Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 02, 2023

Maybe just the socks to avoid high shipping charges.

Zonker’s posture has improved over time. Zipper has a ways to go.

I’ve never understood the American college/university system. What is a sophomore? This is not a thing in the UK.

Just keep asking for more money, Zipper—and she’ll stop calling you mighty quickly!

Your father will see to that!!

If I remember correctly, his sophomore ‘year’ was four of the best years of Zonker’s life.

’Dear’ Stef. Please shut up.

Looks like a comment for the “LuAnn” comic ended up here. Looks like another wormhole opened up in the comic universe.

Sophomore – a fool who thinks himself wise.

It is the wise man who knows himself to be a fool.

Better send the laundry back soon so Mom can wash them and send them back to you with your boxes of mac and cheese, and ramen or you’ll starve by midterms.

He survived being a freshman. The worst part is over

It’s his thoughtfulness that gives you a lump in your throat.

My dad, who went to high school in the late 1930s had a French teacher named Mr. VanLandingham. For some reason he often said, “When McKinley was president, VanLandingham was a sophomore.” He pronounced all three syllables.