Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 24, 2013
Transcript:
Jeff: So, dude-- does this mean you finally finished up at Walden? Zipper: No... why? Jeff: Well, you might find more opportunities in Colorado as a college grad. Zipper: Good point. And I am only one art project shy of completion. Jeff: Maybe you could do it on the road and mail it in. Zipper: Why now? All I need is glitter and popsicle sticks! Zonker: Worth a detour. Degrees are good.
Kali39 over 11 years ago
How would Zonker know? He didn’t get any degrees, did he? He left to attend the tanning convention, or am I mixing things up?
jnik23260 over 11 years ago
GT tooka sabbatical oh, so many years ago and the strip went on hiatus. When GT returned, he jumped the characters’ storylines ahead a la Funky Winkerbean. When the strip returned, in wes the 1980’s, the characters had all graduated, got jobs and became yuppies. Except Zonker, who was basically given a diploma and kicked out. Unwilling to find work, he just latched on to any of his old friends who would give him a free place to live.
Downundergirl over 11 years ago
Glitter and popscile sticks? Wish my Art Degree had been half as much fun!
Pharmakeus Ubik over 11 years ago
I’ll give you two more, Kelvin and Rankine.
rmacprivate over 11 years ago
Doubt it. Uncle Duke, really knew what it meant to be at the pointy end of the stick.
JB10000Lakes over 11 years ago
I’ll go with the third.
William Bednar Premium Member over 11 years ago
He could even start his own art movement. The “popsicle stick and glitter” school! Just in case the “canibis drug lord” thing doesn’t work out.
jamiepiii over 11 years ago
If I remember correctly, Zonker accidentally signed up for a class he couldn’t fail, thereby getting the last credit needed to graduate. The Sunday strip when he realized what he had done spent a couple of months on my dorm room door. I think the class was " Pots for Jocks".
Alabama Al over 11 years ago
Clark Kent said,The only 2 degrees I have are Celsius and Fahrenheit.……………………………………………………………………..BS = bull $#!‡, MS = more of the same,PhD = piled higher and deeper.`- – - – - – - – - – - – - – -`I would wager the HS (high school) degree is also one you don’t have.
eleibs over 11 years ago
I saw him graduate in the Broadway show Doonesbury.
kaffekup over 11 years ago
Popsicle sticks and glitter? The last class he was holding back to keep from graduating was kindergarten?
krisjackson01 over 11 years ago
As a former Art major myself I was prepared to be offended, before recollecting that GBT was an Art major. And he’s doing okay.
SHIVA over 11 years ago
When will reality dawn on this moron??
loves raising duncan over 11 years ago
Looks like Zonker will be going by himself!
phdtogo over 11 years ago
You left out one
ABD – All but dissertation. If you are liberal arts or social sciences can stretch into decades
phdtogo over 11 years ago
If it is a regionally accredited school not an issue, however, I recall that Walden lost their regional accreditation?
annamargaret1866 over 11 years ago
What, you don’t do Kelvins?
SHIVA over 11 years ago
Garry Trudeau may get chuckles from his strip, but sadly there ARE people like that walking around right now who are absolutely clueless about the real world.
kaffekup over 11 years ago
What do you expect from someone whose only other interest is Fritzi Ritz’s boobs?
Newshound41 over 11 years ago
Calimesajim is referring to report issued by a Republican Committee headed by Darrell Issa. The fact that Darrell Issa issued the report, makes the fairness of it highly suspect.
kaffekup over 11 years ago
If Issa is involved, you know it’s an outright lie.