Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 10, 2009

wait, is that a phone I hear ringing, no, guess not, just a bad case of tinnitus

JonD17: Good one!

Sign me up, sign me up!!

I’m holding out for the set of steak knives!

i’ve been a fan since the strip 1st appeared in the new haven register. sign me up for the platinum plan.

Operators are standing by.

Of course, if you are in Ellensburg the Sun sets in the cascades; if you are in Seattle, the Sun sets in the Olympics.

I wouldnt call either Duke or Roland Hedley as top supporting cast members. They just take up space until the good stories roll around.

Denney RutherfordPro says: Of course, if you are in Ellensburg the Sun sets in the cascades; if you are in Seattle, the Sun sets in the Olympics.

And if you are anywhere at all, the sun sets in the west.

And if you’re in the Milwaukee area, the sun set on “Doonesbury” many months ago, when the Journal Sentinel dropped it, along with much else.

a bit of irony here….this strip was edited in today’s indianapolis Star… the first two panels were eliminated (they just cut em out- who needs em?) and once again, they used the space they saved by blowing up a one panel strip (mallard fillmore) to the same size as doonsburys’ eight panel…uh…excuse me .. I mean SIX panel strip!

how come zonker is doing an r.crumb walk in non-panel 2?

Denney RutherfordPro says: “Of course, if you are in Ellensburg the Sun sets in the cascades; if you are in Seattle, the Sun sets in the Olympics.”

I get my newspaper in the morning, so the error must have been that Mike meant to say “sunrise.” The Seattle times (now the only daily left here) cuts the first panels out of Doonesbury too.

I would pay extra to NOT see Duke.

Today’s strip defines “The Creative Process” altho not in so many words. Trudeau knows! Doonsbery Rocks! I’ve been reading & loving it for at least 30 years. Thanks Garry

Zonker is Truckin! As Always! Long may he wave!

If Mike Doonesbury really lives in Seattle or any of its suburbs such as Renton or Bellevue, he will not be looking at a sun SET behind the CASCADES. The Cascades are EAST of Seattle. Perhaps he means the OLYMPICS, which are located on the Olympic Penninsula WEST of Seattle, between Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean. Look at a map!

The comics are in color in daily newspapers partly because other parts of the paper are in color (thanks to USA Today… St. Louis was one of the few who ran color comics daily long ago)

Partly they are in color to entice readers.

As for coloring, computer programs can easily apply colors as another layer of art. Instead of a cartoonist numbering colors as in the olden days, now a preset palette can color a strip fairly quickly.

I’d pay extra for hyperlinked footnotes. (Click on “Octomom” or “John Dean” and get instant information. Click on a character and get a access to all strips featuring that character.

cleokaya says:

“Sign me up, sign me up!!”

Apparently someone already did, if you got the colors, extra cast, subtext, punchline, and all the rest…

DirkFull said, “Doonsbery [sic] Rocks! I’ve been reading & loving it for at least 30 years.”

Setting a new record for ignorance or creating a wierd new form of humor.

Thanks Doonsbury for the free teaser.

Don’t laugh folks, Murdoch is already doing this…

Murdoch: I’ll Charge for News Sites Within Year http://www.newser.com/story/58310/murdoch-ill-charge-for-news-sites-within-year.html