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Monday • January 23, 1995 Stick AND NOU... A NEW AND exciting, adventure; STARRING THIS MAX BE THE MOST Boeing, cartooki sntip EveR , Nothing Exciting Ever hArPENs.— ~u~ J&kt AT S "TOONS By Alvaro The Inkwell The Battalion • Page 9 XM GOING. TO TAKE You to the Planet beer don't to resist U tOT/W XM QUIT INC L x\v%^ v Wy?' r"''! c-y ",.7” BEEK? LIKE IN THE DRUsIK? YES'. OUR ENTIRE PLANET IS made OUT OF BEER. Advlm ijrls in Ac;«iiii^4i\ T i) U\ s<5 Sk©tl(sh HOWPV AGS. TODAY I’D UKETO &HOW VDO A D^Y lig mt uf! .THIS s T-OON IS A LITTL-E ''VoRPS-RELWED.Btrr I DOMT think xtil Be -TOO HARP TO follow what-S going on. BY 6' 10 AT LE-AST WE’RE OFF AND RUNNING AMD WAKING l/PALL OF THE ON-CAMPUS PEOPLE WITH OUR '^SlNGING-CHANT-KlNDA THING'* WE CAU.'TODYlNG'; JL-IUUULIUULJ “irrnnnnnno --Then .After FoRr-umoN, we ALu Head into the chow HALL FOR A PEi-ICIOUS BREAKFAST. • . • WE USUALLY WAKE UP,.SAY Around S-S5 Am. AND we get Reapy to go running by about £ 05. UP IN THL MORNING. 6ARLV. I DON’T LIKE ^XT, . - -NO VYAy... J.J ..AND THEN , X BRAVELY VENTURE INTO THE. CHOW HALL AGAIN IN HOPES OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEALS OR AT LEAST SOMETHING EPI&LE. ...Next, x oo off to all my afternoon classes trying to STAY attentive WHILE X FEND OFF THE INEVITABLE^AFTER- LDNCH'* NAP. AFTER DINNER,XT'S BACK TO STUDYING AND TRYING TO GET ALL THAT HOMEWORK DONE THAT X’D PUT OFF UNTIL. THE LAST POSSIBLE MINUTE. BEFORE BEDTIME, T HURRIEDLY COME UP with A FEW CARTOONS, USUALLY DEBATING OVER.. ...WHICH PUNCHLINE TO ACTUALLY USE SO THAT I VAJN’T ACCIDENTALLY* UPSET HALF OF THE UNIVERSITY THE WAY X DID ON A FEW OCCASIONS LAST SEMESTER. T he new year brings new CHANGES-. • AND SINCE r REA LI 2. E THAT MOST OF YOUR LIVES Do NOT NECESSARILY DEVOLVE AROUND TH/S COMIC STRIP, X HAVE DECIDED TO EXPLAIN SOME OF ITS NEW AMENDMENTS.. . FIRST OF ALL, THE NAME HAS BEEN SWITCHED. IF SYNDICATION is even Remotely in my future, I FIGURED THE ’TOON SHOULD HAVE A LESS "CHEBSIER" >VAME.(r ONLY MET ONE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY GOT" THE AMBIGUOUS TITLE LAST SEMESTER--OR COULD REMEMBER. IT, FOR THAT MATTER.)SO, I CON- SE QUENTLY RACKED MY RRAIISI FDR A NEW AND IMPROVED NAME OVER THE HOLIDAYS. I Started out with "this" Cas in '"Look at thus," or "did YOU read this today?',' or-this REALLY sucks/"), Sut that idea FLOPPED. NEXT came ■fc-?® 3 /," WHERE HEY,DOUG/ ANYONE^ THE BAStARd' By Quatro YOU’D HAVE TOTHINK UP YOUR ow/sj f ISN’T THIS COOU, CURSE-WORP TITLE CAS IN:''**?(?!.. . ClARRY 7 EVERYONE XT REALLY SUCKS !"), BUT THAT t OCKC(- ot FACELIFT > A nose-d/ve as well.then X Con- ot a facelift. TVRED UP ''FROM BAD TO WORSE," SOT, AGAIN, THE IDEA COT CANNED Because THERE ALREADY exists a syndicated Strip called "for Better or worse." damn. finally, the tldea suddenly CAME TO ME , AS MOST THINGS DO Ci£., CARTOON ideas, exam answers^ CHILD SUPPORT CLAIMS, ETC-.') "SKETCHY IT HAD THE AMBIGUITY, THE EON CISENESS, AND, MOST IM PORTANT L—Y, THE COMMERCIAL appeal (which equals syndica tion , FOLKS) for which I WAS SEARCHING. EUREKA' ADDITI ONALLY, YOU MIGHT HAVE Also noticed an improvement in THE WAY the CHARACTERS ARE drawn. New noses And better looking mouths were handed OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION AND TH&R MAILBOXES FULL OF POTENTIAL LAWSUITS... WE WANT TO IMAKf YOU L-AUGH,YA NATCH (A B4YCHKK HELPS, TOO/) * SO, NOW THAT I'VE WASTED roughly three minutes of YOUR T/ME WITH INSIGNIFICANT' OUT TO EVERYONE. AMD .PERSONALLY, Xl BBERIS H , PLEASE DO THE OTHER I THINK LARRY'S NEW, OPTIONAL SUNGLASSES ABSOLUTELY RULE ■ SO NO MORE CRACKS ABOUT ME STEALING him from foxtrot... HOWEVER, I STILL HAVE NUMEROUS BACKLOGGED cartoons which have yet to be printed, SO YOU'LL probably be seeing SOME OF MY OLDER WORK SPRINK- DRAWING AID , XT'S AN INSPIRATION! P.5.: WHITE-OUT... led IN here and there through- it's more than a OUT THE SEMESTER XI DOUBT THAT YOU WOULD REDO ENTIRE CARTOONS EITHER-■ - DEAL WITH XT.) All IN All, I HOPE THESE CHANGES TURN OUT TO SE GOOD FOR THE STRIP, AND, MORE IM PORTANTLY, EOR YOU , THE READER. After all , cartoonists want more than crust a daily