Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 11, 2020

“Where’s MY tribute‽”

Why would Earl hate Duke? Duke didn’t deliberately abandon Earl and ignore him for years, he found out about their relationship less than five minutes ago. I think it’s Earl’s mother who’s a bit more to blame for Earl not knowing who his father was. Even if she wasn’t sure herself, she could have contacted the likeliest candidates and if Duke received such contact and ignored it, well, we haven’t been told that YET.

Who in their right mind would want their kid to have ANY contact with Duke, parent or not

Duke just wants a piece of the action.

Oh, the little grifter is definitely Duke’s son.

Welcome to the shark tank, “Dad”. :D

I was expecting Duke to say how proud he was of his new son.

The apple never falls very far from the tree.

“The feds won’t pay me to take care of my own kid.”

Duke, Duke, Duke, how can you have forgotten one of the most important rules of being a con man (which I just made up myself)?

1. NEVER tell the government ANYTHING.1A. If you absolutely MUST tell the government something, tell them ONLY what YOU want THEM to know, whether it’s true or not.

Or, in the words of Star Trek Deep Space Nine’s Elim Garak: “Never tell the truth when a lie will do.”

Gotta kick a percentage up.

At least they are honest with each other.

The kid has ambition. I wonder if he ever met Bernie Madoff.

Chip off the old block!

So charge him for room and board, Duke.

The apple doesn’t rot far from the tree.

Hell, he probably charges lower interest rates than those ‘legal’ loan sharks like Amscot.

Atta boy!

Chip off the old block.

How did junior get the cash to loan..?

Duke gets his cut. What’s the kid thinking.