Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for June 26, 1978
Transcript:
Mark: Hey, Mike, did you know that Zonker's decided to turn pro with his tan this year? Mike: You mean he hasn't already? I thought he entered the Sonny Bono cocoa butter classic last August. Zonker: Apparently not. He got disqualified for peeling. Mike: Peeling? Zonker peels? Mark: That's right. Which explains why he spent all winter training with his sun lamp! And now he's even taken up photosynthesis! Zonker: Like this? Plant: Good. Now, slowly begin to maximize your surface area...
This is the first strip in “We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet”. That book reprints most of the second half of 1978, but skips 40 dailies: July 10—15 18 31 August 15 30 October 4 7 21 30 31 November 16 23 24 28 December 1 4-9 11-16 18-23 29. The next book begins 1 JAN 1979.