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Let's face it, our favorite comic strip is frequently obscure or inconsistent, and key characters are sometimes left stranded for years. Long-suffering readers are within their rights to demand some full explanations. Each week a trusted Town Hall intern will harvest only the best questions e-mailed to us via the "Ask GBT" form, then forward them to the home office in Manhattan. Selected questions will be personally answered by G.B. Trudeau or one of his top aides, and immediately posted. As each new Q&A is added, the previous one will be archived, thus slowly building a remarkable primary source for scholars in the years ahead.
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Who is Alex's "Grammy" that worked for Lacey Davenport, as mentioned in today's strip? I know Mike's mother, "the widow Doonesbury", wasn't the one that worked for her.
-- Avidan, Washington, D.C.
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The "Grammy" in question is none other than J.J.'s mom, Joanie Caucus. While attending law school at UC Berkeley, Joanie worked on the 1976 Congressional campaign of Virginia Slade, who was defeated by dark horse challenger Lacey Davenport. Following graduation Joanie moved to Washington to be with love interest Rick Redfern (who she met while he was covering the campaign). The beginning of what was to be a long and fruitful relationship between Congresswoman Davenport and Ms. Caucus is chronicled in this series of strips.
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