Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 11, 2021

He was Mark’s dream man.

Yes, Chase, yes you will. And not a moment too soon.

I don’t remember a Neil, was he an actual character? Before Mark came out the only gay character I remember was Andy, whose ghost helped Mark come out (I think…)

Probably. Just live in the moment dude.

But you two make such a handsome couple! : p

“Neil is just somebody I think about when we’re, um, you know.”

All my friends are going to be strangers.

God yes! Do not ruin this toon by staying around too damn long!

“Tetchy” friends and companions are the worst. I had a friend who used to do radio plays with me. If I so much as praised her after a good rehearsal, it was good for fifteen minutes of interrogation about how I must have thought the other rehearsals were no good.

That’s just what Chase gets for never having listened to Mark’s show.

Now he’s just somebody that he used to know.