Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 13, 2024

I don’t know. Cynics are pretty young these days.

How old is Alex now anyway?

You’re NEVER too young to be cynical! Even babies can react with disdain to certain stimuli. BTW, Alex—don’t expect any $$$ from your egg-donor. She’ll leave it all to “Uncle Stupidhead”—even though they’re not legally married!

For those schadenfreudians hoping that the money turns out to not really be there, Alex’s sangfroid could be interpreted to imply otherwise.

That was a pretty short camp, or did they leave some weeks out?

13, going on 30…

Alex’s last comment in today’s strip strikes me as self-referential cynicism.

Alex is old enough to have her own key.

A Tween…entering puberty

Wow! This is probably the longest civil exchange between Alex and Zeke. She doesn’t once call him “Uncle Stupidhead”.

….she said cynically.

You were born cynical. Look at your parents.

Maybe she can get an allowance. She needs floppy disks

I don’t know exactly what she did back then to qualify for the Genius Award, but my distinct impression is that in the last few years many of the recipients aren’t worth two cents, let alone 800K.

Which makes her 26 in today’s years

Camp’s over already?? Did all the counselors get eaten by raccoons?