Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 24, 2022

Joint custody? It seems Mike has Alex for 90% of the time.

So where’s her deadbeat boyfriend???

Alex does not want to be there, and she does not care for state mandated joint custody. JJ has a week to make a connection. Any chance?

it is good to know that Alex winds up being a very happy child and young adult.

Christmas already??

Can’t see why the court awarded joint custody when it was JJ who abandoned her child.

He picked a Christmas rerun for the week before Halloween?

How would she know what Alex likes to do?

the issue really is does she have joint custody? highly unlikely after abndonment.

Only 61 days until Christmas Eve! The Christmas story line is starting a little early this year.

Joint custody? But J.J. hardly ever sees Alex.

Alex is worth ten of her birth mom.

There is nothing quite as satisfying and the feeling of self-pity when you don’t get what you want for Christmas, but people keep trying to give you what they can. …and you don’t want it.

Wait, how did Airhead and Stupidhead get a house?

I thought joint custody was when Samantha is with Zonker.

Perhaps a little pudding would help him enjoy Joint Custardy?

If Zeke tries dressing up as Santa Claus,Alex is SO going to throw up!

Sounds like some of the kids I supervised as a PO!

Alex has quite the mouth!

My daughter called it the “Prisoner Exchange” when she had to visit her mother. There wasn’t really any kind of exchange, but she said it just sounded right.

“Next you’re going to slap the cuffs on me”

Summers with mother (yes, a restless artist) featured in Richard Russo’s Bridge of Sighs, among others.