The strip centers on a single mother named Valerie Stone, and her struggles to raise her daughters Alix and Holly.
[6] The strip was named for the folk tale about Stone Soup, with the focus that good things can be created with small contributions from many sources.
This is a short collection that takes the reader from the first onset of Joan's pregnancy till the birth of Luci by a midwife at home.
However, in April 2012, Stone Soup had a two-week plotline which featured support for universal health care, criticism of U.S. Policy in the Middle East, and made an unflattering remark about Dick Cheney.
Some papers such as the Daily Herald received both complaints[22] that the politicized or "biased"[23] content should be on the Opinions or Editorial page,[24] contrasted with compliments[25] that Eliot had captured how the majority of women feel about America's politicians, politics and government.