Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 14, 1971

Transcript:

Rufus: I didn't really want you anyway, you stupid mourning cloak! Well, I just caught myself the coveted Mourning Cloak butterfly! Guess we can head back! Mike: O.k. Rufus: Butterflies! Now what's that got to do with anything/ I don't want to grow up to be a lepidopterist! I want to be a power brother! Mike: A what? Rufus: You know, the man in control! Boy, would I make some changes I'd rule over a peaceful country of harmony and brotherhood! I think I'd have Huey R Newton as my prime minister, Miles Davis as my attorney-general, and Bill Cosby as head of H.E.W.! I might keep ol' Nixon and some of them senators where they are, but just for laughs, 'cause it'd be a puppet government. Hee hee! Ha, ha, ha! Mike: You're a crazy dude, Rufus. Rufus: I can dream can't I?