Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 07, 2020

Thank you to all the first responders, the nurses, the doctors, and technicians. Thank you to all the volunteers that came to New York as we went through hell in March and April. We will always remember and appreciate what you did for us, and we will be there for you if you need us.

You’re in the mountains; those are echoes.

Well done, Dude!

Lest we forget what that tribute is for, the heroes on the front lines of the current pandemic are holding America down to “only” WW1 levels of casualties, instead of the much larger death toll we could’ve expected due to the mismanagement of this crisis from the White House. Herewith today’s sad, sad exercise in …

 World Records in Ball Dropping

2001-08-06 • Presidential Daily Brief: “Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US” • Bush did nothing.

2001-09-11 • 5 weeks after PDB • 9/11 attacks • Death toll: 2,977

2020-01-07 • Presidential Daily Brief: “Analysts concluded [coronavirus] could be a cataclysmic event.” • Trump did nothing.

2020-03-11 • WHO declared a global pandemic.

2020-04-15 • Trump suspended US funding of WHO.

2020-06-07 • 21 weeks after PDB • US death toll: 112,096

For comparison • Korean War (33,686) + Vietnam War (58,220) + Afghan War (7,970): 99,876

Future targets • WW1 (116,516) • WW2 (418,500) • Civil War (~620,000)

Does this one need to be read in a newspaper to work?

Middle right, that’s Calvin and Hobbes. And there’s Pickles just above.

Way to break the fourth wall!

More of a printed-page gag. Doesn’t really work on Doonesbury.com, or as a stand-alone web page on GoComics or WaPo.

Man, I just wish I knew which strips Trudeau had in mind in that last panel. Would have been five more panels worth.

Smokin’ and gettin’ a Rocky Mountain high!

Well done team. Good timing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/01/cartoons-essential-workers-loose-parts-dave-blazek/

most excellent

Take all your celebrities and toss them in the trash.

My heroes wear pale blue and green outfits.

I’ve had my life in their gentle hands, more than once.

Did he “hide” the items (mask, fork, cart, etc) or is he just doing a shout out to other strips who did?

Nice

We’ve had our fair share of that in India.

It’s the thought that counts

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I hope the bangs are from someone doing a 21 gun salute.