Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 05, 2023

Nailed it!

Did Leo just become a widower?

Panel 3, Alex has a vertical nose. Panel 6 she has a horizontal nose.

Right down the Xitter.

NO! I won’t let you kill her!

also, did i forget they have a kid or are they babysitting?

Panel 8 looks like she got a bad slice!!!

Got to wander if she’s just showing how or just straight up died right there…

And of course, porn.

It’s weird that Elon is a Republican hero, since they hate electric cars.

Did she die?

The horrible possibility that Trudeau just killed off Alex aside, didn’t "x"s used for eyes in comics traditionally indicate inebriation rather than death?

Oh no….

Did Garry just kill off a secondary character?

I thought she was showing him what she meant. Now I’m concerned she’s having a heart attack or something.

However: The X-Men. X-rays saving lives (maybe Alex’s if she’s really ill and not just demonstrating). X the punk rock band, with Exene Cervenka. Xit, early 70s Native American rock band, banned on the radio and their record label threatened due to material criticizing the govt and FBI. (This did not stop me from playing selections from Silent Warrior and Backtrackin on WQAX.) X marks the spot in digging for treasure. Xerox, used to make zines and posters to get the word out. Xanadu.

Noooooo! Was just thinking how bad Alex looked, like she was sick, then she just up & dies! I believe she’s the first character Trudeau has ever killed off. RIP, will miss you Alex!

“Brand X” was a cool band that featured Phil Collins doing what he did best. Play the drums.

Did Garry just kill off Alix?

Based on the pizza box, perhaps we know where Garry comes out in the New Haven pizza war of Sally’s vs. Pepe’s vs. Modern.

I’m standing firm that she’s just showing how the X is shown to symbolize death, but I was thinking she wasn’t looking so good. Still find it hard to believe she’d be killed off like that.

What are you people arguing about?! A nose or artwork, getting into insults to Trudeau?! Has Alex just died? Will her husband’s military medical training kick in and will he use CPR to bring her back? Has she died? This comic will worry me for the entire week. I put “Alex Doonesbury dead” in search and came up up with a thoughtful piece about deaths in this strip, but it doesn’t answer the important question. >

I shot the birds that twittered outside my window before dawn.

I’m guessing she’s faking it to drive home her point.

What is it about free speech that cranks you people up so much? I don’t agree with everything you say but I don’t seek to suppress it.

Just X it out.

Hey Brand X was a killer band founded by Phil Collins as a side project, fantastic music highly recommend.

The left hates X now because they won’t be censoring and blocking conservative posts this election.

Frame Four: “Such a boneheaded move by Musk”. Killing off one of the best known brand names is always a good idea. Walmart should change its name to Q and McDonald’s to Y.

I’m so glad I never got near Twitter – who wants to be a twit anyway?

Did Alex just……die?

But now every mention of X is followed by “formerly known as Twitter”.

Hey, he a genius! Flushed 44 billion dollars down the toilet! Brilliant!

If you liked this comic be sure to share it on Twitter.

How did she do that?

spot-on re: the name change. completely uncalled for and not smart. but I think most folks have left for other reasons anyway

It all becomes a lot easier to understand when you realize that Elon Musk is a manchild still stuck in the “X is sooooo coooool” phase.

Just keep calling it Twitter and tweeting ………its still twitter.Com in the URL after all, not x.Com AND the X is a cooler avatar than that stupid blue bird, I did like the golden dog, that should have stayed

Well, that went dark at the end …

Expect Elon to attack Trudeau today.

Elon Musk has lost his vision, and I’m not referring to his eyesight. Here’s the guy who founded Tesla and SpaceX, someone who has come up with innovations that could solve problems like the need for clean, renewable energy sources. So what does he do? Wastes $44 billion purchasing an idiotic social media platform that is contributing to the fragmentation and polarization of our society.

So much potential… squandered.

Is that Sally’s Pizza in New Haven?

Try Bluesky instead

I think Elon chose “X” because all he has to do is add little arms on the ends, and he has a swastika!

Abe Vigoda

Did Alex just die?

Brand X with Phil Collins was a top notch band

Cartoon medicine, not unlike Cartoon Fizzickes.

Riveting stuff, Gary. Liberals are exposing their antisemitism while a member of The Squad is calling for genocide against Israel. Free speech is being suppressed by idiots tearing down posters of civilian hostages being held by Hamas. By all means whine about the renaming of Twitter. Cutting edge commentary.

so what?

Before the Internet become popular, some genius decided to call their company “THE”. Of course, you couldn’t find them on the Internet.

I like Brand X. It’s getting hard to find these days.

The pepperoni was exceptionally strong today!!

Anchovies not quite “fresh?!”

As a New Haven native, I love the Sally’s pizza box, but shouldn’t it say “apizza”?

Did she die in the last panel? Is this canon?

X also equals porn.

Even Doonesbury’s daughter no longer believes in free, really free speech! What a world this has become when Gen-Z wants to silence those who have a different pointe of view than theirs. Thank you Elon. An immigrant from So. Africa believes in the 1st Amendment and the God given right to be wrong.

Totally agree. That was a dumb idea.

He couldn’t feel like he owned it until he gave it a proper name.

X also stands for a kiss. xxx ooo

And let’s not forget that X is the signature of an illiterate.

She forgot booze…

Are you Jon from Garfield?

Relax,folks,Alex is only goofing with us

Sally’s! Wooster Square!

Does anyone know the origin of the convention of putting Xs where eyes should be to indicate death?

Not to mention porn…

Don’t forget OSX!!!!

Except when it comes to OS X. Macs got better running it.