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20 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE SEPTEMBER 12, 1997

Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

the mythology

everyday life

OUR

HEROINE

RETURNS

HOME

FROM

HER LABORS.

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YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN PARBOILED,

SWEETHEART.

UNH. OUR AIR CONDITIONER DIED, AND THE ONLY THING I HAD TIME TO EAT ALL DAY WAS A SNO-CONE.

HI, MEEMA.

OH, CLARICE. I HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT DINNER YET! WE JUST GOT BACK FROM THE MOVIES.

HERCULES.

IN DIGITAL STEREO AIR CONDITIONING

HOW NICE FOR YOU. IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT I DID TODAY, I WON AN INJUNCTION AGAINST A NITRIC ACID PLANT, THEN I FAILED TO PREVENT 300 ACRES OF WETLANDS FROM BEING TURNED INTO A LANDFILL, THEN MY CASE AGAINST A PESTICIDE COMPANY GOT DISMISSED ON PROCEDURAL GROUNDS, A

TMAS

MEEMA! IN DA MOVIE, HEWKUWEES, HE, HE, HE CUT OFF DA MONSTOW's HEAD AN DEN IT GWEW MOW HEADS!.

IT GREW MORE HEADS? HUH. THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH IN THREE MILLENNIA.

HEY, THAT BEER LOOKS GOOD.

OKAY. HERE'S A THOUGHT. MAY. BE IF I GO OUT AND COME BACK IN, YOU'LL TELL ME YOU FOUND A JOB TODAY, THERE'LL BE SOMETHING TO EAT, AND STANLEY KOWALSKI HERE WILL BE GONE.

CLARICE, I'M SORRY YOU HAD

A BAD DAY, BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RUDE.

I SHOULD BE GOING ANYWAY. BLANCHE AND STELLA WILL BE WANTING THEIR

DINNER.

PIZZA

AN' MEEMA, DERE WAS DIS GUY DEUCE.

DEUCE?

ZEUS, RAFFI.

YEAH. I WIKED HIM. HE HAD A BIG BEARD AN' HE WAS HEWKUWEESES FATHOW.

HIS FATHER?

YEAH. CAN I HAVE A FATHOW?

HONESTLY ETHEL by John D. Anderson

HOW'S YOUR

INJURY?

BETTER. SLIGHTLY

BETTER. I'M STILL IN GREAT PAIN, BUT IT'S NOT AS DEBILITAT TING AS IT ONCE WAS.

LET ME SEE HOW IT'S

OKAY.

DOING.

OOPS.

SWEETIE, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. HOW ABOUT SOME NICE, COLD APPLE JUICE?

I AM DEFINITELY LEAVING. ENJOY THIS PRECIOUS FAMILY MOMENT.

UM... WELL, YOU SEE, RAFFI... WHEN MOMMY AND I DECIDED WE WANTED YOU, WE... UH...WENT TO A PLACE CALLED THE SPERM BANK...

SLAM!

CLARICE, RELAX! NO, RAFFI, YOU CAN'T HAVE A FATHER. YOU HAVE Two MOTHERS.

DEN CAN I HAVE A GIANT DOG WIF THWEE HEADS WIKE IN DA MOVIE?

A DOG? OKAY!

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NICE WORK, COUNSELOR. ARE YOU THIS COOL-HEADED IN COURT?

WELL, I CERTAINLY HOPE IT DOESN'T

SCAR.

PLEASE! DON'T USE THAT FOUR-LETTER WORD IN THIS

KISS

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