Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 12, 2016
September 11, 2016
September 13, 2016
Transcript:
You know, B.D., I've been thinking a lot about my past lives lately... I've been so many things-- a middle kingdom mid-wife, a Babylonian astronomer, a Holy Roman empress, a leper in fin-de-siecle Marrakesh... Last night, I was trying to figure out what they had in common, what connected them to the divine spark of my higher self. Suddenly, it hit me... Each of them always tried to look her best! B.D.: That's one plucky leper.
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
It’s amazing what you can do with veils.
Argythree over 8 years ago
Is this the first appearance of Boopsy?
AKHenderson Premium Member over 8 years ago
In a parody of 1980s trance channelers like Judy Zebra Knight, Boopsie at one time channeled a 25,000-year-old warrior named Hunk-Ra. Unlike Knight, during the trances Boopsie would exhibit bulging eyes and a forked tongue,
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 8 years ago
Once I dreamt I was a soldier in the 18 th century fighting I don’t know who and where another time I dreamt to be killed on a hill in my back by a soldier come down by an helicopter
Weakstream over 8 years ago
Sounds like blotter acid flashbacks.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
What B.D. said.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 8 years ago
This strip was done when the Rams were first in LA, thus BD’s iconic helmet showed the stylized ram horns.
David Rickard Premium Member over 8 years ago
Wouldn’t you know we’re riding on the Marrakesh Express
Kip W over 8 years ago
Took a tour once with a bunch of Richard III fans. It was interesting chatting with them, and I trod lightly. At the end of it all, we had a banquet, and I realized why some of them had such strong opinions: they were there. Well, they said so.
edonline over 8 years ago
Was this before or after Boopsie channeled Hunk-Ra?
Claire Jordan over 8 years ago
So how come all her past lives appear to be female?