Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 23, 2022

If Mike isn’t already, he definitely will be Alex’s hero for a long time to come.

Shortly thereafter, Duke invented the spoofing industry.

GOOD ONE !

Duke is way past his prime, and he’ll be the last one to admit it!!

It’s all those years doing drugs, Duke. They have fried your brain.

Daddy, are you okay? So, Daddy, are you okay?

Are you okay, Daddy?

Drat! Now how are we going to get Prince Albert out of the can?

I knew a man , years ago that sent a box of ( marijuana ) through the USPS to a friend of his and put his return address on it : ) And he did finish his degree at Arizona State , so much for the college education " meaning " ? He did spend some time in the Tucson County Jail for it : (

Mike being a boss – not often that happens

Duke sometimes isn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed..

All for these dolls that are worthless for 2 reasons: Alex wrote on all the labels, and now they all smell like cig smoke. But it would be good to see Duke behind bars.

When my son worked at a pizza parlor, he’d get calls from wise guys asking for something like a “butt pizza”. His response was always, “No, but we have caller id.”

How times have changed. Cops won’t show up to anything less than a classroom siege with free donuts on offer now.

One of the few ‘Duke’ arcs not showing him totally wasted. Yet he still manages to mess up.

Bah-zing-ga!

Considering how stupid he is, it’s a wonder how Duke got as far as he did in the criminal world.

Caller ID — A good idea whose time has come and gone.

Smooth move, Mike! I didn’t know he had it in him.

“In a few minutes.” LOL

Duke this is why you should make phone calls sober

Alternate panel 3: “Duke, is that you?”

Oooops!

Before the days of number “spoofing”

“Hello, police? Yeah. I’d like to report that someone stole my daughters Beanie-Babies and are attempting to extort money for their return. "

“Hello?”

“Hello?”

“Golly, we must have gotten disconnected.”

Tech was never Duke’s forte.

He also keeps forgetting about reality.

I imagine Duke was an early adopter when “burner phones” came out.

Bazinga!

ahh the days before cellphones were everywhere!

Was there a continuation of this storyline or did it end here?

When this first ran, were Beanie Babies still THE thing or were they past their prime?