Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 31, 2014
Transcript:
Cornell: Zonker? It's me, Cornell. Your dad called me with the news. I'm real sorry to hear about the tanning clinics, Zonk, I really am. Zonker: Thanks, man. I appreciate that... Cornell: Were you going for it this year, Z? Were you on a hot roll? Zonker: Are you kidding? I was one shade away from qualifying for the George Hamilton Coppertone Pro-Am Celebrity Cocoa Butter Open! Cornell: Are you kidding? Let me see. Zonker: It doesn't show now. I'm too upset.
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
He does look pretty pale.-Cornell is Zonker’s childhood friend. This strip takes place in California, while the previous strips this week were back in Walden.
Jonathan Mason over 9 years ago
Well, that’s pretty obvious, even to those of us in the UK, There must be some pretty thick people out there.
Plumbob Wilson over 9 years ago
Be nice if the colorist paid some attention to the contents.
montessoriteacher over 9 years ago
This was before spray on tan became a big deal. Zonk believes in if you can’t tone it, tan it.
dwdl21 over 9 years ago
Except Spicoli barley graduated high school, Zonk went to Yale.
Argy.Bargy2 over 9 years ago
I can actually (vaguely) remember Prop 13 and its intent to cut state spending in California. I thought it was aimed more at colleges (and it succeeded in cutting into college funding, as I recall, so that some of the best universities had to close departments down so they could ‘terminate’ otherwise tenured faculty members). But I didn’t remember that there were state funded tanning clinics. That sounds like something that the Congressional budget provides for members of Congress, not something that a state would provide for its everyday citizens…
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 9 years ago
Nah, perpetual rejuvenation would be better.Then the things you learned wouldn’t be lost in less than a hundred years.
lindz.coop Premium Member over 9 years ago
John Boehner should give him some stiff competition.