Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 22, 2014

Take a close look at Rick’s hair and beard; you can see the grey on the edges. Plus, Rick has always looked older than his age, befitting his morose personality.Mike Doonesbury has clearly aged, as has BD and especially Mark.What you should ask is, “has anybody noticed that the only one who hasn’t aged is Zonker?”

In Zonker’s case, maybe it’s what he smokes

Isn’t this another repeat?

‘Rue the day’? Who talks like that?

I had a neighbor that was in his 50s and looked like he was in his early 30s, at most. And he shared a life long habit with Zonker. So maybe there’s something to be said about it.

Part of the charm of Doonesbury is that the current headlines are included. Most other comic strips do not provide that.

And the kids age.

Just a confirmation on the “Is this a Flashback strip?” front; GBT’s syndicate sent a notice to client newspapers indicating that he couldn’t file new material for this week due to an illness in the family. When in doubt, check Doonesbury.com, where a special header always indicates Flashback status.

Aren’t some of these comments reruns? Can’t they come up with something original?

Okay, how seriously do you take a dude with his stomach hanging out of his superhero pajamas?

“Whereforever there shall be a Comic-Con, there will be the ever-vigilant Blue Bandit!”

Notice the PRIDE in the voice of Rick, father of Jeff?-No?-I wonder why

Everyone else calls him Blooper Bandit.

Hey, I like using words, they’re free. I also like using movie references (also free) – that one from the ’80s classic “Real Genius”.