Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 28, 2019

What’s the withholding on $0.00?

He’s getting room and board; that’s taxable.

Can they make the case that he is a member of the family?

Boopsie: “OK. You win. We’ll double…No, TRIPLE what you get now, and then you can handle your own tax liabilities,”

Zonker: “That’s better. Ha! I guess you know who you are dealing with now.”

Boopsie: “Oh, do I ever.”

Room and board is a short step away from homeless. Check your skill sets Zonk. What’s your resume look like?

Boopsie, with all your artistic skin flicks, why ain’t you rich? I think you need a new agent. Put Sid on the skids.

Zonk is such a terrific character, so child-like, I can’t imagine him having sex.

But we are missing the point.. Is Zonker growing up? Going mainstream? Selling his ideals out for a paycheck?

when boopsie is the sensible one in the conversation, you know you’re in big trouble

Hmm. Is 1993 — when this originally ran — the year when a presidential nominee for something (judge, maybe?) was found to have employed a nanny from overseas for almost no salary at all?

Shoulder strap askew – munching an apple – is this Boopsie or is this Eve?

And how many people are unpaid caregivers for relatives with dementia? With no income it’s hard to save for retirement

Touche’ Boopsie!