Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 17, 2016
May 16, 2016
May 18, 2016
Transcript:
Zonker: So how'd the mayonnaise get on my Monet, Curtis? Curtis: What's the big deal, dude? It'll wash off. Zonker: Curtis, that painting is worth over $3 million. Curtis: So sell it! You wouldn't always be hitting me up for money! Zonker: You think you'd be proud to be living with a masterpiece. Curtis: Frankly, man, it doesn't look as good as what was there before. Zonker: It doesn't look as good as a beer can pyramid? Curtis: The pyramid was a more honest statement, man.
Woohoo! Zonker has been amusing me for 42 years since I bought my very first GTrudeau book “Call Me When You Find America” in 1974 during a book fair to have some reading material my freshman year of high school. I am an owner of a nearly complete set of GTrudeau Doonesbury comic books dating back to when the cost was $1.95 for a book of comics. I even have his Yale book of comics.
I have seen his comics for years and as a conservative it has been quite an enjoyment to see the characters grow up and have kids. Mike and BJ and Zonker and Mark living their satirical lives.
BTW: If anyone wishes to buy an entire set of Doonesbury dating back 42 years drop me a line. I got forty or fifty books across the Watergate/Nixon years clear through to the Clinton years. Make an offer.