Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 17, 2024

But, but, but that would be the end of this cartoon!!!

Wouldn’t the seagulls be happier feasting on that capitalist pig’s fat carcass??

Good luck finding it, fisherman…

He’s going down in flames!!! I can see it now!!!

This guy is out of Duke’s league.

Why should Duke be surprised? The wonder is why one of the cretins for whom he serves hasn’t had Duke’s head blown off long before now.

Duke, Duke, Duke…THIS is where you point out that if you (and your accomplice! Don’t forget your accomplice!) were to (both) turn up dead, or mysteriously vanish, you’ve arranged things so that the incriminating evidence will be automatically delivered directly to the news media.

That won’t stop the release of the damaging information.

But Duke has no intention of dying for his extortionate dreams. He’ll make a deal: your money for my life

I’m surprised Andrews hasn’t gotten a bid from cheap foreign talent.

Love it.

The obscenely wealthy were already hiring illegal immigrants to do work no one else would do, for a cheap price, even way back when this comic was first published.

All they are going to find is a chunk of coal

Amateurs almost always get caught and when they are, they always roll over on the person who contracted them. You get what you pay for.

What heart??

You’re a mean one, Mr.Butterball.

Just for that,I’m switching to solar energy!!

That gets rid of the messenger but not the blackmail material. Not sure how that solves his problem.

Seems to have lost his Bogey swagger just a bit, hasn’t he ??? ;-)

He is forgetting that his “wife” has the disk.

probably a lot cheaper.

Duke should have done this meeting on Zoom.

What would that accomplish? His wife has the goods.

Finding the heart could be a problem. I suggest the spleen.

Slightly off-track, but I learned today that when I die, I can donate my heart pacemaker to a pet hospital (depending on how much battery life is left at the time). It can then be used to save a dog – this makes my heart happy!! :) I thought that I will tell as many people as possible.

Amateur assassinations run $50USD. Hopefully Duke can double that.

Somehow, despite the problem, I’ve a feeling Duke will come out on top … ;)

“Pocket cash, in fact.”

Yes, the fisherman can cut a heart of stone out, but will the seagulls eat that?