Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 04, 2024

Have to give credit to Zeke for keeping his eye on the prize.

For a minute there, I thought he was a decent human being. Naahh…

And if she met with a “unfortunate accident”, he’d get it all, right??

The Moron-In-Residence is already making plans, it seems!!!

And there it is.

They’ve upped the fellowship to $800,000. I think this strip is from the late 1990’s, when $500,000 could pay for two nice houses and a few cars.

“I got a bad feeling about this…”

I’m waiting for JJ to finally see the fine print: “You may have already won…”

No, she couldn’t have done it alone; she needed an enabler.

How long before they discover that their Las Vegas marriage wasn’t legally binding?

I’ll mention that these awards exist, just in case anyone is confused. I’ve met at least two MacArthur award winners, myself. One is a mathematician, the other a magician and scientific skeptic (i.e. he debunked nonsense claims and quackeries).

Here’s fifty Zeke, go wild.

It didn’t take long for the other shoe to fall!

The award is disbursed over five years, so he has to keep her alive at least that long to max out. But it’s a no-strings-attached deal; the money becomes hers and anything she doesn’t spend during her life would become part of her estate. I doubt he has the patience for that. He’ll just persuade her to blow it.

well they ARE married now and they didn’t sign a prenup

It depends. Did they get married or not?

Duke should have finished him off when he wounded him earlier!

Whether she actually got the money or not, there was a Pandemic/Sunday script where JJ hit Joanie up for a loan because nobody was hiring commissions