Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 17, 2014

Zonker, baby, we’ve been waiting for you!

Look well, B.D. This man will raise your daughter.

Don’t stare at the camera, Zonker!

The way football SHOULD be played

Visions of my childhood come flooding back.

Soo many years have gone by.Soo many…

Oh man, I’m having flashbacks.

I think the linemen even get to say something a couple of times, over the years in this huddle.

This continues to be pleasant, reading the strips from the 70’s.

We’ve come a long way, babies…

Just Zonked enough.

1971 according to the strip

Reading these is bittersweet. Getting old has it’s moments but generally it’s kind of tough.

At first I thought that Zonk was dangling a cigarette from his lips. After ruminating on his remarks, I realized what it was. Derrr.

The introduction strip I have been waiting for! Now c’mon “Heewack!” and “It may or may not be wrong but it sure is illegal”!

This trip down memory lane is incredible. Loving these reruns.

If they rerun one per day, I’m gonna have to live to 113 to see all of them. what fun!

So what’s with the reruns anyway?

So, so happy they decided to rerun from the beginning! So much more fun than random episodes. I am loving this. Thank you, Thank you!

Revisiting four weeks of strips from every year of syndication

So that is the young Zonker. Wow.

Been waiting patiently for Zonk to show up. Thanks. And I forgot about Mark’s dad.

And comics history is made!

Some of you Doonsebury readers might like to read my blog at earthchurch.blogspot.com. It’s somewhat slanted toward realism as opposed to mythology. (meaning that republicans won’t like it)

Definitely enjoying these old strips—and finding it hard to believe I remember when all of them were first-run!

HEEELLLOOO ZONKER! .I loved the huddle scenes. BD always had troubles.

Thank you for this. So many great memories.