dose cartoonists and me a favor THIS SEMESTER... BUST YOUR BUTT TO GET YOUR HANDS ON A BAYt AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN IN ORD^R. TO READ OUR LITTLE CREATIONS. WE'RE NOT TOO PROUD TO 8EG". HELL, THEY'RE FREE! GIG ’EM THANKS, QaacJu-uk I* Ribald royal revelations still continue in British tabloids Hired help helping themselves to royalties from personal accounts of royal family secrets LONDON (AP) — Last week end, Prince Charles’ valet made embarrassing headlines about the royal love life. Now it’s Charles’ and Diana’s former housekeeper taking tidbits to the tabloids. Charles and Diana weren’t the only royals starring in Sunday’s newspapers: The Duchess of York described her love life with es tranged husband Prince Andrew as a failure, according to a former colleague ousted from her job. Respect for royal privacy has crumbled since the formal sepa ration of Charles and Diana in December 1992, as witnessed by a spate of tell-all books and a steady stream of news reports. On Jan. 15, the News of the World quoted Charles’ valet, Ken Stronach, as saying the prince neutralized the personal security system in his bedroom at his country estate when his longtime friend Camilla Parker Bowles stayed overnight so she could sneak in. Stronach, who was suspend ed, admitted taking pictures of Charles’ bedroom. But he denied “the majority” of the other alle gations in the paper. This weekend, the News of the World said Wendy Berry, former housekeeper at the Highgrove es tate where Charles and Diana lived, wants to turn her nine-year diary into “a scandal-filled book — on offer to the highest bidder.” Berry lost her job when Charles cut back on staff after the marriage broke up. Without saying how it acquired them, the newspaper quoted what it said were excerpts from the diary about Di ana’s relationship with former army Capt. James Hewitt and Charles’ with Mrs. Parker Bowles, who divorced her husband last week. Hewitt claimed in a book last who worked at Highgrove from 1985 until 1993, was quoted as saying the princess’ riding in structor would stay at the estate when Charles was away. Once, Diana’s bed appeared “virtually untouched,” while He witt’s “looked like a battlefield,” Berry was quoted as writing. Charles stopped talking about his desire to be king two years ago, Swiss ski instructor Bruno Sprecher was quoted in the Sun day Express as saying. “Now he never mentions it. He feels he will never take the throne.” The Sunday Mirror quoted Theo Ellert, who co-founded the Children in Crisis charity with the Duchess of York, as saying - the duchess would not rekindle her marriage to Prince Andrew. The couple separated in March 1992. ‘T think she felt she could, never go to bed with him again, ’, that their sex life had not been good from the beginning and couldn’t be saved now,” Mrs. Ellert was quoted as saying. j Mrs. Ellert, who was ousted • as chief executive of the charity, ‘ said the duchess told her that her American financial adviser, John Bryan, was a “very good” lover, the paper said. "Once, Diana's bed appeared 'virtually untouched' while He witt's 'looked like a battlefield.'" — Wendy Berry, former housekeeper year that he had a five-year af fair with the princess. Berry, January 27-28,1995 8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium "Carmina Burana" January 27. 1995 " The Four Seasons" T January 28, 1995 he Ballet Theatre de Bordeaux continues to fulfill its reputation as a world-class dance company with its unique background and artistic ideology. Now, YOU can see the company's stunning interpretations of Carmina Burana on Friday or The Four Seasons on Saturday with these special TEXAS EXCLUSIVE opas22 Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box Office-TAMU, or charge by phone at 845-1234 Persons with disabilities please cell 845-1515 to Inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior tc o assist you to the best of our ability. Join us for a special French buffet before Saturday's performance of “The Four Seasons.” Call 845-1118 for reservations. Also on Friday and Saturday, be sure to attend the Patricia S. 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