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Blowback

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  • CRITIQUING AMERICAN NEWS AND CULTURE

    Bernard W. Tate | Manassas Park, VA | March 26, 2023

    Today's Doonesbury and last Sunday's were absolutely hilarious! it is such a pleasure to see Mr. Trudeau return to critiquing American news and culture! (The "...a classified document." strip was political, but it has become a bipartisan issue.) Keep up the good work...

  • TAKEDOWN

    Bernard W. Tate | Manassas Park, VA | March 12, 2023

    Speaking as a daily news watcher, today's takedown of the TV news is brilliant and spot-on! Thank you...keep up the good work!

  • THE KID

    Carol Marie Malon | Merritt Island, FL | February 26, 2023

    Earl sure has changed from the kid who went to see the Barbara Ann Boopstein festival.

  • SUNDAY'S STRIP

    Brian Harvey | Berkeley, CA | February 19, 2023

    Haha, you got me! Right until the last panel I was scratching my head thinking "since when is someone else the hero of a Red Rascal story?" Jeff and Santos deserve each other.

  • LONG, STRANGE TRIP

    Claudia | Ithaca, NY | February 12, 2023

    What a long, strange trip it's been...

  • ET TU?

    Linda Weinberg | Anmore, CANADA | February 12, 2023

    "Shivved" -- had to look it up... Et tu everyone?

  • FIVE YEARS

    Marty | Orange, MA | January 23, 2023

    Just five years from Leo in the flying ICU (15 years ago today) to Alex with an army of two (10 years ago today). Wow. Good job, Alex and Leo! And thanks for making me feel old again, GBT.

  • ALEX TALKING TO KIM

    Thomas | Durham, UNITED KINGDOM | January 04, 2023

    And that's why she eventually found her own Leo? (Alex talking to Kim.)

  • SURVIVOR

    James Mitchell | Everett, WA | January 04, 2023

    "I found your father, didn't I?" Best laugh I have had all year! As a survivor of two daughters, thanks, GBT.

  • THIS ONE

    Sally | Henderson, NV | January 02, 2023

    And there it is -- January 2, 2008, fifteen years ago. Chris Rock needs to see this one.

  • WHAT'S HIS SECRET?

    Patti H. | Rome, NY | December 05, 2022

    Oh wow! Austin of MyFACTS has been dispensing jewels of wisdom for twenty years! My, he certainly has aged well. What's his secret? Will he share?

  • ENBY PRONOUNS

    Eff McDonald | Kenosha, WI | November 07, 2022

    I'm 52 and enby (non-binary), with they/them pronouns. Thank you for considering me young!

  • TRANS

    Brian Harvey | Berkeley, CA | November 06, 2022

    For the whole first half of today's comic, I thought it was going to be entirely about trans (and trans-friendly and nonbinary) kids, rather than only in the punch line! I guess I spend too much time around young people.

  • RED RASCAL

    Kathleen DeWitt | Duhok, Kurdistan | October 31, 2022
    I absolutely love the transition of the Red Rascal to Ukraine; that is genius! And I love the dragon. But he will need a new name, in Ukrainian. :-)

  • CHRISTMAS

    Charlie Bing | Edmonton, CANADA | October 27, 2022

    On the fourth day of Christmas, Trudeau gave to me; four cans of tuna, three Tickle Me Elmos, two sets of parents... and Christmas in October? Man, I feel like I just walked into a Costco store. In August. Eek!

  • SPECIAL

    Martin Fass | Rochester, NY | October 23, 2022

    What a wonderful October 23 episode to make Sunday special once again. Thank you!

  • SUPPORT OF THE VETERANS

    Bernard W. Tate | Manassas Park, VA | October 19, 2022

    Sunday's strip was a breath of fresh air. Thank you for your support of the veterans. Glad to see B.D. is still working on healing from PTSD. I've always suspected there was more to his trauma in Iraq than we've been told.

  • WHERE'S THE BLOOD?

    Allen Levine | Toronto, ONTARIO | October 02, 2022

    Ah, but where's the blood on those tiny little hands?

  • CLASSIC ANIMATED TREASURES

    Whit Whitaker | Fleetwood, NC | October 02, 2022

    What a wonderful suggestion for kids and parents who now days see nothing but computer-animated cartoons. Like Windy Day there are so many classic animated treasures full of beauty and wonder. The award-winning creations by Frédéric Back are some to explore, like The Man Who Planted Trees, The Mighty River, Crac, Illusion, Tout Rien, and others.

  • THE HUBLEYS

    Mike Kazaleh | North Hollywood, CA | October 02, 2022

    Nice shout out to the Hubley's in today's strip. John was one of the great directors in the cartoon business. I still recall reading with sadness about his passing in 1977, lo those many years ago, when, as I recall, GBT was working with John and Faith on A Doonesbury Special. The half-hour film won a Special Jury Award at Cannes, aired on CBS, and won a Grammy. Sometimes it pops up on YouTube.