Who Is She?

You keep wondering. Here’s one take:

I think she is supposed to represent your readers. She is "looking in" on your private world. She is wearing glasses because that means she is intelligent. The hair is hip but slightly nerdy. In other words, she’s a composite. Wave hello and keep typing.

And another:

It’s obvious to me. Some woman with a crush on you. I’d be flattered. She wears glasses and has red hair. Where’s your straight-dar?

I had it around here somewhere. Another reader:

Regarding the new cartoon, I just have one question: What happened to the "fairy dust"?

We left that with Joe Klein. And then the cruelest email yet:

First at Time & now at the Atlantic, the artists gave you hair, lotsa hair … can they do that for me? My daughter did it in Photoshop to great effect.

Yeah, I know.