Recent Comments

1. 5 months ago on Doonesbury

   This stunt was originally featured in “Topkapi”, a movie from the early ’60s set in Istanbul. This movie was later parodized in an animated movie of the “Wallace & Gromit” series, called “The wrong trousers”, and later also reprised in “Mission: Impossible”.

2. 11 months ago on Doonesbury

   Hamas was not created by Mossad but was supported by Israel since it was enemy to PLO, which in those times (at the turn of the century) was (under the leadership of Yassir Arafat) the quintessential enemy of Israel. Concerning this strip, let’s remember that all the views exposed in these panels are the views of the Red Rascal, not of Trudeau.

3. about 2 years ago on Doonesbury

   All of the strips published Mon to Sat are reruns, all the ones published on Sun are new. You can see the year in which the strip was originally published between the 1st and 2nd panel. Alex, Mike’s and JJ’s daughter, is now a mother of three.

4. over 9 years ago on Doonesbury

   If I remember correctly, the broken cups Mike is looking at is their wedding china.

5. over 9 years ago on Doonesbury

   That reef was probably not there three years before; damn those outdated charts …

6. almost 10 years ago on Doonesbury

   To the benefit of us non-Americans: who is this Brian Roland speaks about?

7. almost 10 years ago on Doonesbury

   There would be much more stuff in the waste basket in the fifth frame.

8. about 10 years ago on Doonesbury

   It’s all here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Elmer_Mitchell

9. over 12 years ago on Doonesbury

   Has anyone noticed that the Frenchman looks very much like Serge Gainsbourg?

10. about 15 years ago on Doonesbury

    Sergio Leone once sad that Eastwood only had two facial expressions: one with the hat, and one without it.