Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 30, 2007

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Boopsie: Ohmigod! Who gave me arm flab? Mike: Hey, listen to this one, Marcus... "Dear guys: how come there are no people of weight in the strip? Doonesbury just doesn't look like America anymore. All the characters have remained unrealistically thin. Yours, T.S., Mobile, AL." Well, T.S., strictly speaking, that's not true. We've all chunked up noticeably since back in the day... plus we've always had a few heavy-set characters like Jim Andrews and newcomer Elias. Still, point well-taken. We hear, dear reader, and we'll be taking swift action! Zonker: Sorry I'm late, guys. What's up? Mike: Yes. More body-type diversity - from the strip that listens!