The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for June 05, 2020

He started his career getting a pretty good settlement from a tree.

Pro Bono, I get it!

maybe if he’s properly attired it’ll give him the edge he needs…

Son of Sonny!

“Yoots? Did you say Yoots?”

That T-shirt is just the sweetest thing…

Looks like the judge might have him on The Edge.

My Cousin Vinnie

Pride in the name of law…

I guess Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. need to get their own lawyer.

Are there any “utes” in the court room?

OK, confession of cultural ignorance: the part I don’t get is “Alan Dureyter”.

I’m glad I saw this comic. I just realized that Bono hasn’t been telling all of us how to properly live our lives in a long time.

I don’t think he’s a bono-fide barrister at all.

I get Sonny Bono. I think there is/was a band called U3. I know there there’s a Joshua Tree NP. Other than those thing, I don’t get it. Is the judge supposed to be Alan Dershowitz? Is that the pro bono reference. I’m just wandering around out here, lost in the woods.

Not Sonny Bono (pronounced bone-oh). It’s Bono (pronounced bonn-oh) who is lead singer for the group U2. Its big album was The Joshua Tree. Because of pronunciations issues, the cartoon kind of falls flat. The lawyers’ expression pro-bono, meaning for the good of the public, is pronounced bone-oh. I have no idea what if anything the lawyer’s name, Alan Dureyter, has to do with Bono or U2 or whether it is some kind of play on words.

If this can’t be settled, let’s bring in The Police.

“Your Honor, I request an extension on this matter. I have been going through the depositions and interrogatories, but I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.”

Could have been a Sonny & Cher opportunity as well.

The judge must be Pro-Cher…

You represent who? No. For the last time, I represent U2! I never asked you to represent me.

Pants aren’t required?

Clever!