Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 12, 2023

Same sex marriage is as evil as Duke.

Do Mark and Duke know each other? Or has Mark simply heard Zonker talk about Duke a lot?

The 1999 copyright date indicates this was before the first Harry Potter movie but the book series would have been on the bestseller list by then, so a Voldemort reference will fit.

No—his initials are DJT. That’s all I can tell you.

Hell’s breaking loose

Time to leave.

Tidal wave is a misnomer. It’s tsunami, as in the movie “The Impossible”.

I remember those strips. Great times.

“YOU SAID THE NAME! I TOLD YOU WE DARE NOT SAY THE NAME!”

At least he didn’t say, “Candle Jack” three times.

Un-natural anomalies?

Well, at least it is a day to remember – not fondly but one to remember.

The sequence should be: Volcanic ash, volcanic eruption, earthquake, Tsunami

Okay—quiz time.

Were the Washington Redskins better off with Duke than with Snyder?

Okay,now who smashes the wedding cake into whose face?

Sometimes Karma is friendly fire.

He made such a mess of it, he became ambassador to China. Yes, Virginia, that is how diplomatic service works.

Duke is my favorite leaves-me-laughing-on-the-floor-but-keep-that-guy-way-from-me character.

Duke is Voldemort!?!? It all makes sense now!!!!!!!

This is the payoff strip that makes the whole tedious exercise worthwhile.Duke = Tidal wave

LGBTs fought for the right to marry when the number of heterosexual marriages was dropping. LGBTs fought for the right to adopt children when so many heterosexuals don’t bother. LGBTs fought for the right to openly serve in the military when enlistment rates were low. LGBTs fought for the rights that so many heterosexuals don’t feel any need to exercise. I’m heterosexual.

The wedding is taking forever.