Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for March 27, 2021

Earl, you’re going to need a Luca Brasi.

Chaos is a ladder.

Kids!

That tais in well with our impression of Earl!

Word of warning to Duke, never be worth more to your kid dead than alive. I wouldn’t be taking out any kind of life insurance if I were you.

Smart kid…lol

Sniff…”So proud”

A Mai Tai and a 9mm semi-automatic pistol to take out the big guy.

Fred and Donald Trump having a strategy session at a bar.

Some things are genetic.

Would working at someone else’s casino — whether as a punk or as “close to the top guy” — really qualify as “breaking into the casino business”? Wouldn’t being “in the casino business” entail owning at least one casino of your own, as Duke hopes to do? I know, nitpick, nitpick, nitpick, nitpick…

Well, I hear you need to get a good crew together before you can even hope to make any big moves. Start with the playground and work your way up. Once the football team owes you, you’re ready.

I can see Duke is going to have to lose this kid, soon.

Kids these days

Duke looks so proud ♡.

Who needs middlemen anyhoo..

“In chaos, there is profit.”

I’ve always liked Earl.

Mai Tai?! The bartender served him?

I’ve been to Hawaii once (please do check it out if you have the means—-beautiful state)…one of the bars on the beach had a happy hour featuring $1 Mai Tais and $1 baskets of spicy fried clams.

Water and soft drinks were $5.95. No free refills.

Earl, you just made your father a proud man.

The kid later found out there is a lot more money in Bribing Congress Critters as a Lobbyist.

@o’ ‘’’.

and perhaps…. just perhaps…. don’t get too fond of thoroughbreds….