The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1991 Page: 5 of 16
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THE RICE THRESHER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1991 5
BY G.B. TRUDEAU
NO, REALLY, WE'RE PO-
IN6 FINE, JOANI&. NOT
UKF BEFORE, BUT OKAY.
I'VE BEEN PICKING UP
A LITTLE FREE-LANCE
WORK, 50 THAT'S HELPEP..
/
ANP WORKING A T
HOME 15 A PLUS
WITH THE PLACE ALL
TO MYSELF, I CAN
GET A LOT PONE.
/
IM REALLY
AN ARTIST,
YOU KNOW...
POESTHAT
MEAN WE'RE
LOST*
OH, SHE
WORKS
LATE NOW.
PAUGHTERHAS
WHFRE.S
1
really?
what pops
she think
of your
job?
5ef, i'm not really a
cabbie. i'm a perform
ance artist. this is just
temporary, until my hus
banp gets another job
i see. po
you have any
children?
yeah
i've got
a little
girl
my job?
um„
lxcuse me, but
who threw her.
own game boy
out the winpouj2
mm
(S)&//l<uc&c
you're a
performance
artist? what
is perform-
ance artany-
way? i've al-
mjay5 wonperfp.
people topay, they pont know
from CRAPOLA! i mean,
you bust your buns all pay
anp then you 6et jerked
arounp lire this! what's it
6et you? it just makes you
SICK, mares you want to pure
your OUTS out, THAT'S WHAT!
IaJHAT, you a
MORON or
something?
you jerkin'
my chain,
lapy?
um
what
just
hap
penep2
perform-® mom,
ance i you're
art. you 1 getting
askep. i we peer
mmm
to be honest with you, I
still can't beueve im hack-
ing. I mean, only two
years ago, my career
was on a roll '
I pont mean to sound like
a mipple-class whiner, but
the opporjunh/es just
aren't there.anymore-. this
country has kickfp us in the
teeth' there's a LOT of
pain out tfierf/
1H . SORR)
I 7H0U6H
ruU WERE
57/7PER
FORM'NO.
YOU GO '
A PROBLEM *
LAP) ?
ANY
BREAK-
THROUGHS?
/
POSSIBLY.
1UNEP
UPANOTHER
JOB INTER-
VIEW FOR
\
hey,
that's
great...
the bap
news is that
the rent's
pue. how'p
you makb
YOU'LL HAVE
TO CHECK
WITH MY
ACCOUNTANT.
alex?
pip mommy
make lots
of money
topay?
two
million
bucks.
its all
there.
i
trust
you\
honey
of
course,
that's
pre-tax.
2
soi wa5nt technicallyiaip
off. i mean, there werf
events beyonp my control,
my unemployment poesn't
really reflect
on my per- w
formance
hmm.
suppose
that's true
SIii i
SO YOU
USEPTO
BE WITH
BELLOWS,
EH, 50 N?
yes, sir
as you
know, the
firm
went
un per...
oh, that's
the gym.
i pipn't
have time
TV shower.
the stench
ofpeath
you carry.
it's a
problem
STILL
t'HAT*
SIR:
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Zitterkopf, Ann & Howe, Harlan. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1991, newspaper, November 8, 1991; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245796/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.