Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 24, 2012

Yes…it’s a thriller for Alex. As in Thrilla Killa nights

I wouldn’t blame Leo for dumping her.

Well I’m glad that Joanie and Alex are ok but Alex needs to get a grip on it. “Toggle” is a man of infinite patience but he doesn’t need all of this drama.

LESS DRAMA, MORE ZONKER!

Joanie should know better by now…

Leo, dump her. She’s a drama queen. You don’t need that kind of stress in your life.

I am amazed at how many of you are getting this so wrong.The last thing Leo would do is dump Alex. Think of what Leo has been through in his short life. Do you think Alex presents anything close to the pressure he knew during combat, or the battle to survive after being hit by an IEP? How many guys re-upped because they didn’t know how to make it in the world after being over there. Alex is perfect for Leo. She keeps his feet on the ground, and always makes life interesting for him. He would never dump her.

Why Leo, why? She’s an ignorant, self-universed, know-it-all, drama queen who looks like a terrier. She belongs in a dog show. You could find better than her on a bar stool in Crawford.

“Alex is perfect for Leo.”?! Thirdguy, how could she keep Leo’s feet on the ground when her own head is in the clouds? Leo is the grounded one.

calm down folks. Alls well.

what he said!

So, how’s the Warren thing going anyways?

Like mother, like daughter.

On the positive side, if she would get a job she could keep him in beer money.

she’s not a drama queen. she’s all of us who looked at the “it” girls and figured we hadn’t a chance… she can’t believe that anyone she loves would love her and stay faithful to her. she thinks so little of herself (compared to________) that, having rejected herself, she anticipates rejection. Daily doses of reassurance and love, joy itself, will restore her confidence, little by little. And as her patience and love & quirkiness have brought Leo out of the hell of war into the living “funny valentine”, he will be anchor to her kite, and she will help him away from exploding body parts into ….fun. Remember fun? anyone? can I get a witness?

For Leo to marry a “ignorant, self-universed, know-it-all, drama queen” isn’t necessarily a bad thing. So long as you know how to manage that type of female and you have patience. Leo can do both. And she need to be managed.

I’m acquainted with several depressive types. They can manage to find the cloud around every silver lining. But they can also be bright, loyal, and interesting.

She’s not some boring empty headed mallrat who’s life revolves around mindless TV shows. I like her!

Anyone know anything about DylanThomasPi? This was his only strip to comment on, and he hasn’t been around for ages. I’m telling my kids to post a notice here if I die suddenly, ‘cause I don’t want you to think I got mad.

Drama!!! Leo – Get out while you can!!!!! Of course, he won’t.

I’m pretty sure that Joanie is older than Rick. Any Doonesbury trivia fans know by how much?

And, we missed the whole rescue! I feel cheated!

I give ’em two years.

Wikipedia says that the Joanie character is listed as 70 years old. It did not say how old Rick is, but I assume much younger.

People age at different rates, and folks— as GT occasionally reminds us, THIS IS A COMIC STRIP.

Leo is a romantic. He will do a beautiful proposal.

I’ve always said, "Pessimists get more nice surprises.

FYI, the Joanie character HERSELF says she’s 70 years old. So that would be Garry talking, in my book.

I like Alex as a character. besides being GT’s conduit to the all that is high-tech and social media oriented, she Intelligent, politically active, kind and witty, but humorously insecure. Her interactions with Leo are always entertaining.

DT didn’t go away mad…he was having a ball the last week or so, and his last posts contained a flurry of funny one-liners and good-natured back and forths about pi, plus various puns, on Jan 31. Very last and only one, not really up to his standard, on Feb 1, as usual shortly after Left Wing’s opening gambit . Then nothing.

Run, Leo. Run for your life.

According to http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/cast/member/1 , Jeff Redfern was born in December of 1982. That would make him 29. That would mean that Joanie had him when she was around 40 or 41. (Or something like that – math getting a little higher for me.) Haven’t found out how old Rick is, yet.

That’s been my policy for several decades, now:

Expect the worst and Prepare for itThus, a Life that has only Pleasant surprises!

Doesn’t ALWAYS work out, but my “batting average” is better than most.

I think it would be an interesting plot turn if Toggle said “no, and goodbye” Alex needs some more character development to drive the story onward.

Hopefully the reaction to the Koran burning in Afghanistan will die down soon and people will take time to reflect on how their behavior/actions affect others and the bounds of human decency, before making any provocative gestures. 

It just strikes me that Leo wants to do this, as we used to say, the right way: He wants to propose to Alex. Despite his famed left-wing proclivities, GBT occasionally shows flashes of conventionality in his strips.

Alex is smart and good for Toggle. I know he loves her too. They’ll make it okay.

Don’t know about Pi (wish we’d known more about him so we could find him elsewhere on the net) but I found myself unable to log into my Bill the Butcher account – getting a “password mismatch” notice and the password forwarded to my email isn’t working either. Maybe he had similar problems and thought it wasn’t worth the candle. Maybe he’s sick. Hope he returns soon; I liked him.

I think those of us who feel connected to others here should let them know of other sites we comment on, so that if someone vanishes from here interested people can find them elsewhere as well. I do sometimes comment on the Comics Curmudgeon (as Bill the Butcher), and my posts there contain a link to my own site…if anyone is interested.

Poor Alex. Typical young American female reaction.