Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 05, 2023

Eric Clapton? I guess it is a matter of faith.

At least Clapton has shown himself, the rest of the gods are nowhere to be seen.

I thought Frank Zappa.

I think Lacey’s god is going to look like a woman.

In the late 60es in England, on a wall, someone wrote “Clapton is God” and it was true. No longer in 1998 when this cartoon was published.

I thought god looked like Alanis Morissette?

Faith? Wouldn’t that be George Michael?

I’m glad that Dick and Lacey both make it upstairs. Easily one of the sweetest love stories told in the comics spread out over so many years. Both this and the love story in “Up” simply knock it out of the park.

God looks like Trump! (April fools).

Well, Clapton was a member of Blind Faith.

So there’s an afterlife but no consensus how it’s possible? Sounds like a cop-out to me.

One of my all-time favorite Doonesbury strips!

Well at least he doesn’t look like Dave Grohl. Ick.

I keep thinking of Oscar Wilde’s famous remark—“Either this wallpaper goes or I do”.

And God should look like Monty Woolley.And for sinners,talk like him.

Yes. He exists. He showed up on earth and was crucified. Then he rose from the dead to validate his claims

One of Trudeau’s best-ever punchlines, if you know the background.

I’ve always thought Ricky Gervais.

Some believe that is really the case. Our afterlives will reflect our Earthly lives. Christians will meet Christ, Muslims will meet Mohamed. Hindus will meet their gods. Romans met Mars, Venus, Apollo, and so on.

God has no chin?

So God is something like Schrödinger’s cat, except that it’s faith rather than observation that determines whether He’s alive or dead? Something like Neil Gaiman’s American Gods?

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eric-clapton-vaccine-lockdown-racist-comments-1239027/

Guess the movie reference:

Peter Cook: God is all colors, he is all hues

Dudley Moore: But he is English, isn’t he?

Peter Cook: Definitely

I wish I could find a copy but the absolute best “Clapton is god” image had a dog lifting its leg to the wall that was painted on

And only six days after Eric’s birthday!

Clapton, George Burns, Morgan Freeman…heck, I’ll even go along with Alanis Morissette in a pinch.

Loved George Burns’ remark that certain “religious figures” should go sell shoes

Never did care for this strip. When you get to heaven, God is not a matter of face because we will see Him face to face.

When Lacey reaches Heaven, she’s met by an angel and given the guided tour — Beautiful music, lovely scenery, air like wine, gracious, friendly faces all around.

They come to a forbidding walled enclosure plastered with notices saying QUIET! NO BALL GAMES! KEEP IT DOWN! THIS MEANS THEE!!!!

Lacey, of course, asks what’s in there. The angel says, “That’s where we put the Catholics — they think they’re the only ones here.”

DIVERSITY DISCLAIMER: Your mileage may vary. Other religions/sects/cults are available for ridicule here.

Theologically suspect but hilarious

I had a near death experience. I met god. Good news: God is coming down for a visit. Bad news: She’s black and she’s pi$$ed.

Profound. I believe.

Makes sense to me. Not the Eric Clapton part, but the idea that even if there’s personal immortality the existence of God will still be debatable. How can you prove the existence of an infinite being to a finite being?