Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for July 10, 2012

Sorta harsh.

Harsh, but that’s life. It’ll have to be enough that Val can tell Alix how much she’s like her dad.

You missed the point pal.

One of the things I love about this strip is that it doesn’t tiptoe round the realities of life.

@KingShark—agreed

yup- it hurts- rare for a comic strip. Johnston always tried to do a visual twist in the cartoon when the words were so heavy; I always appreciated that about her strip work, even if I didn’t agree with her philosophy or the conclusions she “drew”.

I believe this strip has the first reference to Val and Joan’s husbands. That’s soon after Wally moved next door to Val, way before he married Joan.

WOw! Not one comment on the breastfeeding going on? Thank heaven!

Aww, this one made me sad. My dad died when I was 20, and he would have loved my husband because they have a lot in common. My oldest also is a lot like him and would have loved playing chess with him. :‘( Plus I might have been a happier person if I didn’t have to go through that experience…

At one point, Joan’s d**ch*b*g ex-husband shows up and makes a thorough nuisance of himself.

bigebeard62Do expect him to come back as a ghost or zombie?

So Alix lives her father’s life again.

Is she breast feeding that baby????;-|)>