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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

JANUARY 10, 1997

Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

The Trouble With Sydney

1996 BY ALISON BECHDEL

WE WERE LOVERS OUR LAST SEMESTER AT SANTA CRUZ. THEN WHEN SYDNEY WENT TO GRAD SCHOOL, I FOLLOWED HER EAST. GOD, WE LIVED IN THE NASTIEST UTTLE APARTMENT.... OFFICE

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HI, BABE. I HAFTA EAT AND RUN. GOT AN IMPORTANT LECTURE TONIGHT. HOW WAS THE COPY SHOP?

I DIDN'T GO TO WORK. I HAD THAT APPOINTMENT AT THE CLINIC, REMEMBER?

|CASSEL-

BERRY

DUPREL

THE

NORMAL HEART

WHAT AN ASSHOLE!

YEAH. NOT EXACTLY SUPPORTIVE. BUT...

YEAH, WELL.

LOOK, THIS JUST ISN'T

WE'VE ALL DONE AWFUL

WHEN SHE FINALLY

WORKING. YOU DON'T

THINGS. SHE WAS YOUNG!

SHOWED

CHALLENGE ME ENOUGH, I'M MOVING OUT.

WH... WHERE WILL YOU GO?

IT WAS A SHOCK!

UP...

OFFICE

OH, RIGHT. DID THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

YEAH.

I HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.

RIGHT.

AND I HAVE

BUBONIC

PLAGUE.

NO, I'M SERIOUS. This IS FOR REAL. I'VE BEEN SUSPICIOUS FOR A WHILE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU TILL I KNEW FOR SURE.

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS! ISN'T THAT SOME KIND OF DEGENERATIVE THING? LIKE WHERE YOU END UP PARALYZED JN A WHEELCHAIR?

NIB TO LINNGA STENSON!

http://www.visi.com/~oprairie/

WELL, NO... NOT

NECESSARILY. THEY GAVE ME A BUNCH OF INFORMATION...

SHE DIDN'T COME HOME THAT NIGHT.

I'M GONNA STAY WITH MADELEINE

FOR A WHILE.

MADELEINE?!

THE VISITING COMP LIT PROFESSOR?

TURNS OUT THEY'D

BEEN THEORIZING SUH-LEAZE-BALL!

TOGETHER SINCE

MY FIRST SYMP

TOMS SHOWED UP.

... AND IN HERE IS MY DILIGENT STAFF. HOPELESS WORKAHOLICS, AS YOU CAN SEE. EVERYONE, MEET OUR NEW INTERN, ANJALI.

GREAT. I'LL LOOK AT IT LATER. I GOTTA GONOW OR I'LL BE LATE FOR "CIXOUS'S MEDUSA: (G)ORGON |ZATION/CASTRATION OF THE PHALLIC ECONOMY."

OH, WOW. I AM TRIPPING OUT THAT I ACTUALLY GET TO WORK HERE!

BEING CONSTANTLY SURROUNDED THAT REMINDS BY BOOKS! BRINGING IDEAS, ME, LOIS. THE POEMS, AND MANFESICES TO THE LUBE SHIPMENT WORLD? HOW CAN YOU STAND IT?! JUST CAME IN.

SHE JUST ABANDONED YOU? SCARED AND SICK IN A STRANGE CITY?? I CAN'T GO OUT WITH THIS WOMAN!

OH, WE MANAGE SOME-

HOW.

HONESTLY ETHEL by John D. Anderson

EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU HELP ME FIND THIS BOOK?

SURE. THAT'LL BE ON AISLE 4.

AISLE 4? AISLE 4? WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO GET TO AISLE 4? AND WHERE SHOULD I LOOK WHEN I GET THERE? ALPHABETICALLY? BY AUTHOR? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

MAYBE I DON'T NEED A BOOK ANYWAY. DO YOU THINK A PERSON COULD READ TOO MUCH? DO YOU THINK IT COULD STRAIN MY EYES? HOW DO YOU THINK I'D LOOK IN GLASSES?

THAT'S THE BOOK! OVERCOMING CO-DEPENDENCE. HOW MUCH IS THAT?

TAKE IT. IT'S ON

THE

HOUSE.

D

鳳回

THOMAS J. RANKIN

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