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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

APRIL 18, 1997

Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

Underwhelmed

HI,

LOIS.

HEY! I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BOTH HOME. I THOUGHT I'D MAKE US A BIG HEAP OF FRENCH TOAST FOR SUPPER. WE NEVER EAT TOGETHER ANY MORE.

THANKS, BUT I'M JUST GONNA FINISH THESE LEFTOVERS AND GET TO WORK.

AND I JUST PHONED FOR THAI FOOD. Y'KNOW, YOU SHOULD EAT MORE VEGETABLES IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED. IT MIGHT HELP.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE VEGETABLES. I. FEEL LIKE FRENCH TOAST.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING? IS THE PROZAC MAKING A

DIFFERENCE?

I'M FINE. HOW'S YOUR DISSERTATION COMING? MAKING ANY PROGRESS?

I WAS

JUST TRY-

ING TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

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

WHAT'S HER PROB-

LEMP

HER PETITION FOR AN EXTENSION GOT DENIED TODAY. IF SHE DOESN'T FINISH IN A MONTH, SHE'LL BE PURSUING A DOCTOR OF FRYOLATOR DEGREE DOWN AT ROY ROGERS.

SLAM!

OPE BY ALISON BLU

LATER...

NEXT ON ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, HOT HOLLYWOOD HUNKS HOPPED UP ON HERDIN, AND MICHAEL JACK SON'S UROLOGIST TELLS ALL!

UH... LOIS? D'YOU REALLY HAVE TO

WATCH THAT RIGHT NOW? I'M TRYING TO WRITE A GRANT PROPOSAL HERE.

OH, EXCUSE ME. GOD FORBID MY LOWBROW AMUSEMENTS SHOULD DISRUPT YOUR VERY IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL HUMANKIND.

LOIS!

CONSIDERING I'M NOT GETTING A DEGREE OR SAVING THE WORLD, I'M JUST GRATEFUL YOU GUYS LET ME

PAY RENT HERE.

WHY DON'T YOU GO DO SOMETHING?

CALL

BABETTE!

A

SHE'S WORKING TONIGHT. ANYHOW, I THINK SHE'S GETTING TIRED OF ME.

WELL, MO, THEN. YOU'RE FRIENDS AGAIN, RIGHT? GO OVER TO HER PLACE.

AHH, SHE HAD TO GO SHOPPING FOR MEANWHILE, DOWNTOWN...

SOMETHING. BESIDES, ALL SHE CAN TALK ABOUT IS SYDNEY AND THE BIG FREAKING DATE THEY'RE HAVING THIS WEEKEND.

SIT HERE AND

I'LL JUST

WATCH JEOP-

ARDY WITH THE SOUND OFF.

CAN I HELP YOU,

DOLL?

UH... I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING OVER SIZE FIVE THAT'S NOT BEIGE. D'YOU HAVE THE STRING BIKINI IN

SIX, IN, UM... BLACK?

JOCIBY FIRE NICH UP DU OLD HEN

WT LUT

BULF

STRW THONG

MKINH AUT

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

HAT SISTERS IN

OUTER SPACE

with Ethan Green

God KNOWS YOU LOVE THE HATSISTERS, BUT SHARING SPACE STATION WITH THEM is WORKING YOUR NERVES.

000

OF COURSE 3 TIMES A Week You get To TALK TO YOUR LOVED ONES BY COMLINK. NASA CLAIMS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CONNECTION, BUT DOUG NEVER SEEMS TO HEAR YOU THAT WELL.

AFTER SPACE-PHONE sex

ARE YOU BEANG FAITHFUL?

OUR LIVING QUARTERS IS A VERİTİBLE BLIZZAR♣ OF THE ONE'S COSMETICS...

LCSOD

ETHAN,

HAVE YOU SEEN MAMA'S apriCOT FACIAL SCRUB?

BY ERIC ORNER WHILE THE OTHER KEEPS SURE THE VIEW'S PRETTY, BUT IT'S ALSO A CONSTANT UNHELPFULLY MISTAKING || REMINDER OF HOW MUCH YOU MISS DOWN THERE,WHILE THE DEEP-SLeeP-STASIS YOU TEND TO SOME REALLY DULL EXPERIMENTS UP HERE. UNIT FOR A TANNING BED.

OH SWELL..

JZ GUESS WE'LL SEE HER IN FIVE) Years

You Look WTENSE.I'LL FIX US A COCKTAIL

HEY MADAME CURIE, GIVE IT A REST FOR A WHILE..

WILL THE BITTY WHEAT STALK GROW & SEED? WE'LL KNOW

IN 60 DAYS!

LUCY is OBLIVIOUS TO THE MAGNIFICENT LONELINESS... AND YOU CAN JUST FORGET ABOUT MEETING ALIENS OF SPACE. LATELY SHE'S OBSESSED WITH A PEN CAP... UP HERE. 'CUZ MARY, WHEN GOD MADE "CUTE" HE WAS · THINKING RIO, NOT ALPHA CENTAURİ.

COOL.

ETHAN, AMBASSADOR THEN FROM NEBULA SIXIS HERE FOR A BRIEFING

ON YOUR WHEAT

EXPERIMENT.

OH GOD NOT THE JELLYFISH

4-1-97

SWEETHEART,

YOU'RE BREAKANG UP..WE'LL TALK FRIDAY... ..I LOVE You

Kiss THE

SISTERS FOR ME. ・CAR THE

CAR

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