Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for September 18, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  about 2 years ago

    I think we just found out what Zonker’s middle name is.

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    MichaelAxelFleming  about 2 years ago

    “Hey, what if those crop circles are just ads for Target?” — Dennis Miller

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    Aspen_Bell  about 2 years ago

    “I’m my PARENTS! I’m my PARENTS !!!”

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    RAGs  about 2 years ago

    Instead of trampling the circles, use a torch and burn them in. That way you can sit around and inhale.

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    Alabama Al  about 2 years ago

    Oh c’mon … who bookkeeps using paper ledgers anymore?

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    SHIVA  about 2 years ago

    That idiot should be jettisoned from this strip, and pronto!!!

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    Petercowen  about 2 years ago

    Leslie King Geral Ford “Zonker” of Walden

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    cripplious  about 2 years ago

    seriously Zonk. You used to commune and talk to your crop. Now you just leave it to be violated by your nephew.

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    lalapalooza Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Oh dear, spot on! Perhaps he will hear you and rescind on his permission.

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    Scorpio Premium Member about 2 years ago

    What’s a little destruction of property between neighbours?

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    cygnetash Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Doonesbury is still great every week, but I miss the relaxed smiling Zonker. Seems like several years since we’ve seen even a grin or smirk, let alone a surfer smile…

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    Susan00100  about 2 years ago

    No, Zonker’s middle name is “Wimp”!!

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    LawrenceS  about 2 years ago

    Make the crop circles in the neighbor’s crops like a respectable vandal.

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    rmercer Premium Member about 2 years ago

    He didn’t even have to start singing: “Dear Prudence…”!

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    Realimaginary1 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Dear Zonker Prudence Harris, won’t you come out to play?

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    goboboyd  about 2 years ago

    Even after the people that made the crop circles admitted to it, there are people who insist it was done by UFOs. The reasoning: “That’s what ‘They’ want you to think.”

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    grocks  about 2 years ago

    How about harvesting the crop as you go through so it’s not wasted?

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    If you would spend as much money as you will lose on a prank to entertain your neighbor, go for it. It’s worth it.

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    Diat60  about 2 years ago

    Zonker remembered he has a reputation to uphold and prudence never played a part in his past.

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    prrdh  about 2 years ago

    Watch out, kid…you’re risking triggering a full-blown identity crisis.

    Also, shouldn’t that be a surfboard?

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    Ken Norris Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Amazing to see Zonker as the responsible one…

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    mistercatworks  about 2 years ago

    One of my favorite gags in the “Invader Zim” animated series is cows rolling around in a field making the crop circles.

    All it takes is some string, maybe a board, someone with too much time on their hands and no respect for the hardworking farmer.

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I have a vague memory of Zonker’s middle initial being T, as in “Zonker T. Harris.” But that memory may be false.

    Trying to look it up, however, I learned that, per Doonesbury: The Musical, his full name is Edgar Zonker Harris. I don’t know if that’s considered canon.

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    Plumb.Bob Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Outdoor crops in Colorado at this time of year? Rain is not a pot growers friend when the buds are out.

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    mindjob  about 2 years ago

    Crop circles are seen from space, so the neighbors must be able to fly

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    Targuman.org Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Am I the only one who thinks that rope looks like a noose in the opening panels?

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    delennwen  about 2 years ago

    This has me thinking. Zipper is Zonker’s nephew. Do we ever see Zonker’s brother or sister who is Zipper’s parent?

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    kcgtsv  about 2 years ago

    Ha. PHISH.

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    NWdryad  about 2 years ago

    Well played.

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    martin510  about 2 years ago

    Dear Prudence, can you come out and play?

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    vick53  about 2 years ago

    First time I’ve seen Zonker’s eyes wide open!

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 years ago

    To get the straight scoop on crop circles (as well as ESP, homeopathy, chemtrails, chakras, and endless other flights of fancy), I recommend a subscription to Skeptical Inquirer magazine. You can look up particular past articles (including ones about crop circles) at their website, skepticalinquirer.org.

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    GreggW Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Am I the only one who’s noticed that overall the men on “Doonesbury” have aged a lot better than the women?

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    Brian  Premium Member about 2 years ago

    In a sign of how things are changing, today I saw an ad on YouTube for a cover to get sufficient dark periods to cause plants to flower. At first I couldn’t figure out what they talking about, then I saw what the plants were.

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    HodgeElmwood  about 2 years ago

    It’s amazing how Zonker spent years lazing about, sponging off his parents, pretending to babysit Sam for BD & Boopsie, and being a “professional tanner” aka lying around in the sun, and then finally found his true calling that he’s actually willing to work at!

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    Dianne50  about 2 years ago

    A little more that 20 years ago an F1 tornado came through our yard and damaged several trees before continuing on into our neighbor’s wheat field, creating crop circles. Our neighbor’s response was to put up “No trespassing” signs at the edge of our property. So while I’m pretty sure the fancy geometrical circles are the work of vandals, it’s also possible that the simpler ones are made by Mother Nature.

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    198.23.5.11  about 2 years ago

    The terror of being thought of as “establishment” rears its ugly head

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    childe_of_pan  about 2 years ago

    Am I mistaken, or do the first two panels reprise a way older opening with Zonker and his surfboard?

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