10 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRoNiCLE JANUARY 23, 1998

Dykes ToWatch Out For by Alison Bechdel

the long goodbye

ALBERTA! BRING ME SOME OF THAT PORK GOULASH YOU ALL HAD FOR DINNER.

UH...OKAY, MAMA!

SWEE HOME

YOU KNOW, ALBERTA... I MEAN JEZANNA. THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE TO BE CALLED, ISN'T IT? I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER TOLD YOU HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU.

WHOA, MAMA! I

THINK YOU'RE HAVING A WEIRD REACTION TO THE MORPHINE.

AND TAKE IT EASY ON THE GOULASH. YOU HAVEN'T EATEN IN WEEKS!

LORD KNOWS I'VE BEEN HARD ON YOU, GIRL. BUT THIS WORLD IS A HARD PLACE. I DIDN'T WANT YOU GROWING UP A FOOL, OR WORSE.

AND I

DID RIGHT. LOOK AT YOU. YOU'RE A DAMN FINE DAUGHTER, EVEN IF

YOU ARE A BULLDAGGER.

1997 BY ALISON BECHDEL

XENA

POOF!

MAMA?

YES,

MAMA!

NOW GET ME SOME TABASCO SAUCE.

MAM!

MEANWHILE... SWEETIE, MOMMY HAS

THAT TO YOU YESTER-

MAMA.

MOMMEEE!

TO GO TO HER NEW JOB NOW, I EXPLAINED

DAY WHEN WE VISITED THIS NICE PLACE.

DON'T GOOOO!

YOU'RE A BIG BOY, RAFF!! BIG BOY'S GO TO SCHOOL. CARLOS WILL PICK YOU UP AT LUNCHTIME.

TOVAH

ETHAN

RAFF!! WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY WITH THE BEETLEBORGS?

SAM WILLOW

DON'T WORRY.

NOOOO! HE'LL BE FINE IN

FIVE MINUTES.

RAINBOW

IT'S NOT HIM I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

THE MOSTLY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN

Le Village Revisité

So you are

moping at home after an

argument with Doug about moving in together, when, a voice you hadn't expected to hear surprises

you.

You aren't sleeping with him. You're not even attracted to him anymore, which allows you to relax and enjoy his company.

So.. How WAS JAIL?

WHY? WAS IT?

Are You ASKING

WAS IT LIKE SOME FALCON VIDEO?

Non.

ip

Apparently the Mounties

have let Etienne out of prison.

PRISON

ALOP

ETHAN

The opening is nice. Marvelous food, musicians, painters, people with day jobs

who "write". A guy on the balcony talking up separation.

He admits to having behaved unpleasantly last year, and offers to make it up to you by inviting you to the reopening of his Outremont bistro.

CAFE ETIENNE

Saint-Ur

Leeza, his faghag, is all-of-asudden your best pal. She says she's going to be in "your neck of the woods next month". You're a little drunk, and offer to put her up when she comes.

E

BY ERIC ORNER

Well, Doug's on a fishing trip with his dad, and its not like you've gotta datebook full of engagements for the weekend. God knows you love Montreal. What the hell, you accept.

So?

DO YOU THINK I SHOULD GET A PLACE WITH ETHAN..

HELL DOUGIE WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING.. I DO LIKE ETHAN. THO REMINDS ME A biT OF YOUR MOM.cf BET HE HATES BAITING HIS OWN HOOK..

She and he certainly are conspiratorial. Its nice that you couldn't care less what about, anymore...

Later..

DiD He AGREE TO LET You STAY WITH

HAMP

OF Course

excellent excellent

ericsorner@aol.com

Tobe Continued

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