Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 12, 2013

You say potatoe, I say potahto !

Yeah, I can hear those quotes with most people even when they don’t do that air quote thing with their fingers.

How about half a step removed from a “comic” book.

He’s got writer’s blockhead !

When Elizabeth made that deal, she should’ve added that she expected to see daily, rough draft hard-copies of his writing.(Typed or handwritten) It’s what my writing class professors expected. Twice a week we had to write in daily-journals, and SHOW that we were writing in them, with the date and title up at the top.

Annoying that “nev-er” was needlessly hyphenated and split across 2 lines…

Dear Goulo – why DID they hyphenate “never?”

So she’s had the laundry right up in front of her for the past 2 days. Does Jeff know about the twins/pregnancy? Can’t remember if she’d told him or not….

Unfortunately, there any many more “books” than books. I blame Rupert Murdoch.

My peeve is “research”, usually spelled “G-o-o-g-l-e”

Let’s see: Dear Journal. Today is the first day of the rest of my pathetic life in my Grandparents’ basement. (you fill in the rest…).

Conspiracy theories abound because “never” is hyphenated?! Yow!As Robin Williams said in his impromptu Shakespeare days: “Assholes do vex me!”

Jeff should hang out with the deposed-dictator (now bartender) and find out about his plans to take bake the country. He could write a storyline where the red rascal gets involved. Maybe he can also through in a twist where he becomes the target of a sanctioned drone strike.

The difference between Dapper Dan and me, is I deliberately misspell, in an attempt to create a certain pronunciation.Also, Danny Boy didn’t have the advantages of Spell Check on his Smart Phone !

As bad an agent as he was, Jeff was over there screwing stuff up. That’s what triggered his fantasies. He needs to go to Pakistan.

And yes, parents know about baby, thanx to Sunday strip.

“Symmetry of the word grouping.”

That would be more convincing if the first line weren’t already considerably longer than the four below it (for instance, Jeff’s second line in the preceding panel is already the longest in his block, but if “perfection-ist” hadn’t been hyphenated it would have been even longer).

Wow… Soundsbrutal. Icould nev-er write a“book.”

Wow… Soundsbrutal. Icould neverwrite a“book.”

Wow… Sounds brutal. I could never write a “book.”

Wow…Sounds brutal.I could neverwrite a “book.”

Can someone please clue me in on what Drew’s big news (which was interrupted by ‘Mailbag week’ on Jan 28) was? I’ve been keeping up but somehow didn’t get her revelation. Am I not understanding something . . . help please!

Quoth theraven, “Nev-ermore.”

Sorry, sherpa, we’re all on pins and needles. It’s just a cliffhanger, and I guess it will be revealed in GT’s good time.

And Alex goes slash slash slash.

Alex will be sorry when the adventures of the Red Rascal is made into a major motion picture (with Jeff playing himself of course, since no actor could ever portray the nuances of the Rascal) and she won’t be invited to the world premier.

BENGHAZI-HATE!!!!

Thanks KaffeKup – guess I’ll have to wait for the Drew drama to unfold . . .

Re the comic: Just a little “testy” are we?!?

When is Jeffrey going to become an interesting character? He’s got the maturity of a five-year-old, the ambition of a skid-row bum, the sense of entitlement of a welfare queen, and personality of a three-toed sloth. What a waste of space!