Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 10, 2022

Kitsch always makes money.

Oh wow, I missed this storyline. Anyone know how to date it?

I understand that there was some kind of work done to keep Niagara Falls from moving back, away from Goat Island that separates the American and Canadian Falls.

Don’t know any details, though.

Leave it to that capitalist pig to only be thinking about money—even though his paramour is a lousy “artist”!!

Panel 2: at least until the Gates residence was constructed.

“What kind of house is this,” he said / “Where I have come to roam?” / “It’s not a house,” said Judas Priest, / “It’s not a house…it’s a home.”

Was Bill Gates building his Seattle house in ’96?

After they’re done here, they’ll have the street cred they need to work on further expanding the Winchester Mansion in San Jose.

“Massive, muscular, and brutally cool”. Yes, there is a problem: finding a model. Obviously, Zeke won’t do.

Some people earn Tech bubble money. Some people spend Tech bubble money. Some people take Tech bubble money. Most people lost Tech bubble money.

Wanna bet those sculptures will be butt ugly?

You know you’ve made it when you can put up statues in your backyard

If you need to prove how manly you are, you aren’t.

Spoiler alert: This is leading up to Mike, Kim, J.J., and Zeke all meeting in the Puget Sound.

Notice that we can’t see the eyes of whoever that is. In “Doonesbury,” that’s usually the sign of a “morally ambiguous” character (Zeke, Clyde, Duke, Earl, Honey, Havoc, adult Jeff, Sal, even Howie from Joan’s long-ago day care group).

A house so impressive, he will never go inside but just sit on the lawn and admire it.

JJ will do a statue of Zeke and title it “Weirder Than Picasso”

So Uncle Stupidhead is now J.J.’s financial manager? What could possibly go wrong?

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Why this story is so appropriate right now? Some developer built a property in L.A. to sell at $500,000,000. He’s facing bankruptcy right now, so it’s going on auction. The starting bid? $250,000,000, so grab this bargain while you can.

I dont think Trudeau does first runs except maybe sunday

I knew Trump had to figure into it somehow.

Bill Gates’ place, I think.