22 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE MARCH 21, 1997

Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

the EX factor

SYDNEY? WHAT ARE

YOU DONK HERE?

UM... I NEEDED TO TALK TO YOU. IN PRIVATE.

WHY? So YOU CAN KNOCK ME OUT OF MY CHAIR AND

KICK ME?

I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. CAN I COME IN? IT'S BELOW ZERO OUT HERE.

THIS IS VERY NICE. IS YOUR, UM... PARTNER HOME?

NO, BUT MY NEIGHBOR IS, AND SHE'LL BE HERE IN A SECOND WITH HER ROTTWEILER IF I START SCREAMING.

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OKAY, OKAY. I DE-

SERVE THAT.

No, you DESERVE MUCH WORSE.

1997 BY ALISON BECHDEL

LOOK, I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW I TREATED YOU BADLY WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER, AND I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU. I WAS FUCKED UP.

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WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS NOW? YOU'VE BEEN IN TOWN FOR A

YEAR.

I... I COULDN'T FACE WHAT A SCHMUCK I'D BEEN. BUT I'VE HAD AN EPIPHANY! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I FEEL REMORSE. I WANT TO ATONE FOR MY MISTAKES. I WANT TO REDEEM MYSELF!

THERE'S SOMETHING ODDLY FAMILIAR ABOUT THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE. THIS LITTLE RELIGIOUS FIT WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU TRYING TO GET INTO MO'S PANTS, WOULD IT?

ABSOLUTELY NOT! SHE HAS NO IDEA I'M HERE! AND DON'T TELL HER, EITHER. THIS IS BETWEEN YOU AND ME.

MEANWHILE,

EANWHILE, DOWN AT THE Y... HARRIET, HI! HEY, STRANGER! WHERE'VE I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU BEEN? I THOUGHT I'D YOU IN AGES! SEE YOU AT CLARICE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY LAST WEEK.

UH... CLARICE AND

I ARE SORT OF ON HIATUS LATELY.

ARE YOU AND LOIS "ON HIATUS" TOO? AND WHO'S THIS SYDNEY WOMAN YOU'VE TAKEN UP WITH?

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GOD! YOU KNOW SO MUCH, YOU TELL ME! EXCEPT I HAVEN'T TAKEN UP" WITH HER. THERE WAS FLIRTING, I ADMIT, BUT I DON'T REALLY TRUST HER.

MAYBE NOT, BUT SOME. THING'S UP. I REMEMBER THAT GLAZED EXPRESSION FROM WHEN WE WERE FIRST GOING OUT. EVEN TUALLY I REALIZED IT WASN'T STUPIDITY, JUST LUST.

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

IT'S RAINING Weather MEN

ART OF YOUR NEW JOB AT CHANNEL 12 INVOLVES USING THE STATION'S SOPH¡STICATED METEOR LOGICAL EQUIPMENT TO WORK UP MONTY POOLE'S DAILY FORECAST..

WEATHER

SERVICE

PHONE #

TELEPHONE

Your job is MADE MORE DIFFICULT BY CASSANDRA, WHO WORKS IN SPORTS, AND IS APPARENTLY SOME SORT OF OFFICE SUPPLIES SURVIVALIST, HOARDING STAPLERS AND PENS AND XEROX TONER, AND PASTING HER "CASSIE" LABEL ON EVERYTHING WITHIN HER DOMINION.

THEY ALL WANT MY STUFF..

THE STATION HAS OPTED FOR A LEMONADE-FROMLEMONS APPROACH TO THE FACT THAT HIS FORECAST is NEVER RIGHT...

GET IT WRONG MONTY

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MONTY SPENDS HIS DAYS 25 MINUTES FROM THE STATION IN HIS HUGE SUBURBAN RANCH PLAYING COMPUTER BACKGAMMON OVER THE INTERNET WITH HIS WEATHERMEN GİRLFRIENds.

GARY GREENWAY

in VANCOUVER.

BY ERIC ORNER

WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED YOUR COPY YOU GIVE IT TO JAY, WHO CONVERTS IT INTO TRADE MARK MONTYSPEAK.

CLAMMY

at 3PM You Pick Him UP AND BRING HIM BACK TO THE STATION. HE'S EATHER PILLY OR EXPANSIVE, DEPEND" ING ON HOW HIS GAME WENT.. ||

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IN YIDDISH) Tomorrow THE WEATHER WILL BE Exalack (DISGUSTING)../ BUT IF YOU SAVENKEN (6ARGLE) WITH X"mabel (GARLIC) YOU WON'T GET Kaank (Sick)

MOST DAYS YOU EAT LUNCH WITH JAY, WHOSE KINDNESS PREVENTS HIM FROM TELLING You How RIDICULOUS HE THINKS YOUR PROBLEMS ARE.

SO I DON'T THINK DOUG LOVES ME ENOUGH

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