Panel Four: “You used to work for Trump”. With a copyright date of 1996, that comment was just a tiny hint of what Trump the Terrible Tyrant would become.
From back in 1996 she had bad things to say about “the former guy”? I’m trying to remember what he’d screwed up at that time. The implosion of the casinos?
Ah. So the unnamed client isn’t Trump after all. I was thinking this might have been an early appearance of The Great Man before Trudeau settled on a character design for him; there are similarities with his personality. The client also looks a lot like Brian VanHoose from the comic strip “Knights of the Dinner Table”.
Ok… I admit total confusion. Who is the fat, superficial, hard hat blonde mope supposed to be if not Trump? Or is he taking the third person reference around the block a few times? Nobody from 1996 leaps out at me, not that I was really aware of Trump then either.
Just realized that Zeke’s Stetson must be made of the same material as a construction hardhat, or he wouldn’t be allowed to wear it on a construction site.
It’s amazing how many people are apparently unaware that Trump was a punchline for decades before he ever ran for President. I grew up in New Jersey in the ’80s and ’90s, and as a kid I knew exactly three things about him: his infidelities/divorces, his tackiness, and his bankruptcies.
There’s a legend in Regensburg about a rivalry between the bridge builder and the Cathedral architect—each of the monuments is a masterpiece of its kind, and they are said to mock one another.
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
Yup, Michelangelo career was fueled by the petty disputes among Italian nobility.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ms Doonesbury? Will Mike pay for all of this?
DennisinSeattle over 2 years ago
Will this be a giant statue of a geek mooning across the lake?
For a Just and Peaceful World over 2 years ago
Panel Four: “You used to work for Trump”. With a copyright date of 1996, that comment was just a tiny hint of what Trump the Terrible Tyrant would become.
lalapalooza Premium Member over 2 years ago
WHA. . . Trump?!
tudza Premium Member over 2 years ago
Seems easy enough. Just put up a sign that says “Private Beach”
braindead Premium Member over 2 years ago
Are they talking about the golden Trump idol?
shanen0 over 2 years ago
From back in 1996 she had bad things to say about “the former guy”? I’m trying to remember what he’d screwed up at that time. The implosion of the casinos?
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
This reminds me of when I lived in NYC, and a beautiful view across the Hudson was ruined by an ugly high-rise in NJ.
Differentname over 2 years ago
I want the strips where JJ met Trump. I remember the ones where Trump wanted Boopsie to be a spokesmodel on a game show.
kurtoons.wilcken over 2 years ago
Ah. So the unnamed client isn’t Trump after all. I was thinking this might have been an early appearance of The Great Man before Trudeau settled on a character design for him; there are similarities with his personality. The client also looks a lot like Brian VanHoose from the comic strip “Knights of the Dinner Table”.
TCA1799 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Trump’s pettiness was apparent as far back as 1996. Too bad many were not paying attention.
More Coffee Please! Premium Member over 2 years ago
Funny, I was sort of thinking that WAS tRump…
Random Nick Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ok… I admit total confusion. Who is the fat, superficial, hard hat blonde mope supposed to be if not Trump? Or is he taking the third person reference around the block a few times? Nobody from 1996 leaps out at me, not that I was really aware of Trump then either.
jratease over 2 years ago
This panel just reminds me how long we’ve had to put up with the Former Guy…
mhebden over 2 years ago
Scroll to the bottom of the page you’ll see the book YUGE! for sale. 30 year collection of Doonesbury lampooning tRump.
mourdac Premium Member over 2 years ago
Lots of gaudy gold gilding, white marble, and black velvet for Trump.
66mustang over 2 years ago
I thought he was Trump
Bob Blumenfeld over 2 years ago
And this was back in 1996!
Bob Blumenfeld over 2 years ago
Just realized that Zeke’s Stetson must be made of the same material as a construction hardhat, or he wouldn’t be allowed to wear it on a construction site.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Whatever she does, I’m pretty sure it won’t be a ginormous stainless Steel Jelly Bean. It’s been done.
The Wolf In Your Midst over 2 years ago
“It needs to be gaudy enough to show Dad how wrong he was when he said I’d never amount to anything.”
Brazosman1 over 2 years ago
Hmm, I thought the guy in charge was Trump!
GaryCooper over 2 years ago
This Trump reference is from 20 years before Donnie ran for the presidency.
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
There’s an area near Atascadero, CA where the property is dominated by near-life-size metal dinosaurs. Hwy 41 – check it out.
Rob Nobody over 2 years ago
It’s amazing how many people are apparently unaware that Trump was a punchline for decades before he ever ran for President. I grew up in New Jersey in the ’80s and ’90s, and as a kid I knew exactly three things about him: his infidelities/divorces, his tackiness, and his bankruptcies.
txmystic over 2 years ago
JJ will figure out how to make it into a performance piece involving herself…
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
She got to be one of his conquests!
198.23.5.11 over 2 years ago
You want to dominate the lakefront?Put up a statue of a giant trout.
sisterea over 2 years ago
Little did he know then
jbruins84341 over 2 years ago
Can’t wait to see how she makes a mess of this.
jvscanlan Premium Member over 2 years ago
Sad that whatever year this is . . . . it still fits
alexius23 over 2 years ago
As I recall this leads to JJ meeting Kim
JH&Cats over 2 years ago
Promises not kept—and why has nobody acted to close Guantanamo?
JH&Cats over 2 years ago
There’s a legend in Regensburg about a rivalry between the bridge builder and the Cathedral architect—each of the monuments is a masterpiece of its kind, and they are said to mock one another.