Thank you for the B.D. storyline which now includes Elias. Much appreciated. It’s a unique storyline.

Looks like the Rascal now sleeps with the whales!

Thank you, Jeff, for saying what I have thought all these years. Moby Dick is a crashing bore. I majored in English and was, of course, force-fed Moby Dick. A few years ago, I tried reading Moby Dick again, thinking that reading it on my own, for my own pleasure, would help me see the reason that it is classic American literature. Nope. I tossed it aside -- couldn't get through it. The book is DOA. The best one-line review of Moby Dick I ever read said, "There's a good sea story in there...somewhere."

"Who do scholars say is the worst president in history?" "Mirror, mirror on the wall," Trump-style The wicked queen didn't like the answer either.

No, Zonk; don't build casinos! You'll drown in debt! You'll go bankrupt -- perhaps six times!

Such a great example of compare and contrast—GBT is still my hero and has been since first I first read Doonesbury in Stars and Strips in 1973 as a senior in high school in Frankfurt, Germany (West at the time). I look forward to seeing your work every Sunday morning! Live long and prosper. Thank you so very much.

Some clarification on today's strip, with assistance from AI: "Ukranian soldiers call Russian soldiers 'orcs.' The term references the brutish, destructive, and mindless monsters from The Lord of the Rings. Symbolism: Ukrainians use the label to symbolize the brutality, lack of discipline, and inhuman violence of the invading forces. Russia itself is frequently referred to by the corresponding name 'Mordor' in Ukrainian wartime slang; Putin as 'Sauron.' The term has been used widely by ordinary citizens, media, military personnel, and official Ukrainian figures since the escalation of the war."

Ah, fifty-five years ago today, on September 15, 1971, we met Boopsie. Little did we know it was the start of a love story for the ages!

Great last line today, it perfectly explains Fix News philosophy.

I know that the "Doonesbury" characters age in more-or-less real time. Like "For Better or For Worse", that is part of the "Doonesbury" charm. But in both today's and last week's Sunday strips, time finally seems to be laying a heavy hand on Uncle Duke.

I'm not sure that I'd hold up "Horse With No Name" as an example of great lyrics. But the greatest line of all time has to be this one from The Turtles' "Elinore": "You're my pride and joy, etcetera."

In today's strip, what is that mysterious, futuristic object Mark is holding during his interview with the-artist-formerly-known-as-Jimmy? Have scientists finally discovered how to transform a music stream into a durable physical object? Would be a real game-changer if they have.

Question. Into uniformly Trumped hearts-and-minds, how does GBT manage to administer so much truth serum? (If he has ample supplies stockpiled, let's hope he employs ALL of them on the double!)

The 40-years-ago FLASHBACK strip of August 18, 1986, begins a week series on outdoor sleeping bans and again proves prescient. Flash forward forty years to this summer, as Tennessee becomes the first state to ban sleeping anywhere in a public space, chargeable as a Class E felony under Tennessee Code § 39-14-414, punishable by up to six years in prison and a $3,000 fine. You can't make this stuff up anymore!

A light bulb re our Crypto King/ Lord of the Links. Having razed our East Wing to "build" a bunker, he now (in the strip) flips his ball from bunker to fairway. Given his chuffing (shades of J6) re the upshot of the looming midterms, would a "bunker mentality" not behoove us?

A Virginian here. Please note that Jimmy Crow's infographic map did not include Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. So don't you Yankee peckerwoods go rollin' all us Southerners up in Jimmy Crow's Confederate battle flag.

Incredible. Garry Trudeau was once again ahead of his time. In today's 30-years-ago Flashback strip (August 4, 1996) we already see an AI agent at work! Clairvoyance.

Today's strip took shape what, at least a few weeks ago? Since then, sure enough, Trump's Forever Fiasco has slashed the body politic -- shades of some (hypothetically) aimless (hence evildoing) Red Rascal's blade. By the way: don't we all need time off from the Orange Ogre's "HELL ON EARTH?"

Hmm...color me clueless, but I can't tell if today's Sunday strip is a dig at the Ukrainians or at Putin. Or both. Maybe the rest of the commentariat can clue me in. Great to see Red Rascal back in action, though.

Is Rick Redfern sure he is the Dad? The Red Rascal is starting to look a lot like Duke!!