Andy Lippincott was a character in the comic strip Doonesbury. The character first appeared in January 1976, in a law library. Joanie Caucus fell in love with him while working before Lippincott confessed he was gay. Joanie was heartbroken, and took some time to recover. Lippincott contributed position papers to Virginia Slade's failed run for U.S. Congress in 1976. He disappeared from the strip for a few years after this storyline.