISON BECHDEL

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USAI

LISTEN, DON'T FORGET TO HAVE

YOUR FLUIDS CHECKED. THE OIL LIGHT SHOULDN'T BE FLICKERING LIKE THAT.

FLIGHT 1453

ADIÓS!

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THAT EVENING...

GOD, I'M SO GLAD THEY'RE GONE, PEACE AT LAST!

OW! RAFFL, THOSE WERE MY TOES YOU JUST RAN OVER!

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

FANK YOU?

NO. WHEN YOU HURT SOMEONE, YOU

SAY I'M SORRY.

YOU SAY THANK YOU" WHEN YOUR GRANDPARENTS BUY YOU!

AN OBSCENELY EXTRAVAGANT Toy AFTER I EXPRESSLY ASKED THEM NOT TO.

RALPH REED LOOKALIKE ONTEST AT

THE LAINA

LOUNGE

DON'T

YOU THINK THEY WERE ACTING KINDA STRANGE?

RRRRRRRRR

YOUR MOM AND DAD? I TRUST THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

NO, I MEAN WASN'T IT WEIRD HOW AFTER THAT INITIAL OUTBURST ABOUT RAISING RAFFI IN A 'REAL' FAMILY, THEY NEVER BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN? YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MINDS! REPUBLICANS ABANDON GAYBASHING STRATEGE OF '92 TO WIN MODERATE VOTERS

THEY FIGURE IF THEY ACT ALL NICE, THEY'LL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF FINALLY WINNING YOU OVER.

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

Vetting

the issue

SO YOU'RE AT THE VET BECAUSE THE CAT KEEPS HAVING HAIRBALL ATTACKS.

WELL THIS IS GONNA COSTA MINT. MAYBE NEXT TERM HILLARY WILL GIVE US HEALTH CARE FOR PETS.

IT'S JUST SO CREEPY. I'D RATHER

BE SPEWED AT. AT LEAST I'D KNOW WHERE

I STOOD.

SPEAKERS AT CONVENTION AVOID MENTION OF GAY ISSUES

YEAH, WELL. YOU CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY.

KONDLER, GENTLER G.Q.P., OR PERELY A CLEVER RUSE?

RRRRRRRRRRE

BLASTER

MEANWHILE... HI, MO. I REALLY ENJOYED

YOUR REVIEW OF CANDACE GINGRICH'S MEMOIR IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK." A PROFOUND AND DEEPLY RESONANT BILDUNGSROMAN." ABSOLUTELY. SAY, MICE SHIRT. DKNY ?

BY ERIC ORNER

AND YOU'RE CHEWING OVER THE PROS & CONSIDICULOUSLY, YOU'VE NEVER BOTHERED TO COROF GETTING BACK TOGETHER WITH DOUG. THIS HAS You So Preoccupied THAT YOU BARELY NOTICE & LUCY'S CARRYINGS-ON DURING THE CAR Ri&E OVER.

rect THE VET'S RECORDS."LUCY" IS FILED UNDER YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND LEO'S NAME. (HE BROUGHT HER FOR HER FIRST VISIT) THIS always CAUSESA LITTLE Scene WITH THE RECEPTIONIST...

CAN YOU IMAG ANE SOMEONE WHO diaN'T. BOTHERING

HOW DO I

KNOW THAT YOU REALLY OWN HER

I'LL BUZZ

THE DOCTOR.

ON THE ONE HAND, YOU SPENT LAST WEEKEND TO geTHER IN BED... ON THE

OTHER HAND, THERE MUST BE AN OTHER HAND,

LUCY, STARTLED BY A BOXER PUP, AS RUN OUT THE DOOR AND INTO THE PARKING LOT WHERE SHE IS HIDING UNDER A CAR & SPEWING KITTY INVECTIVE........

LAN

100%

ON SWELL.

IAMS IAMA

RECEPTIONIST IS TRYING TO COAX HER OUT WITH A BOWL OF fancy feast, WHICH LUCY WOULDN' EAT IF IT WAS THE LAST BOWL OF KITTY FOOD ON GOD'S GREEN PLANET.

HERE

PUSS PUSS THATS a-puss puss.YESHH, PWOBABWEE NEVER GETS GOOD FOOD WIKE DIS AT HOME., Nooo..

MAYBE YOU & DOUG WILL SPEND THE HOLIDAYS AT YOUR MOM'S...

HONEY OF COURSE DOUG CAN COME

MOAN

www.

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THOUGHT YOU STOPPED SEEING DOUG

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