Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 12, 2023

Alex kept her language family friendly but Mike didn’t.

How does the camera have the battery to last this long?

don’t reward her…

I’d disable her mic and destroy the camera in the computer, even if I had to drill them out.

Camera is gone tomorrow.

oor mike could stage something clever.

and here is where garbage head shuts off her internet. woops.

Mike , Mistake #1 , Electronics in the Bedroom !

Taking a cue from Bucky and Satchel.

So begins tic “talk”. It didn’t really catch on, but the idea endured and morphed into a juggernaut.

And THEN Alex watched her father box up her computer & related peripherals…

This is an old one. She’s reading a magazine.

They went extinct years ago.

Wasn’t it Shakespeare who said all the world’s a stage? And that was before we knew about electricity, let alone electronics.

Don’t worry about Alex – she’ll grow out of this and see Social Media as the empty thing it is – https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2022/02/20

Time to smash the camera.

Mike’s best response would be to sit down in front of the camera, and ask Alex to share her favorite music with him.

Young lady, you are grounded from your camera for a week!

I hate it when camkids go meta. :)

“Garbage head,” “stupid head,” based on this admittedly limited sample, Alex has a preferred format for insults.

Power cord, Mike.

…and an actor is born.

Parenting a content creator is rough!

Is it really reality cam if it has a director?

My webcam is built into my computer – it pops up from the top when you press on it.

This is going to mark me out as a bad person, but I much prefer watching Jen’s webcam over at Liberty Meadows.

Bucky Cat must have read this strip.

Adding drama to an otherwise normal life.

you now have parental controls level access. bwoooohahahah