Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for December 30, 2024

What a jerk. She’s well rid of him.

Leon’s proof that Joan has always been less than good at dealing with suitors.

He’s a good-for-nothing dirtbag, Joan. Send him packing.

Where’s Granma when you need her

At least she works and earns money. What are you doing, you low life scummy rotten deadbeat excuse for a dad?

Joan, point him to the door and don’t let the screen door hit him on the way out.

Oooops, stand corrected about HIM being gone. I feel very sorry for Joan, having THAT PERSON in my life ! ! ! !

Show him the door.

Get out the biggest boot you can find and use it!

Where is Rat and his baseball bat when you need it?

Classic negging.

That’s probably how Leon ‘wooed’ her, but she has grown so it won’t work now.

OMG! Leon sounds like my ex!

Been there, and divorced the toxicity

And what does Leon do, I wonder?

Easy to tell Leon is the master of the insidious put-down. Hope he is about to get put down himself and put out of her life.

He would undermine her every endeavor. Boot the a-hole out the door.

On a side note, in the last panel he is making a copy? In the previous panel, it looks like Joan gave him some of her work to look at. So, not quite sure what is going on.

Leon, you’re a jerk.

Why is she letting him near her work space! Why is he even in the house! She really needs help and never ever be alone, anywhere, with him near.

Classic controlling jerk behavior – belittling her ability in an attempt to lower her self-esteem. I hope she kicks his sorry butt out soon so we can be done with this story arc.

Using DOS on a monochrome screen?

Well it definitely helps to be good at what you do to get people to pay you for it.

Just smack him and show him the door.

What is Leon doing in the last panel? It looks like he’s checking out the contents of her “in” box, but my first impression was he was making a free photocopy of something.

One wonders why Leon is still among the living.