Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 27, 2021

Fatherhood is making Duke soft.

Earl still has some humanity in him.

Ink never eats. C’mon Garry, grilled cheese sandwiches.

October ’95

Take heart kid, your old man is not a low life. He’s a Professional scumbag.

Is he talking about Zeke, Earl, or both?

Leave totally unreliable witnesses, and nobody listens to them.

50 years ago today we find that Mike had talked Mark into a blind date with Mike’s little sister. Apparently it was decided by the artist that there was nowhere to go with this because in later strips Mike seems to only have one sibling his little brother.

Don’t say “hello” like a witness, kid.

Anyone impatient to see how the arc plays out can find today on October 7, 1995. I wasted a lot of time reading the next 6 months! Reminder, no spoilers.

Duke is driving a minivan; I’m speechless.

leaving witnesses is never a good idea

I didn’t realize at first that was Earl talking in panel 3, and couldn’t make sense of the punch line.