Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 10, 2015

Rick, be happy, you have cooperative subject.-Her name is Alice P. Schwarzman, she made her first appearance in 1973.

I always wondered how she went from that to the street-smart, world-weary homeless person she is in the later strips. It’s such a huge disconnect from her original characterization.

Correction: Alice P. SCHWARTZMAN

Heinz 58 in the final frame.

It’s been around longer than that. My grandfather hoboed through 1930-1933.

I’m guessing the garment factory moved all its jobs overseas.

Tin can, tin can, tin can, coffee cup.

Has anyone ever noticed that these over thirty year old strips aren’t in any way dated? They are as fresh as if they were written yesterday.

“It was the highlight of my life. Everything since then was downhill.”

Yes it is. It’s not a 31 year old U.S. problem though. The homeless have been around since civilization began

besides the tin can/cup, check the background

For a large group of homeless people and the mass killings by mentally ill people we have experienced starting with Sandy Hook. You can thank the knee jerk idiots who closed down ALL the asylums instead of reforming them and made it next to impossible to commit a person against his or her will.

Well,I wouldn’t want to be committed against my will and lots of folks ( mistakenly, of course) think I’m crazy.

Is this before or after Duke was homeless and Alice gave him money to finance the DeLorean movie?

Heinz 57, Heinz 56